A review by bookwyrms_shelf
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune

5.0

If I could give this book more than five stars, I would. TJ Klune has a way of cracking open your soul and just creating this window that he pours his books into. That's how reading this book felt. It was a beautiful, hilarious, and heartbreaking story, and honestly it would be absolutely amazing if it were picked up by Studio Ghibli, because the visuals in this are so vivid and breathtaking that they need to be seen. 

Nate has inherited a cabin from his parents. And a truck. And that's it. And his brother doesn't care that he wasn't at the funeral because they basically all disowned him when they found out he was gay. Ok. Well then. That's a bit close to home these days, isn't it? Finding Alex and Art is the best thing that's ever happened to him, even if it's not that way at first. Everything else that comes next is crazy and bizarre, and leads them on the adventure of their lives.

I appreciate so, so very much the fact that Klune puts his heart out there with his work, and writes romance that is true and beautiful. It's not just about physical stuff. The forming of bonds between characters and creating the found family is something that I've never seen another author do so well. To be human is to love, to be heartbroken, to hope in the face of certain doom while trying desperately to survive. Do your soul a favor and pick this one up. I'll just be over here with my new soul window open and ready for whatever magnificent weirdness TJ Klune writes next.