![]() We find out mid-book that he’s also a virgin, and though I wasn’t a huge fan of the way Frankie reacts to this, a reversal of this trope is still refreshing. I love this as a premise because it sets up some great pining without using the word “friendzone” even once! He’s a genuinely sweet weirdo who loves Shakespeare and only cusses in old bard phrases, and has convinced the entire hockey team to do a Shakespeare night to unwind before playoffs. Ren has been on the team for a similar length of time and has been in love with Frankie for years, but hasn’t felt like he could do anything about it because of fraternization rules. ![]() ![]() She is autistic and has RA, and has moved far away from her family and built herself a small but amazing support system (her no-nonsense friends are great). And the cover has a model with a cane and sensible shoes!įrankie has been working for a hockey team as their social media/PR person for several years and has decided to leave to go to law school. ![]() ![]() When it does show up it tends to be in older characters or a reason for the femme character to be benevolent and caring (there’s a lot of concoctions for ‘rheumatism’ in historicals), and it can start to feel like disabled people are either not important enough to mention or only good for proving something about someone else, so a book that dives into these things in a meaningful way is exciting. I was really excited to read this one you don’t see Rheumatoid Arthritis or Autism, let alone both, in romance that often. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |