My first book by this author.

I thought the title of this book was interesting and since this was a new to me author, I decided to give it a try. I really enjoyed the story but the title puzzled me until pretty far into the book and then it made sense in a rather poignant and touching way.

Tom’s not big into traditional romantic gestures like flowers and candy. He prefers practical things like changing the oil in his boyfriend’s car. Unfortunately, his ex-boyfriends didn’t feel the same way (which is one reason why they became ex’s).

Alex has anxiety issues, lots of anxiety issues, so he’s pretty much convinced himself that no one will ever be able to tolerate him long enough to have a meaningful relationship with him.

I thought that Tom and Alex really do fit together very well. After Alex became Tom’s temporary house guest, I think both of them were a bit surprised that Tom didn’t mind some of the quirky things that Alex needed to do to become comfortable.

I’ve never really known anyone with the types of extreme anxiety problems that Alex exhibited but I have known a few with less extreme cases. Sadly, for Alex, the things depicted in the story seemed very realistic to me.

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