A well written book about two unlikely lovers!

This book was truly well written and the two main characters — May & Ed — was very well-described which almost made them feel real.

I enjoyed that Johnston choose to make the characters safe and secure in their relationship, which spared the reader from the cliche of the characters listening to rumors and misunderstanding each other.

May & Ed are two adults and act like it. They don’t run away from each other when problems come to the surface and they trust each other. Throughout this book their love and trust is one of things that is highly shown and I really enjoyed that the drama was around them, their relationship was never the drama itself. This was a good change from other romances where misunderstandings often tear the couple apart, here they worked through hard times together.

I did find the scenes with smut very well written and it sure got hot in some scenes! Something I didn’t quite enjoy was Ed getting hard out of nowhere and sexualizing May in situations where it wasn’t needed. They often ended up making love in the middle of or after serious conversations which I didn’t really vibe with. Perhaps it was their way to deal with talking about their pasts but for me it felt a bit off that they had sex straight after — or during — talking about trauma.

All in all this book was worth reading and I enjoyed May’s & Ed’s story! If you want a spicy, heartbreaking but also heartwarming story this is the book for you.

I got this book copy to review from Book Sirens, still this review is in no way biased and the thoughts is mine and mine only. Thank you Book Sirens!