His Kind of Love

my continuing saga of postponing reviews. so hard! why do I do it?I picked this up in the wake of the passing of the great [a:Kenneth Obi 17596815 Kenneth Obi https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], to honor his memory, and I'm glad I did. He delivers his usual fantastic narration and the story, which was all a surprise for me, tickled me pink. The story flirts with taboo but it's not really and I was glad for it.Joel is a lonely boy who, discarded by his awful parents, has made a life for himself but has had zero luck in the romance/relationship department. Turns out that maybe his unlucky-in-love status isn't just fate. He has Gabriel, a guardian angel or a Big Bad Wolf who watches over Joel and may just want to keep him. And Joel might just like it. I really liked these two. I loved that [a:Kate Hawthorne 17636987 Kate Hawthorne https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1558978275p2/17636987.jpg] went beyond the quasi bad/wrong hotness, which IS scorching, to depict well rounded characters, with back stories, and plausible motivations for what they do and feel. I'll definitely go on with this series. R.I.P. [a:Kenneth Obi 17596815 Kenneth Obi https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]