A winter contemporary m/m romance! I had high hopes for this one, which involves a thirty year old widower who's certain he'll never find love again even three years after the sudden death of his husband, and a cute young grad student who's on a roadtrip trying to run away from every part of his life he can't deal with. That's a setup I am generally behind, including the classic car breaking down and there's only one mechanic who can help and no hotels around so sure, why don't you stay with me, but it never quite clicked for me. One way I know I'm not as invested in a romance novel as I should be is when I'm constantly questioning things, like what kind of cross-country roadtrip takes you to Burlington, Vermont on the way to New Hampshire, given the highway system in upstate New York and New England. But the main issue is that they both had too MANY issues, and the conflict as it were goes on for two long. This is a story that could handle being a novella much better than a full length novel.
Grade: C
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