Friends-to-lovers is one of my favorite romance tropes and I loved this one. I would also call this a second chance story even though Milo and Mungo were never exactly together before, Milo does get a second chance to be with Mungo. It’s also a slow-burn story because nothing sexual happens between them until about 60% into the story.

This book is another one from Fearne Hill that really touched on all of my emotions. It deals with the very serious subject of domestic abuse (on page), something I haven’t read that much about in MM romance. While the reader knows what’s going on with Mungo, it takes Milo a bit longer to see it and when he finally does, he beats himself up because of that. Mungo does his best to reassure Milo that he didn’t want anyone to know and therefore hid what was going on.

Once again, Fearne deals with heavy subject matter but also provides many light-hearted places in the story. One of my favorites was this one, which happens near the end of the book.  This is Milo having a conversation with Frankie:

Shocking Frankie into silence would never not be satisfying. Unfortunately, it rarely lasted long. “Petal, let me remind you of something. Everyone knows that there isn’t a single gay alive who can parallel park, gift wrap, and top. And, though it pains me to admit, you are extremely proficient at the first two.”
I pouted. “Noted. But if you cared to check my recently updated LinkedIn bio, flower, you’ll find it now reads, ‘elite patent lawyer, double-sided sticky tape dispenser extraordinaire, demon driver, and vers bottom.’ Mungo says I’m a natural. He said I top like I was born to it.”
His actual words had been, sweetheart, you top like you’ve read an instruction manual written in Swahili, and it’s fucking adorable, but I wasn’t one to let the truth get in the way of a good story. “And really, Frankie, when you think about it, we should broaden our horizons. Why close ourselves off to only one half of the delicious sodomy experience?”

The epilogue, set one year later, was so good. I liked how Fearne Hill pulled elements from the prologue and other scenes in the book to make for a very touching and humorous ending. This has been a really wonderful series to read and I’m sorry to see it end.

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