Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

He was their family. They were his. They were worth every cut and bruise and scream.

I’m not sure I have anything intelligent to say about book 2 either, lol. It is absolutely packed full of different relationships in this dysfunctional found family and they are all slowly changing and evolving. It’s a lot to keep track of but somehow very clever and subtle.

The entire story is hard to pin down and even more difficult to really explain how I feel about it. I’m very much enjoying it though. It just pulls you in and won’t let go. I need to continue with book 3 asap.

It almost feels like fantasy, but it’s contemporary. It’s just got this entirely different thing about it that makes it feel ‘other’. Definitely YA though, with the ‘required’ horribly dark themes and moments, lol. I would definitely check out the content warnings.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Found family
(Fictional) college sports
Queer fiction
Past trauma
Mafia themes
Codependency

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Main SC raped by childhood abuser (off page, detailed immediate aftermath)
Mention of overdose and death of friend (off page, book 1)
Physical violence between main side characters
Prescription drug use
Alcohol consumption
Details of past parent death
Discussions of domestic abuse (parents, MC and SC)
Mention of SC put through conversion therapy (past)
Discussions of past drug addiction (not MC)
On-page drug use (not MC)
Homophobic SCs
Vomiting
Self harm scars (main SC)
Graphic violence
Death of minor SC (bad guy)
MC physically attacked
MC injured
Bad guy forcibly spitting in MC’s mouth
Forced branding (off page)
MC tortured (off page, detailed aftermath and injuries)

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, single
Genre: YA, LGBTQIA+, sports
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: N/A
Main characters’ age: 18 and 19
Series: Series
Kindle Unlimited: No
Pages: 338
Happy ending: N/A


As he listened to them, Neil realized he was happy. It was such an unexpected and unfamiliar feeling he lost track of the conversation for a minute.

He withdrew completely, leaving just the memory of his heartbeat against Neil’s mouth, and spun away.




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