This book is essentially an homage to people who provide services for unhoused queer youth. Harper Bliss paints a clear picture of their struggle without sharing the harrowing details and it makes me want to give, time, money, everything to these kids. On the romance side, I liked the characters and the struggles they faced. I thought it was a realistic look at what happens when two people respect each other enough not to make the other change and what happens when their expectations are so different. I don’t often read age gaps where the younger woman has such a great relationship with her (supportive) mother, so I also enjoyed that. I listened to this one and as always Abby Craden brings the secret sauce to her narration.

Short summary: when Sienna is cast to play Justine’s love interest from twenty years ago, she never expects to actually fall for Justine, or for the woman to have so little time for her.

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