Anomaly’s Reviews > A Prairie Dog's Love Song > Status Update

Aaaaand, that's the end. The rest is just a preview for another book. *grumps in Pet Peeve*

Saying that Joshua's wanted Ben since Ben was 17 (and he was 23) actually doesn't help the fact it's been left ambiguous for the entire story since the flashback where they were clearly catching feelings for each other when Ben was 15 and Joshua was 21. Would've preferred the lead-in be 17 and 23, because at least the mental maturity distance between 17 and 18 (aka adult) is negligible and it's less weird.

For a "homophobic town" they sure did smooth that over real easy...

I know it's a throwaway line about comeuppance on a homophobe, but police don't steal ("confiscate") people's hard drives as evidence in legal disputes about logos - especially when the person who owns the hard drive is the one suing someone else for alleged logo theft. And the logo is a ranch brand. Also? Throwing the fact someone is clearly closeted in his face is not okay no matter how homophobic he's acting.

Yes. Of course. When your crush is mortified to return home because he's afraid of homophobia and judgment for his sex work, the solution is to stand up in the middle of a town meeting and announce to everyone that your crush is afraid to return home because he's gay and doing sex work. That's how sane people solve these problems.

Sheriff Taylor? Are we sure this isn't Mayberry?

"But after Joshua himself had touched Ben and kissed him, the thought of anyone else doing it was enough to make him want to take out his dad’s old shotgun and blow a hole in something."
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Ben: "I'm not gay, I'm bicurious. I've had sex with girlfriends before, but I also want sex with men."
[ one clumsy sex scene later ]
Ben: "I am gay."

"hard and overripe and moist at the head"

That's it. That's all I'm saying.

Uhm. So... I'm pretty sure I just witnessed a near-rape scene played as romantic..? Also, bicurious and bisexual exist and FUCK that whole "well look I can make you react to me, and we're both men, ergo you're gay" bullshit.