![]() I like seeing characters develop their own in jokes (chicken closets!) along with their communication skills. I like a good fake relationship romance because the characters have to stay together. ![]() And the story, past that, was worth my time, when not gnashing my teeth about US medical costs. I went with accepting the ease and tried not to overthink it. So in that way, it both works and doesn’t work. It relies heavily on the reader wanting that to be true. That Nine slips casually in to physical affection with a man, when raised in a stew of casual, if non-malicious, homophobia is a tough sell, honestly. Secondly, the attempt at making a backwoods small town Wyoming boy, who has never left Wyoming(?!?), not be homophobic is nice but weird. (The stark wrongness of the US medical setup, which makes people desperate for funds, is loud here.) Still, my first quibble is *only* $10K for a bone marrow transplant? Try $300K. On the other hand, if I never get another story where a major plot driver is paying for medical care out of pocket, I will be grateful. ![]() It’s a lot of togetherness and fun along with some challenges. ![]() It’s not a bad pandemic read, given that our heroes spend most of the book socially distanced while remodeling a backwoods cabin. I truly enjoyed the story but needed some willing suspension of disbelief to get into it. ![]()
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