content warnings: gun violence, murder, abduction, homophobia, racism
representation: disabled gay main character, gay side characters, main m/m relationship, side black character

This was such a dull book. With one very notable exception I'll get to, the entire book was an entirely inoffensive but painfully boring book. Literally nothing was interesting; the characters, the mystery, the sex, the writing, the romance, the action, absolutely n o t h i n g was even halfway interesting. This is apparently quite an unpopular opinion judging by how highly rated the book is, but I can't. The only reason I didn't DNF is because it was so short.

Truthfully, I could have given this book 2 stars, but its treatment of its one black character forced it down a star. There's a side character, a black woman whose nephew has gone missing. The author decided not only to make her an angry black woman - a trope I am so very tired of seeing - but she also makes comments about white people that makes the (white) protagonist declare her as racist. WTF. I don't know if the author has had negative interactions with black people or what, but speaking as a white person, someone calling you 'cracker' doesn't qualify as racism sweaty :)

I'm done. I'll definitely not be continuing, I have far better uses of my time.