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Ache by Marley Valentine
5.0

A book that will tug on your heart strings…
The perfect mix of angst, pining, love and steam



What I loved:
- The Characters:
Jordan: He is self-made man. His parents threw him out when he came out to them and it was his best friend Gel and his family who took him in and helped him become the man he is today. Since then he does whatever possible to show them his gratitude, spoiling them rotten. He loves them all, but he loves no one more than he loves Gael… his straight, engaged best friend. #Unattainable


Gael: Is a man who loves with his all heart…compassionate, helpful and genuinely nice person. This is what attracts people to him, from his fiancée Elena to his best friend Jordan. Jordan who he has been in love with for years. His feelings have all been put in a neat little box, just aching to break free. #MySecretMyLove


- The Plot:
Jordan and Gael have been circling each other for years…loving the other from afar. Elena, Gael’s fiancé is a nice woman, who loves Gael and his family but has a strained relationship with Jordan.
Throughout the book, Gael and Jordan go through highs and lows. They discover so much, experience so much and lose so much. But through all of that, they are best friends first. They care for each other, are there for each other and will fight for each other. #NoMatterWhat


- The Romance:
From the very beginning we can feel how much these men love each other. Both have loved the other in the dark, pining for the other alone and wishing it was different. The thing is, Gael knows that Jordan loved him, so it’s not really a secret…
Later in the book, they get the chance to love each other in the light. They get a taste of the unattainable and that little taste will snowball into the need to be together in front of everyone, no matter what. They ae so sweet together, so romantic, so devoted that they literally make you cry with how beautiful they are together. #IvewaitedYearsAndItWasWorthIt


- Steam-o-meter: Steamy, sensual and sweet. These men showed their love with their bodies so beautifully, so truthfully that you couldn’t even read a sex scene without smiling and swooning. #TheLanguageOfLove


- Angst-o-meter: Angsty. Between the pining and then what happens later in the book, this book will hit you in all the feels. #AngstAddict


- The HEA: It’s the ending the deserve, after everything they have gone through, all the years they lost and the loss they endured… it’s the ending that is worth the wait. #BetterLateThanNever