Okay so Kirt Graves just works for me on massive levels, so maybe I’m a little biased when I say this, but the narration was great. I was so engrossed in the story, I got to chapter 20 and was SHOCKED to find out the story was almost over. More on that in a second. My point being that I was so into this, I forgot to check how far along in the book I was.

I loved so many things about this. The characters are great. I loved Stone and August, both as separate distinct characters and together as a couple. Theres great side characters, as well. I enjoyed Stone’s relationship with his brothers, and August’s friendship with his assistant. The sex positivity was great to read - and Stone providing nonsexual services made my little ace heart leap for joy. I found the depiction of anxiety really well done (which I say as someone with an anxiety disorder). I thought disability was portrayed very well here, but I don’t have a disability so take that for what you will.

The only real strikes against it this has is that 1. It’s a little overly cheesy at times. Kirt Graves saves it for me. And 2. As I mentioned before, the ending is a little sudden. But when I realized it was ending, I went back and relistened to the last two chapters and in the context of “this book is ending”, it makes more sense as an ending. It’s just a quieter ending with very low drama, low stakes and - as strange as this is so say about this book - a more realistic, true to life ending of this story. And I appreciate that about this book.

So, in it’s a cute, sweet, low drama story with light kink. Listen to the audiobook if you can.