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Say It Right by A.M. Arthur
5.0
Marc and Anthony were the best of best friends growing up. They were absolutely inseparable until sixteen-year-old Marc was thrown out by his father for being gay and the two boys lost touch. Eight years later, Marc is pretty damned surprised when Anthony’s little sister shows up on his doorstep out of nowhere and asks for his help to save her drug addict brother.
A.M. Arthur writes beautiful, angsty love stories that always tear me apart emotionally, and in Say It Right Marc and Anthony are so very broken, both having lived on the streets and having struggled with hardcore drug addiction and other terrible things that I don’t even want to mention (slight spoiler: there’s at least one scene were a past assault is described and. It. Is. Heartbreaking.). Marc’s been clean for almost five years and now co-runs an LGBT shelter for homeless teens, while Anthony is just coming down from his last high and has a long way to go towards recovery. Marc knows that he’s risking his sobriety by taking in his old friend, but how can he not? He loved him eight years ago and he still loves him now and it turns out Anthony has loved him back all along – oh my gosh, my heart ached for these two!
Say It Right is the second book in the All Saint series and can be read as a standalone, but I highly recommend reading Come What May, the previous book in the series, to get a fuller picture and get to know some of the background characters. In fact, if you’ve read Arthur’s other books set in the same universe you’ll recognize quite a few characters – Ezra (Maybe This Time) and Alessandro (No Such Thing) play big rolls in this book (and their partners to lesser extents), plus Romy (Stand By You) and Riley and Boxer (Finding Their Way) also make an appearance. If you have no idea who any of these people are, no worries, you won’t miss out and they’re all briefly introduced on a need to know basis so you’ll be fine.
I loved Say It Right, from angsty beginning to HEA, and I can’t wait for the next book in the All Saints series, As I Am, which comes out February 13th and looks to be even more of an emotional ride.
*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.
A.M. Arthur writes beautiful, angsty love stories that always tear me apart emotionally, and in Say It Right Marc and Anthony are so very broken, both having lived on the streets and having struggled with hardcore drug addiction and other terrible things that I don’t even want to mention (slight spoiler: there’s at least one scene were a past assault is described and. It. Is. Heartbreaking.). Marc’s been clean for almost five years and now co-runs an LGBT shelter for homeless teens, while Anthony is just coming down from his last high and has a long way to go towards recovery. Marc knows that he’s risking his sobriety by taking in his old friend, but how can he not? He loved him eight years ago and he still loves him now and it turns out Anthony has loved him back all along – oh my gosh, my heart ached for these two!
Say It Right is the second book in the All Saint series and can be read as a standalone, but I highly recommend reading Come What May, the previous book in the series, to get a fuller picture and get to know some of the background characters. In fact, if you’ve read Arthur’s other books set in the same universe you’ll recognize quite a few characters – Ezra (Maybe This Time) and Alessandro (No Such Thing) play big rolls in this book (and their partners to lesser extents), plus Romy (Stand By You) and Riley and Boxer (Finding Their Way) also make an appearance. If you have no idea who any of these people are, no worries, you won’t miss out and they’re all briefly introduced on a need to know basis so you’ll be fine.
I loved Say It Right, from angsty beginning to HEA, and I can’t wait for the next book in the All Saints series, As I Am, which comes out February 13th and looks to be even more of an emotional ride.
*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.