A review by karentje
Feel the Fire by Annabeth Albert

4.0

Heartwarming second-chance-at-love romance. Luis and Tucker first fell in love with each other in high school, but distance, family expectations, and youthful mistakes ripped them apart. When they meet again, quite unexpectedly, years later, their old feelings resurface as if the years apart never happened. There’s some resentment and old hurts to overcome at first, and I loved how the author handled it, bringing the angst while still enabling the reader to empathize with both men’s perspective. Luis and Tucker have matured and need to relearn who the other is. I really liked how those new discoveries helped to fan the flames of their love for each other even higher. Tucker identifies as demisexual, and I loved how he opened up to Luis about that and how considerate Luis was when it came to the physical side of their relationship, never assuming or pushing Tucker in any way. Luis is only in town temporarily, so everything they feel seems doomed from the start. Still, true love can’t be denied, luckily. Figuring out a way forward, a future where they can be happy together and not have either one feel as if they sacrificed too much of their life, isn’t easy. Something’s gotta give. And something did. I think this big stumbling block was resolved in a very satisfactory manner. Tucker’s sons, his ex and her new husband and daughter all feel like part of the family and are wonderful secondary characters in their own right. This can be read as a standalone, but I still really enjoyed the brief scenes with the MC’s from the previous books in the series.