This book is beautifully written. I’m so glad I listened to it instead of reading it. Cole McCade wrote the emotions in this book in a way that made me feel as if I was experiencing them myself. And Joel Leslie did a wonderful job of bringing those emotions to life. I think we all have those moments in life when we’re drowning and would love nothing more than to just let someone else take over for us and make everything okay. Brand does that for Ash. Their story is a poignant story of codependency that acknowledged the unhealthiness of codependency, but made you root for Ash and Brand’s relationship anyway because they were beautiful together. Brand doesn’t stamp out Ash’s individuality, he gives Ash wings to fly and strength to deal with the chaos his life has become. In all honesty, I feel like Brand gave me strength too, he was written so well. Ash and Brand made me FEEL. Their story will be one I listen to again and again. I’m looking forward to listening to the other two books in this series.