This was a truly painful even if powerful story. I really didn’t like Dr. Jun Park a whole lot for half this story and wondered what exactly Dr. Kairo Caldwell saw in him. And the reason for his animosity, after all this time, is juvenile and ridiculous. Although Kairo isn’t perfect, at least he’s far less uniformly awful than Jun. Yes, the reasons for Jun’s belligerent and fearful behavior — his horrid, rigid, homophobic parents — and for his inability to recognize, admit, and own his feelings are understandable, but it doesn’t really make him any more likable. And that whole accusation against Kairo for what has really been all on him is shitty on every level. He really ruined what should have been a wonderful love story with his attitudes. God bless his best friend Micah…his patience with Jun is remarkable. The secondary characters — Kairo’s parents who are in stark contrast to Jun’s, Jun’s aunt, and Kair’s brothers — provide great support for the MCs. The narration was well done.
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