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Without You by Marley Valentine
4.75
emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

i cried so much during the last two chapters of the book. it was so much. victoria crying for his brother’s happiness and bill fighting for deacon. 

deacon and julian’s story was mostly about their grief for rhett and trying to navigate through their guilt of being together despite julian being rhett’s ex boyfriend. what is interesting though is deacon’s family was mostly not about the grief: rhett’s death only highlighted this huge problem that theyve been avoiding the confrontation for so long and its how deacon’s mom strained her relationship with deacon because of comparisons with rhett.