Darcy is ace and not interested in dating anyone, so he and Michael just hang out. A lot. When he needs to do an on-screen kissing scene, Michael is the best person to ask for help.
Michael soon discovers he isn’t as straight as he thought he was, and Darcy likes kissing him a little too much for someone certain he never would. Those are a lot of changes to accept, but they just might be worth it.
Michael’s straight and infatuated with a woman he worked with one day, over a year ago. But when he finally sees her again, he’s astounded that the woman of his dreams is a man in drag.
This was a short, sweet and lovely story about two characters who are figuring out a lot of things in their lives, mainly their sexuality and how it is expressed. We start with a guy who knows he's asexual but who is still trying to understand the spectrum and he's still discovering a lot of different aspects about himself. Later in the book he realizes he's demisexual and the way it's told is really gorgeous and validating. We also follow another guy who at the beginning of the book is identifying as straight but who has had a few m/m experiences with a good friend of his. Throughout his journey in this story, he starts noticing and accepting that things might not be black or white and that bisexuality is an important and integral part of himself. This realization specifically happens during the development of his relationship with Darcy. I also appreciated how they became good friends first and how their dynamics started to change towards a more romantic side but it seemed to flow and develop seamlessly.
I've never read anything by this author before but I adore how the relationship and the world in which they move were constructed, it felt like the narration was very gentle and sincere and it gave space for their characters to grow and learn about themselves and about each other. I think the fact that this book was so short almost did the story a disservice. There were so many parts that were skipped over and that I wanted to see explored more. Like Michael realizing his bisexuality, it seemed like we went from one point to another without exploring the middle of it or getting to see how he started to feel comfortable after denying it for a while. Not saying that this realization can't happen from one moment to the other, but it felt like every once in a while we lost a little bit of the story. I also have to add that one of the main characters acts in drag if you're interested! I enjoyed this book a lot and it's an adorable story that you can read in a couple of hours.
