Derek was the kind always taking in strays and never the kind to do what he needed to really make himself happy. Maxim was a Russian immigrant that was doing whatever it took to make himself happy and was a stray of the human variety.
Derek and Maxim’s story was so incredibly honest. I get so tired of love stories that build on simple miscommunication and this is NOT that story. Maxim is so heartbreakingly true to himself that I could not stop listening. Derek took some time to come around into himself and that journey is so painful to listen to that my heart just ached but these 2 men made it so worth it.
I also appreciated their love making, if we wanna get real. M/M sex gets to sound so gratuitous sometimes that I imagine it can’t possibly be even close to truthful. These love scenes were beautiful and so real to me, if I were to imagine it.
This is my favorite M/M book this year. Start to finish, I loved every minute.
Joel Leslie and Bruce Cullen did an amazing job narrating. I think the accents and the real sentiment in their voices seriously brought it home for me. I have nothing but praises to be said.