I also love several neurodivergent people and seeing how well this author described living with condition and how it affects themselves and those around them I was elated. Chloe Liese’s writing is sexy, light and heart-warming, focused on real characters full of life and authenticity. Before I got wise, I would have tripped over myself to get a guy like Ren, but with my diagnosis, I've learned what I am to most people in my life-a problem, not a person.

When Frankie confesses she’s autistic, Ren is surprised – but not for the reason Frankie imagines – he just can’t believe he didn’t guess it on his own. Not only did Frankie, our autistic heroine, speak to me in a unique way, but I downright loved Ren, our red-headed, Shakespeare-loving, hockey-playing hero.As a woman who became disabled in my 20s I can understand the FMC, Frankie, and how she views living with an invisible illness and how people view her. Francesca – Frankie – Zeferino is the In-Game Social Media Coordinator for the Los Angeles Kings hockey franchise. I can see that this is the one mistake that he’d like to correct, if he can, even if it costs him his life.

We've been teammates for two years, but it feels like Oliver Bergman's been on my last nerve for a lifetime. Paperback, e-book, and audiobook are available for purchase from major retailers and also for request from your library! After waiting years for the right time to make his move, Ren learns Frankie plans to leave the team to pursue a new career.Anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare. It feels authentic, like it actually features people that you’d come across in everyday life – they’re not perfect, and they don’t pretend to be. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). In addition to the iffy office politics of dating a player, as a person with autism and chronic pain, Frankie’s been repeatedly burned by people who couldn’t understand her needs, leaving her with her defenses up.