This is tough to rate for me because it's two very distinct romances, one ending tragically and the other the HEA. Dylan and his best friend/first love Shane take turns narrating the first half of the book. Their youthful exploration and excitement about their love is heartwarming at first but ends so tragically. This sets up Dylan to begin a relationship with ex-MMA fighter, Connor. Their romance falls flat for me in comparison to Dylan's with Shane. I initially liked Connor requiring more emotional engagement from Dylan but then it just turned insta-love. Ultimately I wish the author had spent less time on the backstory romance and more on the front story romance. This book was a total surprise hit for me. I thought the guy on the cover look nice and blurb sounded good. The first part of the book totally made me cried and that never happens to me. I wasn't expecting it and it totally crush me because I knew something shitty was going to happen but I couldn't stop reading. The first half is about Shane and Dylan who are best friends who fall in love but in the end lose each other in most expected but tragic way. The blurb basically what happens in the second half of the book after Shane and Dylan are ultimately separate. The second half introduce the new love interest for heartbroken Dylan. The previous books are all M/F and this book makes what to break my personal reluctance of not reading M/F anymore. Melissa Collins is very excellent writer in my opinion and knows how to write a very satisfying novel.
I really enjoyed reading this story.
—Viv23
This was a very touching story!
—Kaela
Loved it, that's all.
—acajou
Very emotional
—Pragya
Loved!
—Lisa
