despite this being so against the norms in my society, I could say that I did enjoy reading this, maybe because the characters are happy with their lives, not to the point of hurting/forcing each other, at first they seemed to be only connected physically, which is to some is a "shallow" connection, but you could see that as a club (the female members) and as partners they are growing "closer" and thus a special and stronger bond is formed through time. well.