If you loved J.L. Merrow's Muscling Through, you will probably also love Glitterland for many of the same reasons. If you haven't read either story, I highly recommend both reads right now. 
 The characters are superbly written. The story is told entirely from the bipolar thoughts of Ash Winters, a writer who yearns for the life he had before a psychotic breakdown landed him in the hospital and led to the ruins of his current life. What starts as a one-night stand with "Essex," so dubbed because of his gaudy orange spray-tan and outrageous accent, somehow transitions into a tentative relationship with the sweet young man named Darian. If I had any complaint, it is that I occasionally wished to be inside Darian's head instead of always in Ash's. It is a truly minor complaint. 
 I loved Ash's manic thoughts of "I can't, but I can't help myself. I shouldn't, but I want this because I'm selfish." And unlike some stories where I want to shake the heck out of the MC to get 'is 'ead aht 'is arse, I can't and don't think that about Ash because I truly understand why his mind has twisted this way. I was absorbed. It was beautiful. 
 I fell in love with some of Darian's Yoda-like wisdom. Plus he says the thoughts that I believe everyone should have about whose choice it truly is. He is open and accepting of who he is and who Ash is. He's just lovely. 
 We see Ash truly grow thanks to his love for an odd match that just makes him feel good when little else does. Totes awesome story, babes! 
 P.S. Have a dictionary handy, and not just for the British terms.