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Something Wild & Wonderful
by Anita Kelly
This was such a wonderfully sweet story that really tugged at all my heartstrings. As a queer, neurodivergent person who grew up in the pnw, in a highly conservative/religious family that spent a lot of time hiking and camping...oooooof the parallels and relatability. Like I'm sorry was this book written specifically for me?
It is truly such a beautiful, gentle journey through self discovery and a sweet romance. If you’re looking for fast action, high drama this is not it. This is a soft, contemplative, slow-burn that will wrap you up and hold you while you process through everything with Alexei and Ben. Who are just the cutest pair, each working through their own traumas and helping each other along the way.
We know Alexei is autistic but I also felt Ben pretty clearly had ADHD even though it’s never directly said. And as someone who is/has both, I found so much of both of their experiences to really resonate. Especially Alexei’s need to have time alone to process things. I was so glad he did end up doing a portion of the trail by himself so that he got that time to work through everything he needed to. I really liked how that section is written via the various letters, both sent and unsent. That was an interesting and effective way of kind of montage-ing through all those emotions they were both feeling.
Something that really stands out to me in Anita’s writing, that I really appreciate, is how they treat their characters and stories with such obvious tenderness and care. It makes for such a beautiful reading experience and I love it. This is the second book of theirs that I’ve read and I loved them both, I will definitely be picking up anything/everything that Anita writes in the future and I especially can’t wait for the next book in this series!
It is truly such a beautiful, gentle journey through self discovery and a sweet romance. If you’re looking for fast action, high drama this is not it. This is a soft, contemplative, slow-burn that will wrap you up and hold you while you process through everything with Alexei and Ben. Who are just the cutest pair, each working through their own traumas and helping each other along the way.
We know Alexei is autistic but I also felt Ben pretty clearly had ADHD even though it’s never directly said. And as someone who is/has both, I found so much of both of their experiences to really resonate. Especially Alexei’s need to have time alone to process things. I was so glad he did end up doing a portion of the trail by himself so that he got that time to work through everything he needed to. I really liked how that section is written via the various letters, both sent and unsent. That was an interesting and effective way of kind of montage-ing through all those emotions they were both feeling.
Something that really stands out to me in Anita’s writing, that I really appreciate, is how they treat their characters and stories with such obvious tenderness and care. It makes for such a beautiful reading experience and I love it. This is the second book of theirs that I’ve read and I loved them both, I will definitely be picking up anything/everything that Anita writes in the future and I especially can’t wait for the next book in this series!