6/29/2023 0 Comments New Hand by L.A. Witt![]() ![]() Ultimately, they were both too perfect to be real. Instead, so much of this book was heart-breaking due to Garrett’s history rather than Jesse’s HIV infection. A regimen of one pill a day can keep a person’s viral load “undetectable,” which essentially means “untransmittable.” As a professional medical editor who had done recent work with HIV care, I cheered at Witt’s accurate portrayal of something too often still stigmatized. Jesse’s story is all too familiar to so many gay men, and I love that readers hopefully learned (along with Garrett) that HIV is no longer the death sentence that it once was. Not only did this novel show that nerds come in all shapes and colors, but it was about time that, with so many gay characters, one one appear with HIV. ![]() If representation bingo was a thing, New Hand won me the game. (That being said, I definitely wrote “If the show is cancelled, I will riot” on my phone where I jot down notes while I read.) I’d be more devastated, but this was definitely a long series and I loved every bit of the ride. As amazing as it was to see so many recurring characters appear in one place in this book, I figured out pretty quickly that it’s because the series was coming to a close. ![]()
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