Heart of Stone

This is a beautiful and very slow-paced romance novel, and I recommend it enthusiastically. It feels luxuriant. Two interesting characters surprise themselves by falling in love with each other, and there is a lot of very intense and detailed pining.

I can't really speak to the ADHD or autism representation, because I have neither diagnosis, but it seemed very respectful, as well as affirming, in that both MCs love aspects of the other that society tends to pathologize. I also liked all the side characters; this is the kind of book where it's easy to imagine them all living full lives off the page. I always enjoy that.

I think this author is at the start of his career and I know this is his first full-length novel. I enjoyed it very much, but I feel it would've benefited from better proofreading and possibly better editing. I'm not sure on that last point, because I was fully on board for the whole thing, personally. But it really is an extremely slow-burn romance.