The beauty of Smell is in its ability to speak without talking. A small coming of queerness narrative breathing in the vulnerability of love as an act of translation. Clumsy, perverted, obsessive, and passionate in its first steps.
The beauty that Raynarde enfolds into the simple day to day details transforms this heavy read into something life affirming and truly powerful.
DaySpring’s work is evocative and emotionally resonant. It is vulnerable in a way that many writers struggle to achieve. And even through its truly singular perspective, I find a deep similarity in the feelings it pulls out of me as a reader.