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graendoll 's review for:
Without You
by Marley Valentine
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Valentine has given us another solid romance with this one. The writing is excellent, good enough to make me forget how much I have first person POV and done with the right amount of character development and introspection.
This particular story tugged on my heartstrings because I genuinely loved Deacon and found myself really feeling for him as the invisible child. The complete lack of gay panic could have come off as unbelievable but Valentine wrote it in a way that I was willing to buy in to it and get caught up in the genuine desire felt between our two MC's. After having read several of her books, I would be bold enough to say this is probably my favorite. She does tend to tackle heavy topics and this is the first book of hers where I really felt like the resolution took most of the real life probable concerns into account.
The smut was not super explicit but it was well written and definitely leaned on the relationship and the feelings between our two MCs to make the scenes give the reader a hit of endorphins.
This particular story tugged on my heartstrings because I genuinely loved Deacon and found myself really feeling for him as the invisible child. The complete lack of gay panic could have come off as unbelievable but Valentine wrote it in a way that I was willing to buy in to it and get caught up in the genuine desire felt between our two MC's. After having read several of her books, I would be bold enough to say this is probably my favorite. She does tend to tackle heavy topics and this is the first book of hers where I really felt like the resolution took most of the real life probable concerns into account.
The smut was not super explicit but it was well written and definitely leaned on the relationship and the feelings between our two MCs to make the scenes give the reader a hit of endorphins.