I think Ms Wilder could begin writing about two dung beetles and wind up with an absolutely amazing story. Her imagination is just that fertile. Vivian has written enough of a review that I can only add my favorite parts. I grew up in a very small community so the Durstrand grapevine was like being back home. Half out neighbors knew what I was going to do before I even did it. What can you say about a farmer who has a drive-in theater in his field so he can show movies for his cows? Happy cows make better burgers. Under all the laughs stands a rather incredible young man who can hear light and has a beautiful soul and the terribly lucky crook who loves him. This is a must read. ( )

Exquisite. I have rarely read a novel this intensely emotional, even when, or maybe especially when, it isn't overt. The use of light is captivating. The use of humor's delightful. I laughed out loud several times. I want the author to contact me if he ever wants to edit out the typos. I'm not a professional, but they bug me so I notice, and I'd do it for free for this book. Typos and edit errors bug me, but I enjoyed the story too much to care beyond a mental correction.

Grant is our point of view character. His evolution through the story's often understated. He is unaware that he has much to learn. Morgan has overcome more than most people by the time Grant meets him, but Grant can't see past his tics and coping mechanisms. Every step in Grant's understanding is made in humor and wonder and occasional pain, particularly when he blunders into the cobweb of assumptions. He's also on the FBI's radar via a past lover, and things get more complicated and dangerous from there.

(I laugh at criticism of the FBI procedural stuff. Unless you have been an agent, undercover, double-agent, and so on, what do you know? About as much as I do, via Criminal Minds. Which also gets it wrong, or so I hear. What's in this story serves the plot, and skirts hard-core FBI anyway. You'll see what I mean when you read it.)

The way Morgan's autism is handled is beautiful. The encounter Grant has near the end, beautiful. You'll see what I mean when you read it.

I loved this story. Oh, another reviewer didn't like the sex scenes, and that's a shame. Every one was important to their evolution in multiple ways. I'm sad that person didn't understand what was happening. ( )

Review forthcoming, but any words I choose will be inadequate. ( )

Riveting. Haunting. Heartbreaking. Magnificent. ( )

Riveting. Haunting. Heartbreaking. Magnificent. ( )