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aroaessidhe · 1 month ago

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2024 reads / storygraph

Life Underwater

adult contemporary

about a man navigating his relationship with his partner after they move in together, having never been interested in relationships before; as well as bigoted people questioning their relationship, (as he's Muslim with a younger white partner)

along with dealing with the fact that his partner is a with a marine biologist - and he’s extremely hydrophobic due to trauma, but wants to find a way to be involved in what his partner is so passionate about

trans grey-aro ace MC, nonbinary LI

#life underwater #aroaessidhe 2024 reads #aromantic books #asexual books #I enjoyed this overall!#great exploration of a aromantic mc with one exception; as well as a sex repulsed asexual in a relationship with an allo #in the midst of so many demi-aspec romance books where the demi character is like I haven’t felt attraction before #or been in a relationship but i WANT to and I’ve never felt HAPPY/RIGHT about my aspecness etc etc it’s so refreshing to have a #arospec character that’s like yeah I was secure in being aroace but then this one person changed things #but if this didn’t work out I probably wouldn’t seek it out again #(though being aro-spec-ace rather than allo-demi is part of the reason for the difference)#(obviously the former is something that people experience. it’s just. i get it! every demi book! okay!)#(anyway. this felt like a breath of fresh air in that regard)#I think the structure of the narrative is a bit strange - it’s very slow to start #and sort of deals with some stuff in the first half and then completely different stuff in the second; and also honestly after the build up #I expected it to deal more in depth with him actually dealing with the phobia. but then it just sort of ends #I am also hesitant about a book by a white author (pretty sure) that has a Muslim MC that deals with racism/islamophobia #- I don’t think there was anything bad about it specifically….. it’s just i would usually not pick up Books By White Authors #Exploring Racism over a book by a Muslim author. i mean obviously this is a very small selfpub book so like whatever I guess.#just as a note.

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