This is not an uncommon opinion judging from the Goodreads reviews, but a lot of the reason I didn’t really enjoy this book came down to the “who”-although not quite for the same reason. But let no one say I did not try! For science! Who Y’all, I kept the tab open for months waiting until I could put in an Interlibrary Loan request and waited patiently for the book to come 2,500 miles and it… was not… worth it.

I tell you this because I want you to be able accurately salt my opinion before you digest it. I honestly can’t put my finger on the why, but novels don’t tend to do it for me in general. *deep sigh* It’s not like I don’t read fiction, or don’t read it in English, or am categorically opposed to YA or Romance or what-have-you as genres. Given that this is probably the fastest growing area of explicit ace rep, it seems like maybe I should take a bigger interest in it, but…. WALKER: I am very sorry, I didn’t realize your blog even had comments, to say nothing of pingbacks! If I had known, I would not have linked your blog at all! I think it is in poor taste to accost an author with reviews and beg you to please forgive me! Whyĭespite the fact that I spend a considerable amount of my time looking at and analyzing asexual representation, there is an obvious hole in my repertoire: English-language novels. Maybe Hennessy can convince Jordan that his world hasn’t been turned upside down at all, but maybe it’s now-for the first time in his life-the right way up.ĮDIT, TO N.R.

Leaving his North Shore support group behind, he starts his own in Surry Hills, where he meets first-time-attendee Jordan.Ī little bewildered and scared, but completely adorable, Hennessy is struck by this guy who’s trying to find where he belongs. His being asexual had seen the end of a lot of his romances, but he’s determined to stay true to himself. Hennessy Lang moved to Surry Hills after splitting with his boyfriend. But when he realizes adding the label ‘asexual’ might explain a lot, it turns his world upside down. Gay, geek, a librarian, socially awkward, a nervous rambler, an introvert, an outsider. Jordan O’Neill isn’t a fan of labels, considering he has a few.

Upside Down by N.R. Walker