I *just* finished this book and OMG – good, yes. Great even. Cliff-hanger? Also, yes. Argh! I want the next book. RIGHT NOW! I will be patient, but it’ll be a near thing.
Okay – what I love about this book. Dan. The good guy. The dependable employee. The goof friend to his roommate Tamsen. Just a reliable guy. He’s been burned before, but that hasn’t brought him down entirely. He had aspirations beyond produce manager at the local grocery store…but he hasn’t quite figured out how to move beyond his somewhat comfortable life. Inertia.
I adored Micky. He’s had an incredibly rough go of it. Horrible childhood, miserable adolescence. Now he’s nineteen and trying to get some education behind him. He wants better – for himself and for the younger brother he’s been caring for since his mother’s death. That’s a hell of a lot of responsibility for one young man to bear. That Flynn is lovely and loving helps, but his disabilities only make life tougher. Micky is forever dodging the authorities because he’s not Flynn’s legal guardian. The fact he loves his little brother and that brother is safe and happy? Probably not enough to persuade the adults who only see Micky’s record and his lack of education. He takes the job at the local grocery in the hopes of providing a stable home for Flynn.
He gets more than he bargained for.
Dan and Micky have chemistry. But Micky’s prickly and Dan is gentle. Micky’s secretive and Dan is open. So, like, opposites attract. Dan is also persistent and he starts dismantling Micky’s defenses.
And then it all falls apart.
And…cliff-hanger.
Oh dear. But I know this is a three-part series, and I’ve adored all Ms. White’s books, so a little wait will do me good.
Finally, must say Piers Ryman was wonderful. He and Ms. White’s words go perfectly together, and I couldn’t ask for a better narrator. Tapping foot for the next book.