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haletostilinski1's review
4.0
This was a really good second installment in this series. Kind of like the opposite of Mac and Bennett's story in that Danny and Jaden have a connection right away and are immediate friends and fall in love quickly.
There were typos here and there that were sometimes distracting - but not too bad overall - and it was a pretty slow start for me - I kept getting distracted and ended up reading Sterek fic instead sometimes and coming back to this hours later. Not that it was bad, but it took awhile for things to really start to pick up between Danny and Jaden and for my attention to be caught enough to keep reading a lot at a time.
But once these two fell more in love and things started to get told - - then this story started to pick up and I really, really enjoyed it.
I felt so bad for Jaden and what happened to him, and I wanted Danny or someone to track down that fucking asshole and punch right in his fucking face.
I do think there should have been a little more with trust issues with Jaden - like I know Danny is such a good guy and he would never do what Jaden's ex did, but when your trust has been broken like that, your feelings aren't always rational - but he trusted Danny so easily and never had a doubt. I felt it would have been more realistic if he had, just once or twice. Especially with just how horribly Jaden's trust was broken before with his ex and just what he did with it.
I also felt the ending was a tad abrupt, but it was sweet and adorable and these two are just so adorable together, so I didn't mind so much. There was just a feeling that the story was going along, starting to wrap up, and then the final line happened and it was done, on to the epilogue and it was like "woah, okay, it's stopping there?"
Overall a good book, I'm very much enjoying this series. Hope the next book is about Andrew and Reed, there was a spark of something there when we saw them together in the book.
I do recommend this is you enjoyed the first book :D
There were typos here and there that were sometimes distracting - but not too bad overall - and it was a pretty slow start for me - I kept getting distracted and ended up reading Sterek fic instead sometimes and coming back to this hours later. Not that it was bad, but it took awhile for things to really start to pick up between Danny and Jaden and for my attention to be caught enough to keep reading a lot at a time.
But once these two fell more in love and things started to get told -
Spoiler
Jaden has HIV and he's scared to tell anyone he's with or falls for that he has it, and since he thinks he's gonna go back to Boston eventually and Danny will never come out, that they can't be anything and so he waits weeks to tell Danny about itI felt so bad for Jaden and what happened to him, and I wanted Danny or someone to track down that fucking asshole and punch right in his fucking face.
I do think there should have been a little more with trust issues with Jaden - like I know Danny is such a good guy and he would never do what Jaden's ex did, but when your trust has been broken like that, your feelings aren't always rational - but he trusted Danny so easily and never had a doubt. I felt it would have been more realistic if he had, just once or twice. Especially with just how horribly Jaden's trust was broken before with his ex and just what he did with it.
I also felt the ending was a tad abrupt, but it was sweet and adorable and these two are just so adorable together, so I didn't mind so much. There was just a feeling that the story was going along, starting to wrap up, and then the final line happened and it was done, on to the epilogue and it was like "woah, okay, it's stopping there?"
Overall a good book, I'm very much enjoying this series. Hope the next book is about Andrew and Reed, there was a spark of something there when we saw them together in the book.
I do recommend this is you enjoyed the first book :D
cabc's review
1.0
I struggled so hard to get through this book and finally had to stop. Nothing about the characters or story grabbed me. Not for me.
cadiva's review
4.0
That's a two for two in this series by Morningstar Ashley for me.
I loved Jaden and Danny so much and again, while this story had a serious subject at its heart, like book one, Morningstar treats it with such a light hand that it never drags the narrative down.
The romance is as beautiful as the cover and we get to catch up with Bennett and Mac from book one and see their HEA is firmly on course still.
I'm not sure where the series is going next but I can't wait to find out.
#ARC kindly received from the author in return for an honest and unbiased review.
I loved Jaden and Danny so much and again, while this story had a serious subject at its heart, like book one, Morningstar treats it with such a light hand that it never drags the narrative down.
The romance is as beautiful as the cover and we get to catch up with Bennett and Mac from book one and see their HEA is firmly on course still.
I'm not sure where the series is going next but I can't wait to find out.
#ARC kindly received from the author in return for an honest and unbiased review.