Stella Lane is one of my favourite romance protagonists in recent memory.
Stella Lane is one of my favourite romance protagonists in recent memory — her neurodivergence is written from the inside rather than as a quirk for the neurotypical love interest to be charmed by, which makes an enormous difference to how the romance reads. Michael Phan is also genuinely lovely in ways that feel specific rather than generic. The heat level is high, the emotional intelligence is higher, and the ending made me actually happy in the specific way that only the best romance novels achieve.