After they hook up, Fen reveals that they went to high school together, and Alfie used to bully him, and he’s appalled that Alfie didn’t even recognize him.Īnd that’s when Alfie realizes that he feels a genuine connection with Fen, and he needs to make amends for all the things he did as a boy, and prove to Fen that he’s not the same person that he was in high school. He also realized that he was gay during this interim, something that surprised his family and friends since he had always been such a stereotypical lad.ĭon’t worry: we’ll begin to address the culture of toxic masculinity later, as it plays a prevalent theme in the book.Īnyway, Alfie is back in town for a wedding, and meets Fen at a pub. A couple of months ago, the audiobook for Pansies came out, so I dove right back into the story.Īlfie grew up as a local lad in South Shields, but left his hometown for university and a high-powered financial career in London. I first discovered Alexis Hall’s books in December 2018, and spent the next month reading his entire back catalog, including Pansies.
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