This was the easiest five stars I’ve given in a while! I knew I was gonna love this book and by god was I right! This is one of those books that I know is going to live inside my heart forever, it’s one I wish I could live in forever, it’s truly just so good!

I’ve started to slowly get into historical fiction in the last year or so-and I especially love queer historical fiction-and something about this book felt different than others I’ve read in a more real way, I guess? Like I think the way that Cat was able to write both Nick and Andy and make them both so full and complex as characters, the way she was able to give them a happy ending without it being unbelievable for the time, and the way that she was able to let the progression of the story and of their relationship shape in a way that they were able to love and trust each other while still having the normal fears and anxieties just made the story feel like these two characters could really be real people in history and I just loved everything about it so much! 

I loved the way that the story was told in parts and it split between Nick and Andy’s perspective during different developments in the story. Being able to be inside of both of their heads, at different times, really helped so the progression of both them as people but also the growth of their relationship was so beautiful! 

I seriously just loved everything about this book so so much and you’ve probably already had people recommend it to you but I need everyone to read this book and fall in love with Nick & Andy because they deserve the world 🥺