dragonflyreads 's review for:

Without You by Marley Valentine

4.0

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Without You is my first read by Marley Valentine. She brought all the heavy with this story and I was not disappointed!

Deacon has lived in his younger brothers shadow his entire life. Once on his own, he's still not the favorite and he's come to the realization that he never will be. Lost and alone, he finds himself drawn to his brothers best friend Julian.

Julian has no one left in this life. Natural enemies with Deacon, he's the last person he'd thought to befriend. They are drawn together with one common bond and it was a beautiful story to them getting their HEA.

I really enjoyed this one. Without You is full of tragedy, ALL THE ANGST, and lots of love. I may have wanted to punch Deacon's mom a few times but that's beside the point. This one had a wonderful story with supreme character development.