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Hidden in Darkness
by Alice Winters
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I realized…that I can still see…when someone helps paint the world for me. You have given me sight again, Felix, I am not going to push you away.
If there’s one thing this author is good at, it’s writing OTT, snarky and funny characters. She does it so well. These are definitely the kinds of books and characters I have to be in the mood for, but when I am, they’re such a good time.
I listened to the audiobook this time around, as I stalled out about halfway when I tried to read the ebook a while back. Definitely a case of me reading it at the wrong time, but I also did think the book felt slow in the middle, even in audio. It picked up again thankfully and was full of delicious action and mortal peril.
I really, really love how Felix doesn’t let the blindness change the way he treats Lane at all. He gives Lane just as much shit as everyone else and pranks him constantly. It’s obvious that Lane needed that, too. The badass law enforcement guy with the teeny tiny snarky ball of sass and sticky fingers. It somehow works, lol.
“Are we here?” he asks. “I swear to god, if we’re at a stop sign again and you tell me we are here like when we went to the pharmacy, I will beat you within an inch of your life.”
I’m looking forward to starting the next book.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Disability rep
OTT snark
Size difference
Suspense and action
Blind MC
Small MC
Assistant
Banter and pranks
Forced proximity
Fast burn
Age gap
Felix pranks the blind man. Repeatedly.
Law enforcement
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Graphic violence
Injured MC
Physical assault
Fear of abandonment
Past neglect
Past abuse (physical, verbal)
Mentions of addict parent
Gun violence
On-page killing
Attacked by dog
Side character in a coma
Stealing
Kidnapping
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, single POV (apart from the prologue).
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 25 and 37
Pages: 321
“Lane, you’re going to run into something, step to your right,” I say. Lane, trusting me like the good man he is, steps to the right and bumps into the counter. “Fuck,” he growls as I start laughing.
“I’m not scared of being hurt…I’m scared of being alone,” I admit. I feel like I shouldn’t tell him. I feel like I’m giving him a part of myself that I can never get back. And if he doesn’t accept it, I don’t know how I will ever recover. “I’m scared you will leave me.”
“I hate this. I hate seeing people that I know,” he grumbles once we are out of earshot. “Well, it’s a good thing you’re blind then,” I say.
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I realized…that I can still see…when someone helps paint the world for me. You have given me sight again, Felix, I am not going to push you away.
If there’s one thing this author is good at, it’s writing OTT, snarky and funny characters. She does it so well. These are definitely the kinds of books and characters I have to be in the mood for, but when I am, they’re such a good time.
I listened to the audiobook this time around, as I stalled out about halfway when I tried to read the ebook a while back. Definitely a case of me reading it at the wrong time, but I also did think the book felt slow in the middle, even in audio. It picked up again thankfully and was full of delicious action and mortal peril.
I really, really love how Felix doesn’t let the blindness change the way he treats Lane at all. He gives Lane just as much shit as everyone else and pranks him constantly. It’s obvious that Lane needed that, too. The badass law enforcement guy with the teeny tiny snarky ball of sass and sticky fingers. It somehow works, lol.
“Are we here?” he asks. “I swear to god, if we’re at a stop sign again and you tell me we are here like when we went to the pharmacy, I will beat you within an inch of your life.”
I’m looking forward to starting the next book.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Disability rep
OTT snark
Size difference
Suspense and action
Blind MC
Small MC
Assistant
Banter and pranks
Forced proximity
Fast burn
Age gap
Felix pranks the blind man. Repeatedly.
Law enforcement
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Graphic violence
Injured MC
Physical assault
Fear of abandonment
Past neglect
Past abuse (physical, verbal)
Mentions of addict parent
Gun violence
On-page killing
Attacked by dog
Side character in a coma
Stealing
Kidnapping
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, single POV (apart from the prologue).
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 25 and 37
Pages: 321
“Lane, you’re going to run into something, step to your right,” I say. Lane, trusting me like the good man he is, steps to the right and bumps into the counter. “Fuck,” he growls as I start laughing.
“I’m not scared of being hurt…I’m scared of being alone,” I admit. I feel like I shouldn’t tell him. I feel like I’m giving him a part of myself that I can never get back. And if he doesn’t accept it, I don’t know how I will ever recover. “I’m scared you will leave me.”
“I hate this. I hate seeing people that I know,” he grumbles once we are out of earshot. “Well, it’s a good thing you’re blind then,” I say.
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