3.5 stars.

This was pretty entertaining overall, minus a few detractors.

The climax everyone could see coming was fairly manipulative and I wish could have been more original.

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The hospital scene afterward though, geez that was OTT. All that bickering and nonsense as Aidan was finally coming to was so insensitive. I get that the point was to show Aidan had a new family backing him, but the endless sniping wasn’t needed.

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I wish the HEA was better or longer. Aidan should have joined a theater troupe or taken up acting classes again (in addition to staying at Nocturne). Maybe Aidan could also help Axel get his GED.

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The interaction between Rico and Aidan was also pretty bad. I get they want Rico to be a grumpy asshole, but they should have had a secondary scene where Rico apologizes to Aidan’s face. Aidan’s half-hearted reasoning to Axel wasn’t good enough.