Review: Hope, Love, Healing and Redemption
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
Wow - almost two weeks after finishing this book, I'm still thinking about it. I am still digesting it.  Although the subject matter is not an easy read, the relationship between Alex and Sage is truly a beautiful thing.  I'm even rereading it, along with some other FB friends, as a book club/discussion group.  I have seen some comments about the BDSM aspect of the book, and although it definitely exists, it isn't the focus of the story, its definitely secondary and used to help explain and illustrate Alex and the demons that haunt him. When I had mentioned that the subject matter was not an easy read, the BDSM was absolutely not what I was referring to. Alex is such a broken soul when he meets Sage and this is what the story is really about, him being so broken, so shrouded in darkness and how he tries to find his way. And although this book is definitely a M/M read, that is also secondary - this is a story of hope, love, healing and redemption and the main characters just happen to both be men, strong, beautiful, successful and yet very, very vulnerable. This story is so beautifully written, emotion pours from almost every page and you feel right along with Alex and Sage.