““I know the way i live ain’t normal.” “I ain’t got but one child—how would i know this ain’t normal?” And that ladies and gentlemen is what you call a MOTHER. 

This book was perfect. Talk about the way i was trying to stretch the ending because i didn’t want the book to end. Two people in complete total love. And not just them but even the way their families loved and protected them. Joan you wrote one hell of a story. 

I loved reading how they had to navigate not just being black during Jim Crow in 1950 but also being a Friend of Dorothy. Not being able to love freely at a time like that because jail or worst would be your outcome is hard. However, they made sure their love was known and definitely in places that were safe. Mikey and Alex fit like two missing puzzle pieces finally finding their home to be complete. Now Alex had them men weak 😂 but when it came to Mikey he felt things he never did before, knowing this was his one. Their sex scenes were so spicy. How they gave their selves to each other was deeper than love and that was felt beyond the pages. 

Let me just say Alex is a MAN. He was standing by, supporting and willing to go the distance for Mikey. Lamont could never compete nor compare. Alex handled the ending very mature like because baby not me. Definitely a reread for me in the future. 

Paper back with the audio on audible. The audio was so damn fire. 

Other quotes:
-“Give me yo’ tongue—let me taste you.” 
-“You’re gorgeous Michael, and yo’ bat is bigger than mine. I like that shit.” 
-“Don’t let my preferences food you into think you can win.”
-“A man can’t do for you what he can’t do for himself.”
-“Ain’t nothing to think about—we gon shower together. We are husbands.”