Jonty in Russia

I liked that Jonty said in the first book that he'd want to see the glass beach (Ussuri Bay I think it was) and he actually gets to see it in this short story, all thanks to Devan. For some reason I thought they were only going to see the beach, but no, they had a lot of fun and that's great. I liked Jonty and Devan exploring Vladivostok, skating on the frozen sea, experiencing banya, trying all kinds of exciting foods, and making friends.

I wasn't even surprised that Jonty got in trouble, and I liked that he was more worried about ruining the clothes Devan bought for him than him being injured. He's so pure. And Devan is such a good boyfriend, he cares so much about Jonty, loves him so much that he only wants to make him happy, wants to experience things together with him, and worries so much about him. He even looks for solutions to make things that can't work, work, all because Jonty wants something. He's really so good to Jonty and that makes me happy. They are both good to each other, Jonty in return looks for ways to show Devan how much he appreciates and loves him and for ways to make him laugh. This short story was really nice and with both 'Jonty's Christmas' and 'Jonty in Russia' I liked having the gap between the book and its epilogue filled in.