Review: Great book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 4, 2013
Wow, what a book! I went back and forth about giving it a 4 star or 5 star but decided that any book that makes me cry three different times deserves a five star. There were a few typos and the wrong character placement in conversation, but I did not put this book down until I finished around 4 a.m. in the morning.This book is about Alexander Montgomery who is a author of romance novels (series). His series is turned into a TV series and in lies Christopher Sage (Sage). Alexander develops his main character in the book (Carter) based on an actor he has a "crush" on, Sage. Alexander ends up overseeing the development of the TV series and meets his "crush" during Sage's audition. There is instant chemistry, but not insta-love. Alexander was brought up through the foster system and ends up running away. He is lured into a "horrific" situation and now lives with his own self-imposed demons from his past. He believes he is not worthy of love, kindness or basically anything good and deals with his pain through "punishment" (which he pays for S and M and a dom named Eric). By the way I hate that man.Sage is a young vibrant actor who has had his "losses" in life, but has always had support from someone during his ordeals. He is completely enraptured by Alexander's mystery, fear, loneliness, and vulnerability (good looks of course) that he reads in his eyes (which he has two different eye colors Heterochromia iridum).This is not an insta-love book. I believe it spans over 6-8 months in which Sage desperately tries to knock down Alexander's walls. To love Alexander, means Sage has to endure all of Alexander's "ways" to deal with life. Sage tries to deal, but it ends up almost tearing them both apart.This book also has a mystery running through it that ties into Alexander's novels as well as his past. It is a great read, made me cry, cry, and cry. I fell in love with Alexander, surprisingly more than I fell in love with Sage. What he overcomes and from his past and present and still has the capability to love in incredible.