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This book is a mix of a lot of things I love, and also a few things I don't. Fortunately, the positive aspects win out by far, and I really enjoyed this novel.

My favourite thing was Ellison's undying love and desire for Grey. I was quite literally obsessed with Ellison's obsession for this man: it was unwavering and steadfast. The tension between them was also absolutely palpable.

However, I do not think these two are particularly special characters on their own, although they weren't exactly bad either. They were kind of just average; not that that really bothered me or anything. After all, they were plenty engaging enough when they were together and were bouncing off of each other, which was basically always.

I can imagine some people might not like all the drama vibes in this book, as it really does take Grey a long ass time to get over the past and start trusting Ellison again. However, I kind of appreciated this part, as it would have seemed a bit odd to me if he suddenly jumped head over heels into a relationship with a guy who caused him some serious trauma.
I also really liked that Ellison acknowledged this and never begrudged Grey for still being mad at him and having difficulties with getting over it. It made me have more respect for Ellison, and also made me feel more connected to them and their drama.

The setting and story of this novel were quite alright, nothing that will blow you away or anything, but it worked well enough for these characters and their relationship. I mean, I am not the biggest fan of big corporate workplace related stories about rich people, but it wasn't too cumbersome in this case.

To be fair, I was actually much more intrigued by the prologue than the rest of this novel. I honestly would have loved it if this story would have taken place when Grey and Ellison were still in college, because it just sounded so cute from what we did hear about it. And then, instead of them reconnecting 15 years later, like what actually happened in this novel, they could have kept in contact in college and work their shit out then. I don't know, but I truly think that would have been even more amazing than what we got now.


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