I really enjoyed this alien romance.

But I need to put SUCH a big *asterisk on that because—wacky alien romance, this was not. It was:
▪️ part the walking everywhere, trail rations, and boredom-meets-fighting random monsters of Lord Of The Rings
▪️ part the petty interpersonal drama of a Real Housewives of whatever city is cool these days—but like, Neanderthal edition
▪️ part enemies to lovers of an alien guy and a human lady who… frankly, needed therapy 😂

It was slow. But it was like, addictive slow.

A big theme in here was critiquing ableism, but I’d still put a TW for ableism on here because it wasn’t super cut-and-dry.