Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

[…] I knew better than to wish pain didn’t exist.

This was a cute and entertaining debut with some serious topics. I expect good things from this author’s future for sure. Atticus especially was a very sweet character.

The book seemed to try to do a lot in only a low amount of pages, and I wish the seriousness was just committed to a bit more. Everyone heals from trauma differently, but it seemed to happen a tad easily, going from the abused character being very scared to absolutely trusting a whole handful of people quite fast.

I read a lot of books with action and suspense so I was hoping for something more, but it was entertaining.

It was still good, and if I ignore the 11 uses of ‘bro’ during the book, I enjoyed the writing too.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Past trauma
Hurt/comfort
Small town
Age gap
Mental health rep
Forced proximity
Hands-free orgasm
Found family

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Gun violence
Car crash (on page)
Domestic abuse (past, detailed flashbacks)
Physical abuse (past, detailed flashbacks)
Emotional abuse (past, detailed flashbacks)
Implied past sexual abuse (no details)
PTSD symptoms (MC, )
On-page panic attack
Ableist comments from abusive ex
Fatphobic comments from abusive ex
Injured MC
Mentions of the death of a parent (past, off page)
References to growing up in foster care
Medical procedures (e.g. x-rays, cast, med. examination)
Homelessness (MC)
Financial insecurity
Vomiting
MC hospitalized after car crash (concussion)
Side character shot and hospitalized
Cardiac arrest and stroke during surgery (side character)

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 24 and 34
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 251
Happy ending: Yes






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