Name: Abroad
ISBN: 9781942083627

Liz Jacobs

An intensely private college student is studying abroad, both taken in and overwhelmed by the endless mysteries of London. It's not the first time Nikolay Melnikov - Nick - has confronted a new culture in another country, but his new friends take him on a journey that leads to the first time he has ever truly confronted himself.

Book One

Abroad

3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. Didn't really like this one quite as much as the first book. There's more smut than the first one, which just isn't my thing as an ace reader, even if I knew it was going to be there. The ending felt a little rushed and incomplete because of the time skips. There's just something about epilogues set a year or two in the future that don't really work for me, personally. I also didn't love the way that Dex basically guilted Nick into coming out to his mom. Coming out should always be a personal choice and if someone doesn't come out, they're not "living a lie" or inauthentically or whatever. If Nick wasn't sure if coming out was a safe choice, then that should have been respected. His choice shouldn't have been about Dex at all, and instead just about Nick and what he wants from his life. 
I did, however, continue to absolutely adore Izzy and her storyline. The way she grapples with falling for a guy right after realizing she's queer and then accepting that being with a man wouldn't make her less queer, because being bi for her means liking men and women so why would liking a man be bad? Izzy is just a precious person and I adore her.

Abroad Book One

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