Everyone has really good skills with addressing boundaries and owning their feelings and actions and just generally being responsible. It interrogates a number of common social assumptions and makes not only Mason but also the reader consider what is important in the happiness a person seeks and why we believe certain things to be important.

I wouldn’t say this was an emotionally thrilling book, but it did exactly what I was hoping it would do, and that was a positive reading experience for me. Here, we can ask, “Was my reading goal met?” And I can say that it was. In terms of the substance of the book and the hero’s journey, this book is a thoughtful exploration of what a polyamorous V relationship might be. Their flirting, while probably extremely similar to the way I would flirt in real life (let’s be honest), was playful and silly and totally worked for them, but I didn’t click with it, so it wasn’t a swoony relationship for me. Both Mason and Diego have a lot of big feels early on, but they both navigate their feelings in the context of a new relationship and what’s reasonable after only a couple months. In terms of the romance, it’s a gentle, lifelike portrayal of, uh, responsible dating.

what will truly make him happy and satisfied with his life? There is a metric ton of stuff to unpack here, and I’m not going to unpack it all right now. What is really important to Mason? What does he want because that’s the story he’s been telling himself vs. Most of the time, as I was reading, I had a number of questions floating around in my head. So my goal going into this read is to feel like there’s a satisfying conclusion to this romantic story when one partner started out really wanting marriage, etc., while the other partner is already happily married. I absolutely picked up this book because it includes a romance in a polyamorous V relationship, and the main character who was not previously polyamorous had a vision for his future that included marriage, kids, and a house in the suburbs. Overall: This book did exactly what I was hoping it would do, so success! As for the rest – at the end of the day it comes down to: Is choosing the person or the living situation more important? Plot: Mason has a vision for his future that includes a lot of “traditional” life moments, which is all thrown into turmoil when he falls for polyamorous – and married – Diego Heat Factor: Things really get going…and the door closesĬharacter Chemistry: They have a very playful relationship

The love study kris ripper