As soon as I saw this cover I realized I hadn’t read a m/m romance where both leads were Asian, so I figured now was the time!

It’s official: I am a Carina Press Adores fan!!! I love what they’re doing with own voices diverse gay romance (the first one I read was D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a wedding, which was incredible). To be clear I’ve only read two books by them, but now I will make a concerted effort to try more.

This was cute, I read it in two days. I haven’t read a business/finance focused romance in a long time (maybe ever? I’m not sure) so it was interesting seeing that side of things.

The chapter endings/transitions were quite abrupt and more time passed in between that I anticipated, I must say. Sometimes I got annoyed with the wealthy boss, but I also think that was kind of the point.

I liked the discussions of demisexuality, which I knew about from reading a review ahead of time, so I was surprised by the level of steam in the book. It’s not wild, to be clear, but more than I expected.

This didn’t gloss over the consequences to the boss’s actions or sweep the downfall under the rug which I enjoyed. Sucks to suck but also this is the real world and actions have consequences!!

This is a 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars.