Review: Amazing story!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
I just finished this book, and it was absolutely amazing by the depth and feeling envoked by this new to me author.  It was raw and powerful, and really sucked you into the story.  I laughed and cried along with the MCs in this novel.  Ara is the type of character you love to hate, but his growth and depth made me love to love him by the end.  In the beginning he is vain and superficial, and his beauty really is only skin deep.  He treats everyone like they are beneath him, especially his best friend Beni.  The one person who had stood by him, and loved him.  An auto accident robs him of his outward beauty, or at least that is what he believes, leaving him scarred and emotionally closed off.  He's turned himself into a recluse, not wanting to even chance enduring the types of stares from strangers that he bestowed upon others when he was beautiful.  Enter Ilias...smart, funny, sexy, compassionate Ilias.  He challenges Ara on every level, and puts up with a heap of crap as Ara takes his frustrations out on him, but he doesn't give up.  Slowly he worms his way through the barriers Ara has constructed to protect himself, showing Ara through actions and words that he believes Ara is beautiful inside and out. The love that forms between these two men was almost tangible in it's intensity.  You could literally feel it as it progressed throughout the book. The book was exceptionally well written, and I will definitely be looking for more from this author.  Thank you for a wonderful read.