Hearts Alight

2.5 stars. Interesting concept but the execution was underdeveloped and the romance was uninspiring. Dave finds out that the guy he's crushing on, Amit, is a golem - in Jewish folklore, a man created from clay - but other than that fact, we don't learn anything interesting about his existence, and everyone is so blase about his identity that it loses any of its magic. So many questions are unanswered, or asked and quickly dismissed (like the unsolvable dilemma that Amit is immortal and Dave is not). The author seems more interested in describing the Dungeons & Dragons game that Dave loves than in exploring the half-hearted fantasy he has created.

I'd love to be able to add this to the small canon of recommended romances with Jewish characters (and the even smaller canon of M/M Jewish romances) but it's just not strong enough.