Written by: Shelby Van Pelt
First line: Darkness suits me.
Why you should read this book: Cameron can't keep a job or a girlfriend, and the pathetic state of his life at thirty he attributes to being abandoned by his drug-addict mother and never even knowing his father. Tova is serious, industrious, and all alone at an age where others are enjoying their grandchildren, following the deaths of her son, husband, and brother. Marcellus is a giant Pacific octopus who has spent most of his life in an aquarium, and now, as he is about to achieve senescence, he's determined to use to use his keen intellect, sense of adventure, and deep understanding of human beings developed through four years of captivity, to show Cameron and Tova the important truths they cannot see through their own grief.
Why you shouldn't read this book: It's not really a romance novel, but it's got those kinds of ridiculous coincidences and silly writing that so often are the hallmarks of the genre.
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