kim_j_dare 's review for:

When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger

3.0

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Loved the character of Alvie, and I think that Steiger gets a good bit of the voice right. But it does bother me that looking at author interviews, I couldn't find any evidence of Steiger having personal experience with Asbergers... there were things that, in my opinion, stretched credulity, that I might have been more accepting of if I knew this was written from the perspective of #ownvoices. Stanley can come across as too good to be true, but I appreciate the fact that he sees Alvie as so much more than her diagnosis. All in all, a sweet and hopeful and unique love story.