Slick's Reviews > The Reality of Us

Trigger warnings: character with anxiety/panic attacks, survivor of mass shooting, secondary character with artifical limb

I enjoyed this book, and give it between a 3.5 and 4 star rating. Both characters had some issues especially Alden and they were warranted, but I also felt like he used them as a crutch to keep people away. I didn't feel like we got t know Kit as well, he was a bit aloof and wasn't the best at communicating and despite it was easy to see his growing feelings for Alden he convinced himself it wasn't even worth trying to talk to Alden about them. Honestly I wanted to knock both of them upside the head a few times and tell them to snap out of it and talk to each other.

I felt this book was a bit strange because they didn't have a great working relationship largely due to Alden simply not wanting anything to do with people in the office (he worked remotely but was required at times to go into the office), yet they shared a physical moment early in this book becasue they found each other sexy (nothing wrong with that they were both single and willing) but then it became almost a slow burn for them to be physical again all while claiming they didn't want any attachments while both were craving intimacy (this drove me nuts).

Overall it was a good story, I enjoyed watch Alden accept more people into his life and moving past or at least working to overcome his fears. I would have liked to see more change in Kit but I did think these two were good together.