Now this is a wonderful find. Xenofiction AND an autistic main character? Autistic people often relate to non-human characters, as so many attempts to write them often end up making someone autistic coded. But in this story, the main character Cacao is both, and his perspective both as an anthropomorphic snake person and his neurodivergence come into play. And he's allowed to be selfish.

I love when I come across autistic characters who can be selfish, mean, or even evil, not as a result of their autism making them not understand, but because it's how they are. Cacao softens as the story goes on but he's for the most part unapologetically selfish, and it's wonderful to read.

All of the characters are lovable, Cacao being balanced by his passionate, morally righteous love interest. The plot wasn't anything groundbreaking, nor was the world, but it was still quite enjoyable and I had a lot of fun with it. I will be reading the sequel series following one of the side characters.