Whaley and Bunky are both broken boys who grew up to be broken men and never dealt with their traumas. And they are in gangs and do drugs, so those vices don’t help.

This didn’t work for me from the beginning. Neither man had been with a man (on page) prior to the encounter that led to Bunky becoming obsessed. That’s not to say they weren’t attracted obviously, but it all felt very forced to me and out of the blue, not at all organic.

The running theme I found was this: Bunky lost control of himself, did something impulsive and reckless, Whaley came to take care of it, tried to fight his attraction, couldn’t, screwed his brains out, regretted it and made excuses, and Bunky felt more like crap after. Their whole back and forth goes on for a few months (I’m assuming during the course of the first book).

Once they finally got together I was excited because I hate push/pull in books unless it’s an ongoing thing even in the relationship. However….after this was rectified I was bored. I had to force myself back to the book to read and close to the end was skimming through chapters.

This might just be a ‘me’ problem obviously, the book and I just didn’t jive. Hopefully you will love it, as it does have a lot of the tropes that I (and others) look for in a dark romance.

I received an advanced copy from Chaotic Creatives in exchange for my honest review.