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American Fairytale
by Adriana Herrera
Extremely satisfying
This book is everything I expected it to be and more.
There's no villain keeping the two MC apart, other than themselves and I saw the issue coming a mile away, like the characters themselves did but they are people and people don't change their ways unless they're forced to. I'm with Camilo a 110% on that one btw,I would have completely lost my shit too. It requires an extremely high level of trust, in the person and in the relationship, to ask for financial aid when you've been independent al your life, even worse when you've seen such help leveraged against you or others. And yes, you'd rather starve. No, it's not crazy, it's holding on to dignity by the skin of your teeth, because it's all you've got left.
The other punch in the gut for me (a south American immigrant with an Italian name, "good" English and a white looking face) was Milo understanding that for all the privilege that Tom has by being able to "pass as" that also erases him. And it's true. And I never missed it before (that's my own internalised racism) but I missed it then, when Tom, a fictional character, seemed more real to me than I did myself.
For all the *very* interesting introspection that launched, the book is also super entertaining and defton levels of hot. I can't even explain. But I do have a husband thoroughly enjoying the benefits.
It's a straight up romance, so the plot beside the relationship between Tom and Milo is non existent, if this is a deterrent to you, you might be better off with a different book, mileage might vary.
This book is everything I expected it to be and more.
There's no villain keeping the two MC apart, other than themselves and I saw the issue coming a mile away, like the characters themselves did but they are people and people don't change their ways unless they're forced to. I'm with Camilo a 110% on that one btw,I would have completely lost my shit too. It requires an extremely high level of trust, in the person and in the relationship, to ask for financial aid when you've been independent al your life, even worse when you've seen such help leveraged against you or others. And yes, you'd rather starve. No, it's not crazy, it's holding on to dignity by the skin of your teeth, because it's all you've got left.
The other punch in the gut for me (a south American immigrant with an Italian name, "good" English and a white looking face) was Milo understanding that for all the privilege that Tom has by being able to "pass as" that also erases him. And it's true. And I never missed it before (that's my own internalised racism) but I missed it then, when Tom, a fictional character, seemed more real to me than I did myself.
For all the *very* interesting introspection that launched, the book is also super entertaining and defton levels of hot. I can't even explain. But I do have a husband thoroughly enjoying the benefits.
It's a straight up romance, so the plot beside the relationship between Tom and Milo is non existent, if this is a deterrent to you, you might be better off with a different book, mileage might vary.