first of all, this cover model reminds me of timothee chalamet (im currently obsessed with the new dune adaptation) and every time the author mentioned the "golden" mc i was like "nop, that's timoteo". as for the story itself, i had lots of fun in the first half. it was simple, direct, efficient and not even a little bit annoying. but the pet name and the feminization really killed the second one for me. i love stoic, straightforward characters like liam, especially in romance, bc they make things happen, leaving little room for denial and miscommunication. i also appreciate that the focus is on two actual poor people, since romance/contemporary books characters always seem to have it too easy, even when they're supposed to be struggling. however, liam started acting out of character after him and teddy got together, maybe bc there was no longer a story to tell from that point on forward and the author had to replace it with repetitive sex scenes and cringey sex talk. the romance managed to get to the point real quick without being unonvincing, but for a short novel this book did force a non-existent plot after the 50% mark. so let's just pretend i read a novella with a solid and fast friends-to-lovers.