A Change in Tide

First, I want to say that I mostly enjoyed this book. Both guys are pleasant enough to read about and be in the head of. I liked that, even for the short length, it wasn't a speedrun romance with them madly obsessing over each other within moments of meeting. I liked that there were absolutely no misunderstandings in this book.

To me, May-December romances mean something wildly different than this. Which is actually for the good. (I am not a fan of most age-gap romances, which probably leads to questions as to why I even went with this book - the the answer is because I'm enjoyed other work by this author and I managed to get this book free.) There is maybe 10-12 years difference in their ages. Matthew is 34. Skye's age is never mentioned directly, but he has been in art school for a while. So maybe 22-ish. To me, this is not a ‘May-December' romance.

What is is, however, is a size difference romance. There is constant references to how much smaller Skye is than Matthew. I think, if my foggy memory is right, that at one point Skye acknowledges that Matthew is three times his size. Which honestly sounds crazy to me, but whatever.

What I didn't like is the mentions of Skye being elvin and fae looking. Not things I really like a focus on. Also, it needs to be mentioned that there is some homophobia, assumed homophobia and internalized homophobia in this story. Not exactly what I was expecting from a light read.

But, over all, I enjoyed it, even if I didn't love it.