Perfection.

^ This is all that really needs said about this story, but if you want more, read on.

As a user of a wheelchair, I've never yet read a story that makes being in a wheelchair seem normal and acceptable, as well as somewhat sexy. This book does all of the above. The way Chris views his disability is refreshingly real and natural. Even the bitterness, the acceptance and the way he views himself as unworthy of attention or love, is spot on.

I loved the characterisation in so few pages and the chemistry that you could feel.

3.75 stars.

 

Can I have more books like this one, please? A little bit heartbreaking but at the same time full of hope!

Not a bad short story.

The cheapskate in me is horrified by what I paid for a 21 page story, so I'm glad that I at least enjoyed it a lot. Despite its short length, it has everything it needs. As always, Merrow provides an interesting, vivid narrator -- this time an ex-soldier with ex-legs. Chris is trying to get back to normal life, but he doesn't expect that life to include the pretty guy he hooked up with before going to Afghanistan -- after all, as a 10 to Chris' 5, Josh must have been drunk to have been interested in him in the first place. And nowadays, Chris thinks of himself as more like two and three-quarters.Merrow does a nice job of bringing these two back together, and showing the complicated emotions they both face. It was a touching and satisfying read.

Great short(!) story crammed with characters. Enough going on for a much longer book.