I thought Han and Kenny were really sweet, both individually and as a couple, and enjoyed a romance novel that tackled the difficult topic of immigration. However, through much of the book, I was struggling to stay connected to the plot because the villains - Kenny’s ex and the boys’ boss at work - were so cartoonishly evil. I know people like that exist in the world, but it seemed like for both of them, it couldn’t be that they had just one or two bad characteristics, it was that they had all of them. And then the resolutions felt unsatisfying because the build-up had been so much, but it was all taken care of in a few pages. The book had only a few spicy scenes, coming fairly late in the narrative, but one of those is a kink scene. While I absolutely support kink-positive work, I agree with other reviews that this wasn’t the best example, as it was under-negotiated and a poor approach when one party is new to kink. Overall, I love that this book exists, but I likely won’t revisit it myself.
Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the advance digital copy in exchange for my honest review.