Nice story. Too much page time on individual MCs before they became a couple. Adrian's character acted and talked much older than his actual age. Adrian was weak in his inability to play hardball politics with Laurel. Adrian was heartless to totally dump his boyfriend to die of AIDS in Europe. This flaw decimated his character. Adrian wanting to have bareback sex with Ben in the heat of the moment and with Ben waiting for test results was stupid. The POV changes were not balanced. The last third was rushed. No epilogue. This book needs to be rewritten. Don't recommend.