A “step-siblings to lovers” story.
Aidan is a mute by trauma. Watching his mother be brutally murdered caused him to lose his words. Despite that, Molly loves him. She understands him without needing him to say anything at all. Too bad their parents married one another. He knows he shouldn’t love her. He thinks he’s a freak for even thinking of loving her that way. But she loves him too. He might be a freak, but she is too. Growing up, they were best friends who grew into… something more. Too bad, like Michael Myers, boogeymen tend to not stay gone forever.

This book read very quickly to me which means the pacing of the storyline was fast. That said, I never felt jarred by the timeline or like the plot was rushed. Because one of the main characters didn’t/couldn’t speak, there were a lot of observations and descriptions of things but I never felt the author - Dyan Layne - was unnecessarily describing things. The dialogue that was included felt like it added to characterization and plot. The book, overall, felt like the details were purposeful.

I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it. I really felt like I was able to see who Aidan and Molly were and I feel their story was successfully told. I did get some weird vibes in regards to the possessiveness of characters.