If heroin or other addictions are a trigger for you skip this one.
If HIV positive characters and/or sex with other characters is a trigger for you skip this one.
There were so many things I liked about this story, but there were things that bugged me as well.
I thought the HIV was dealt with well and humane, without being overly preachy, or too blase. Yes, he made some mistakes, but it made his character seem more real without being a terrible person. I thought this aspect of the story was what would bother me most, but it was handled quite well.
The heroin addiction was painted rather stark and bleek, but I think the withdrawal and recovery was a little light on consequences and actions. We definitely didn't need it in detail, which in one instance I felt we got too much of. I would have preferred to "see" the outhouse episode from an outside character rather than the character experiencing the issue.
The spy is where I had my real issues with the story. He wasn't spy enough. 10 years at this stuff and even if he had fallen totally in love at first site he still wouldn't have blow it so badly. I think it would have made a better story if he'd lied to them a lot longer.
I also had an issue with mystery portion of the story. There were just way too many mistakes for me to handle, I ended up skimming most of the "incident" because it just made me cringe too much. The ski pole should have been moved to the bedroom, another hall, ie. anywhere but with the rest of the poles. Or use the copy on the phone, or a dozen other options come to mind. But really, paper copies leaving the company with DOD contracts is just not possible. I've worked in engineering for more years than I can remember, and even non-proprietary sensor diagrams are never allowed to leave the building.
While I felt the characters could have been a little better fleshed out, they worked as they were because so much of their personalities were right there in there titles - addict, loner, spy.
I did like the epilogue it was very sweet, and gave a nice roundness to the story so that no one felt like they gave up more than the others to make happiness work.
Some of the sex was questionable mostly because of the addiction, but most of it was nice and steamy without being over the top. I'd say there was a some mild submission, but your views may vary. I waffled back and forth between 3 and 4 stars because of my issues with the spy plot, so I rounded up from 3.5 stars to 4 because I thought the addiction and HIV issues were handled well.
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