Status Updates From The Little Matchboy

This turned out to be a very heartwarming and positive book from it's dite and difficult beginning. Smooth plot, likeable characters and a lesson for MC Sean. Almost complete.

Roddy's life appears to be a rollercoaster of good and bad events at the moment. Sean has admitted a personal truth that made Roddy happy, but hours later he discovers he is going to loose the antique shop that had been his dream to upgrade. Plus there is no money for him to complete his college education. For better or worse, he decides to let Sean go, free to life free of the messy life 20 year old Roddy faces.

Nice, pleasant buildup in the heat level between Roddy and Sean. For the first time in Roddy's 20 short years, he feels cared for and, dare he think it, loved?

An interesting take on the age gap genre. Warm and both brutally honest in its writing, the plot is unfolding steadily and the characters are being brought to life.

The characters are super simple. Not in a bad way, just kinda in a weird way, in that ‘everyone is sweet and uncomplicated’ way. It doesn’t work for keeping my interest. Also, is this author sponsored by Dairy Farmers of America? An awful lot of milk drinking. Do people do that? No adult I know drinks a single whole glass of milk, let alone with practically every meal. Stop talking about the bloody milk.