Winter's Bees

There's something you need to know about me: I love pining. There's no quicker way to get me totally invested in a couple than have one of them secretly in love with the other for years and unwilling to say anything about it. I feel that too many books pass this up in favor of insta-love/lust. And to me, that's just not the same emotionally. The way the pining was done here was very, very nice, what with them being best friends, both of them feeling guilty and just the emotional connection. I was going to complain a bit about the ‘grab and kiss' - but the person that did it realized that he shouldn't have and definitely apologized for it. He realized that what he did wasn't cool at all. (Special mention must also be made that one of the main characters is not commonly considered good looking and the other one has some physical birth defects and that adds up to be a rather unique take on a genre that often gets beautiful people and no one else.)

Honestly, everything about the story is delightful, except for one: it desperately needs an editor. Several sentences are all mixed up, there's a few incorrect words and twice one of the love interest's name (Gilbert) was mixed up with a supporting character's name (Gregory). Beyond that, lovely, lovely story.