you: there's a gritty reference in this book
me: give it to me immediately

solomon has an excellent adult romance debut here. it's truly laugh out loud funny (even if you don't love gritty as much as i do), and there's a really excellent undercurrent of understanding grief in various forms.

their boss's sexism feels heavy handed at first but does end up being integral so i'll run with it.

i wonder if the very specific references to current pop culture will limit the shelf life, but it also feels so good as someone nearly shay's age. anyways from now on i will only accept apologies delivered via public radio and will also be on the look out for future adult romance from this author!