Yes, it’s another Hibbert. Look, I put a bunch on hold at the library a few months ago and they all came off the list at the same time, giving me 3 weeks to read them all before they go to the next person. This is actually one of her more popular novels, which is probably the only reason I picked it up. I have weird, unsettled feelings about being a mostly straight woman reading a romance about two gay men written by another woman. […]

Hibbert is one of my favourite authors. If you haven’t read anything by her, stop reading this and pick up literally any of her books. She writes characters and stories that celebrate (not aknowledge or tolerate) variety of race, gender, sexuality, ability and neuro-diversity. She doesn’t trap her characters in the cage of their diversity badges but she also doesn’t underplay their importance. It’s a very fine line and she walks it elegantly. They get to be actual, fully formed human beings. Her books are funny, witty, smart, […]