Brendan goes to a meeting of a social club for members of the queer community, hoping to meet some new friends. He admits that he is asexual rather than gay, and is kicked out by the group founder. Lucas stands up to his boyfriend on Brendan's behalf and ends up dumped and thrown out of their apartment, so Brendan offers his spare room.

The two grow close, but how can a romance work when one partner is gay and the other is asexual?

While I admit that I shouldn't have been, I was waiting for Brendan to realise he 'just needed to meet the right man' and he would be gay instead of asexual. The author was smarter than me, and Brendan's sexuality does not change during the course of the book. How the relationship works within those restrictions? You'll have to read to find out.

The book ended very abruptly. Although we recognise that time is passing and the two men are slowly growing closer over time, I was genuinely shocked by the marriage proposal and the end of the book. I thought they were still figuring things out, and the author clearly thought all the figuring out was done. I would have liked the book to have been longer.

Also there were a lot of 'convenient' things that happened. Just as Brendan is thinking about some guys, they turn up. Just as Lucas is thinking about Chad, he texts. Brendan's local coffee shop owner mentions he needs an assistant and that evening Brendan meets someone who needs a job. And so on and so forth. Lots of convenient things happen, which just isn't realistic. There's also very little (or no) conflict, so everything is smooth sailing, which doesn't make for an especially interesting book.

I can't comment on how realistic a portrayal of an asexual person or their potential relationship this is. It seemed fairly realistic, but I have no idea if it was or not.

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