If your partner tells you they need a break, than believe them and just get out of the relationship. Sooner or later you may be informed that you may not be needed anymore.
Bette, the main character of the queer romcom by Kate Young, Experienced, was enjoying her first relationship with Mei after coming out. She was happy and in love, until Mei requested her to go on a 90-year break to diversify her experience. Mei - she is assigned as of Japanese origin - will soon show her real face, leaving Bette in the doubt of deciding about herself and future relationships.
Bette´s take on relationships and her future needs and expectations, are growing up by the day - the book is organised based on days counting from different encounters onwards (like, for instance, the time lapsed from her ´period of experience. Meeting new people and grasping the meaning of those encounters, as well as discovering her needs are very well exposed through her monologues and dialogues between characters. At the same time, her steady network of friends do help her deal with the new challenges, as friendship and genuine human connection are very important in keeping the right social balance.
The book is dense in events and encounters and do share a wise amount of advice about relationships. But most importantly, the story is fun, complex, with unique characters and enough conflicts to keep you interested. The type of relationships and their questions do echoe so much the questioning and drama surrounding relationships - any kind of them - nowadays.
An enjoyable and thoughtful queer romcom.
Rating: 4 stars
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