Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 Writing partnerships have always fascinated me and Strong Signal by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell just proves that sometimes they can be spot on. I've read both these author's before and I have always loved Ms. Erickson's work. Mr. Hassell is a somewhat new to me author and I've read two of his other books one I liked but didn't love and one I loved quite a bit, but I like the way their two styles blended. Erickson's soft and gooey inside cracked open Hassell's hard outer shell and what it left readers with is an outstanding story of two men from very different worlds bonding over gaming, interweb interaction and a mutual respect. That's not to say they didn't have some issues because one character was deployed in the middle of the dessert and the other one suffered from such bad social anxiety that he barely left his home, but together they forged a friendship, followed by an internet relationship followed by so much more. 
 I love that this story was told from both points of view and through email, webchats, Skype, text messages and eventually in person. Both these men had some issues they were dealing with both personally and professionally and it was interesting watching them confide over time with one another yet still maintaining some distance. I liked that even after meeting in person and enjoying each other fully, their relationship still had some bumps in the road and it took a lot of self reflecting and some hard decisions to make it work. 
 There is something special about a relationship that starts in an unusual way, builds over time and turns into a love of a lifetime and Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell told this story beautifully and have proven they are one heck of a writing team! 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.