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Read September 2020
CN: Functioning labels
This is the first full lesbi-fic/erotica novel I've ever read (I've perused a couple of short stories on the internet in my younger days) and it was absolutely delightful!
Leslie moves back to her childhood home needing a fresh start after a rough end to her previous relationship. Almost immediately she meets Siena, closely followed by her mum Erica who lives just across her yard. Siena is autistic and Leslie seems to instinctively know how to act around her, possibly due to the volunteering she does for the children's charity her mum started.
Leslie's initial thought is that Erica is straight and married. It later transpires that she is bi and divorced, mostly due to Trent being a slightly shitty dad unable to deal with having an autistic kid. He does get his act together and sort of gets a redemption arc later in the book though.
Leslie and Erica realise that there is an attraction early on but for their own reasons - Leslie's fear of attachment and abandonment, and Erica's fear of relying on other people and being let down - decide they'd be better off friends. What follows is a beautiful slow-burn relationship culminating in their first sex scene which made me think "finally!" but the course of true love never did run smooth and Siena having an accident appears to put the brakes on things...
The overall conclusion was everything I wanted and more! If I have any small criticisms it's that I thought "clit" was slightly overused and the line about "stroking her sex" was completely cringeworthy in my opinion!
5/5 stars
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