dermkat 's review for:

Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

3.5

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This was mostly enjoyable, though I definitely liked their first book better. That may just be due to the setting, as hiking the PCT is of no interest to me (the closest I will get is reading a book about it) and I enjoy food and cooking stories, so the first one was bound to appeal to me. I did appreciate Alexei's journey with coming out and leaving the community and people he grew up with because of it-- that's a hard topic but unfortunately often realistic and I'm not sure I've seen a queer character wrestle with it as thoroughly as Lex did. 
BUT one of my fave poems that exists ever because my family relates to it so deeply was referenced and I LOVED that.