Review: Had a lot of potential but didn't quite shine
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
I wanted to like this one more than I did - it's a story that I felt could have been incredible, but it just didn't seem to come together that way for me. The characters of Jesse and Caden are both complex and have a lot of great backstory that I felt got lost in the whole 'insta-love' story line that at time was almost bordering on creepy on Jesse's part. I would have liked to see that complexity play into the relationship and relationship-building a bit more but it seemed like the author knew where she wanted this to go and it was headed there full-speed ahead (even with an ending that just seemed a bit flat to me, too).That said, I didn't dislike the story (despite my criticisms above) and think it would definitely be enjoyed by someone who really likes m/m romances where one partner is seen as helping the other get over past trauma (however authentic this particular telling might actually be).