Dragon Haven

(I will admit I finished book 3 before I remembered reviews. woopsie.)
This book was good but also sort of frustrating. Certain reveals took too long and felt like Tarman was moving at approximately the speed of molasses. I know the point of the book is the journey, but yeesh. It's possible the journey dragged more for me in this book because of the focus on people's sex lives. I'm not a prude necessarily, it just felt kinda weird. If I was trapped in a canoe and had to hunt to feed myself, whether or sex is forbidden would not be my top priority. Also, why all the focus on how the young people don't truly understand love yet? It's repeated multiple time. The thing that really confused me, is how Hobb forshadowed the gay like crazy ( I saw it coming way before the reveal, I'm not exactly the queen of analytical reading.) but the character took forever to actually admit on the page. But then it's implied it is basically an open secret in Bingtown. I'm just very confused about this aspect of the story now. I feel like I need a top down analysis of homophobia in Bingtown now. Is it just frowned upon? Are you shunned? I NEED answers.