I feel like I’ve been waiting for the story of Isaac Goode for this entire series. The story of the youngest Goode brother has been the one I was looking forward to most after the first book in this series because I knew it was going to be hot and heartbreaking. Plus, we’d get to see just how far all of the other Goode Brothers had come in their own journeys (because why name a book The Prodigal Son unless he’s coming home?). 

This truly is the best Goode Brothers book since the first one. Sara Cate just has a way with characters. Her people fit together. They feel like people and not caricatures of people. Isaac and Jensen read like fully realized people whose every piece of dialogue just works on some magical level that a great deal of authors never get to. They’re not just hot together–they’re incendiary. They’re not just in love–they’re in adoration. The pain one feels itches at the other like a disease that must be eradicated and they immediately set out to make it right, even to their own detriment. These two men have been so hurt by life and all they want now is to love, and that’s all I wanted for them. 

In the background of this tremendous love story is the subplot of Isaac’s first major national tour, which is portrayed in loving detail by an author who I’m sure wasn’t bothered at all by probably attending more than one concert for research purposes; as well as a subplot for Jensen’s younger years in conversion therapy. Ghosts from both of their pasts confront them as they fight for a happier future full of love, but you know in Sara’s books love always wins. 5⭐️

I was provided a copy of this title by the author. All thoughts, opinions, views, and ideas expressed herein are mine and mine alone. Thank you.

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