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A review by scoodle42
Hold Us Together by T'Lyn

challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Kasyre Masters just wants to be treated like a grown man. He wants to make his music and his own decisions. While signing autographs after a successful show, he's swept away by a woman. But then someone tries to hurt him, and he loses track of her. But not for long.

Let me say that I love the way Kasyre matured from beginning of the story to the end. He showed and proved. He did misstep at the end by not telling Dior about his issues, but at least she found out AFTER he resolved it. I loved the way he loved on Ari and adjusted because Dior was a mother. He was focused on what he wanted the entire time. He wasn't flighty or inconsistent or overly pressed in that clingy way. He was a great character and the mistakes he made were ones that given his age, you could understand. Dior was so well rounded. I liked her relationship with her daughter and father. And I liked how she kept the peace until she couldn't, and focused on Ari's comfort. Even when dealing with Constance she remained poised, but got her point across. The Masters family was a great supporting cast and I loved the way this story unfolded. 

The only thing that gave me pause was Kasyre's age. I don't mind an age gap at all, and the size of the gap wasn't an issue either. But 21 is still so young to me, so unsure. Maybe *my* age is making 21 feel so young to me but legal age doesn't mean you're an adult in my mind and he made so many permanent decisions to be only two years out of his teens. Dating a woman 31 felt like too much. I think if she were a couple of years younger or he was a few years older, you would still get the gap but I'd feel more comfortable with it. I still loved the book though.

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