For some reason “nerds” have a bad reputation among some people - personally, I’m a fan. But Rick, one of the main characters of this story, is too grown-up to be nerdy. Worse, he has an eight-year-old son, Micah, and thinks Micah is too attached to Pokémon and “cartoons” in general. Then Rick meets Marty when he takes Micah to a Pokémon movie, sort of likes the man, only to find out that Marty owns a comic shop and is a lot nerdier than Rick could have ever imagined. What follows is an interesting “dance” of attraction and almost-rejection, and an unlikely romance that I thought would never go further than their initial meeting.

Rick is a web designer and a very grown-up man, he takes himself way too seriously in my opinion, and even though he has an eight-year-old son, Rick has only a tiny understanding of the fun side of life. Even though I found him very difficult to understand, never mind like, I had to respect the fact that he is a pretty good father. Rick is gay and only has Micah due to a night spent with a friend at college when they were both too drunk to know what they’re doing. But he does spend every weekend with Micah, and when Micah has problems, as strange as they may seem to Rick, he does a good job dealing with them in a way that helps Micah learn and grow.

Marty is a different case. He is easygoing, likes to have fun, and makes no bones about the fact that he loves comics. If truth be told, he has made them the center of his life by running a very successful comic shop. Marty and Micah hit it off immediately, and when Marty’s need for a better website pulls Rick into the picture, Marty does his best to help Rick see the fun in becoming more intimately acquainted. Much, much more intimately.

If you like stories about men with very different backgrounds and widely diverging ideas and objectives, if you think a guy who likes to have fun and a serious programmer can hit it off, and if you’re looking for a sweet read about a single father finding a lover in the most unexpected way, then you will probably like this cute novella.


NOTE: This book was provided by JMS Books for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews. ( )