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Review of At War with a Broken Heart by Dahlia Donovan Davet is a young man on the spectrum who spends his days tending to his coffee shop and worrying about his brother, also on the spectrum, Fraco. He's had a slight crush on two older men in his village - Fie, a vet who makes mugs and has PTSD and survivor's guilt from his time in the military, and Sid, from Fie's same military squad, who's now a police detective in their village. Sid and Fie have a slight history, friendly and night of more than friendly. They both have noticed Davet, and somehow the three of them end up in a lovely, sweet relationship. But it won't be easy going because all three men have various obstacles in their own lives: Fie's PTSD, Davet's autism and worrying over his brother, and Sid's bigoted father. Can the three of them make it work, will their village be accepting of a MMM relationship? I loved this story. It's so naturally written, the relationship between ...