Taking in the stray his landlady brings him isn't anything new for Patrick, she did the same for him years ago and he's been trying to replay the kindness to the world ever since. Nathaniel is skittish, clearly a man running from something, but Patrick gives him a job in his new bookshop, and hopes a chance to rest will help him get past whatever he's running from. Soon the two men, along with Patrick's recently widowed best friend and her fresh baby, are forming their own community in a radical corner of 1968 New York, even as their pasts crowd in.
Unfortunately, I seem to be less impressed by each Cat Sebastian book I read. I really loved We Could Be So Good, but this book feels like it could use some structural edits. It is extremely slow, and it feels like we know virtually nothing about Nathaniel until his first perspective chapter well into the book. Overall, it feels like this book never really went anywhere, and it was slow getting there. I really liked the characters, but I think it would benefit a lot from some added plot.
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