A gay romcom featuring a therapist in need of a therapist! Contradiction? Yes of course! Without that we might not have a story! Natasha flounders her way through life avoiding the real issues that subconsciously consume her. Since those issues are detailed on the cover it’s not a spoiler to offer them here - identity issues, parental abandonment, fear of commitment. Sounds heavy and intense doesn’t it? And it could so easily be. But it isn’t. I won’t say it’s dealt with in a light-hearted way but in an entertaining way that doesn’t detract from the reality of this poor girl’s confusion. At times you want to scream at Natasha for screwing up and failing to see the obvious, but you just can’t help liking her. And you just can’t help wanting everything to work out fine in the end.
Sprinkled with some diverse characters who accompany Natasha on her unrealised quest for happiness, this second book after The Split confirms Laura Kay’s place in the literary world as a gay uplit author.
This humour, there’s pathos, and there’s some tension. But it’s all beautifully balanced and you end up with a very entertaining tale. One of those perfect reads for a holiday or a long journey.
My thanks to Quercus Books for a gifted proof.
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