BAWLED MY EYES OUT YALL

This is a super short collection of dairy entries by the author but ong I literally was sobbing and in tears by the end. The Audio Drama did not help at all omgggggggg. MY HEART breaks for you Nan Kang, rest in peace 😭🖤

“ It is said that this is a real story of a real person, Nan Kang, who has written other stories in his life. He had a loving boyfriend who, unable to withstand pressure from family and society, married a woman. In between March 9th and March 12th in 2008, Nan Kang jumped into the waters of Xiangjiang and ended his life. People found his body in the river on March 27th, after 15 long days drifting in the cold water. In 2016, readers commemorated his would-be 35th birthday”

I think this is my first time ever reading a single stepdad x a single stepdad, and I am glad to report that I quite enjoyed this one. I'm trying to squeeze in some holiday-themed romances for my book club, so this did the job, no regrets picking this one up. I loved the found family and the sunshine x grumpy tropes. The spicy scenes were really something else, super explicit (probably one of the most detailed ones I've come across). I thought the characterisation and character development were a tad weak with this one because both MCs seemed pretty one-dimensional to me. I wish we got to experience their emotions a lot more. The writing style was also not really my favourite, especially the constant triple repetition of sentences and the overuse of expletives that I guessed showed how "gruff" Paxton is but it gets to a point... Would still recommend this though!