The mystery is fun, the romance is charming, and Oliver’s autistic perspective adds a fresh and thoughtful voice to the amateur sleuth genre. Some side characters could’ve used more depth, and the plot occasionally stretches believability, but the dynamic between Oliver and Ricky is pure chaos in the best way. A solid debut that balances humor, heart, and murder.

Thank you netgalley for a copy of this book.
First of all, the autistic rep was good, I found a lot of similarities to myself. However, the other characters felt quite two dimensional and I would have enjoyed more character development for them.
The twist was good and overall an interesting read.

I NEED MORE OF THESE TWO!

Oliver and Ricky are such a chaotic pair, and I absolutely loved it! I really hope there will be more books to come featuring these two characters, because it hurt to say goodbye to them at the end of this book.

Oliver is an autistic 24 year-old who writes for a travel magazine and still lives at home with his mom. He gets a big break when the magazine he writes for sends him to Washington DC for his first big feature article, where he will be working with freelance photographer, Ricky.

Oliver is determined not to mess this opportunity up, and wants to stick closely to the itinerary he has been given. Ricky wants to branch out a bit and have some fun, which doesn’t go well with Oliver’s autism and need for structure.

In the process of seeing the sights in DC to gather content for his article, Oliver happens upon the opportunity to write another article about a startup electric car company and the issues they have been having with their auto driving software. In the process, an acquaintance of Oliver’s ends up dead and Oliver and Ricky are hunting for clues to find out what really happened.

Can they find a killer before the killer finds them?

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher/author for this copy of the book.

DNF

I was looking forward to reading this as I’m always looking for more books with good autistic representation. Unfortunately I DNF it because the characters felt two dimensional.

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc

I enjoyed the Autistic representation, it felt very real (which makes sense as the author is Autistic). The mystery was engaging, and Oliver solving it came about very naturally. The romance was low-tension and there's room for the relationship to develop further. Overall, the was an easy and enjoyable read.

Thank you to Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC.

DNFed at 10 percent. This just isn't for me.

This book was a ton of fun. It's hard to believe it's a first novel—the writing is smooth, the dialogue is realistic, the plot (while definitely far-fetched at times) hangs together very well... just great work all around.

As I write this, I feel like I have to bump what I initially intended as a four-star review up to five (though I continue to wish for the ability to give half stars). This probably isn't a book I'll read again and again, but I definitely will look forward to whatever comes next from this author!

My thanks to the publisher/NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.