Well, That Was Unexpected

I read [b:Didn't See That Coming 123115331 Didn't See That Coming Jesse Q. Sutanto https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1680124372l/123115331.SX50.jpg 92872274] and didn't realize it was the second book in a series. They're connected loosely enough that I could follow it fine, but I liked it so much that I went back to read this one and it was also really charming! And very cute to see Sharlot and George here when I already know how their story turns out from their cameos in the 2nd book. (And, OK, due to romance genre conventions I had a pretty good idea how their story would turn out anyway, but.) I really liked the armchair travel aspect of Shar's first trip to Indonesia, and I appreciated Sutanto's nuanced appreciation for Indosnesian culture, with it both being much more beautiful and advanced than Americans like Shar (or like the reader) might expect, while also acknowledging the big anti-LGTBQ bias through a very sweet side plot.