This is the kind of book that would probably make a lot of people happy but dealt with a topic that I just didn't want to read about in romance. It's one part two internet nerds find love together (I'm in!) and one part dealing with a parent's decline due to dementia (I'm out). The romance between Mike and Kellen was lovely and pretty recognizable, for the most part, although neither of them really felt their age to me; they each seemed much closer to early twenties rather than late thirties or early forties. Part of that is probably due to the fact that Mike had never had any kind of relationship before, but I didn't really buy it. And 90% of the drama or tension in the book was due not to Kellen's mother's failing health, but his complete inability to communicate with anyone in his life about it and accept help. I am not suggesting that it is easy in a situation like that to reach out to people; I know it's not. But my problem with it was that it felt like merely a plot point in a romance, rather than something bigger and more important. I don't think that romances can only be about trivial problems and must avoid serious emotional issues altogether, but the way this book dealt with it didn't work for me, unfortunately.
Grade: C
Grade: C
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