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A review by jamie_w
Revived by Kora Knight
4.0
Ok so rating this was a struggle!! Let’s get into it.
This duet was probably 3x too long. It was full of redundancies that did not add any new information or character development. The internal dialogue was wildly overdone. The weird Tad and Scott chapters were better suited for a novella and weren’t necessary for a duet that was supposed to be about Max and Sean. It was disjointed and confusing.
Additionally the constant push and pull between Max and Sean got predictable and made Sean seem like a fool and Max completely heartless. In all honesty, Max had zero character development until 75% of the way through this. And I think there should’ve been more time apart from each other. More groveling on Max’s part. Sean needed to find himself again.
I wanted/needed more angst because the little we got was amazing!! And that may sound odd but I found Max’s issues to be sad but not angsty. Sean’s overwhelming love and devotion with no reciprocation, endless fighting for Max, cutting his heart open was angsty.
Ok ok. I know that sounds like I didn’t like it. Oh but hunnies I did like it. I just had those issues. This duet should’ve been one book around 300 pages. We just had too much filler with no forward movement.
I loved the last 15% of this book. By far the best part of the series. We finally get a splayed open Max and a resilient Sean. We get these truly emotional and impactful moments where these two men let all their walls down and share themselves with each other.
The sex, unfortunately while Max was intoxicated, was some of the best lovemaking I’ve read. And the moment when he asked Sean to take his heart with him broke me to pieces. The moment when Max’s mother told Sean she’s been waiting years for him also destroyed me.
There were so many of these moments in the final part of the duet that made up for some of my earlier issues but oh how I wish we would’ve had them throughout. Ultimately I loved Max and Sean together. I wish we would’ve had more passion and vulnerability instead of bickering.
This duet was probably 3x too long. It was full of redundancies that did not add any new information or character development. The internal dialogue was wildly overdone. The weird Tad and Scott chapters were better suited for a novella and weren’t necessary for a duet that was supposed to be about Max and Sean. It was disjointed and confusing.
Additionally the constant push and pull between Max and Sean got predictable and made Sean seem like a fool and Max completely heartless. In all honesty, Max had zero character development until 75% of the way through this. And I think there should’ve been more time apart from each other. More groveling on Max’s part. Sean needed to find himself again.
I wanted/needed more angst because the little we got was amazing!! And that may sound odd but I found Max’s issues to be sad but not angsty. Sean’s overwhelming love and devotion with no reciprocation, endless fighting for Max, cutting his heart open was angsty.
Ok ok. I know that sounds like I didn’t like it. Oh but hunnies I did like it. I just had those issues. This duet should’ve been one book around 300 pages. We just had too much filler with no forward movement.
I loved the last 15% of this book. By far the best part of the series. We finally get a splayed open Max and a resilient Sean. We get these truly emotional and impactful moments where these two men let all their walls down and share themselves with each other.
The sex, unfortunately while Max was intoxicated, was some of the best lovemaking I’ve read. And the moment when he asked Sean to take his heart with him broke me to pieces. The moment when Max’s mother told Sean she’s been waiting years for him also destroyed me.
There were so many of these moments in the final part of the duet that made up for some of my earlier issues but oh how I wish we would’ve had them throughout. Ultimately I loved Max and Sean together. I wish we would’ve had more passion and vulnerability instead of bickering.