This story was good and interesting. It is an emotional, second chance story. Roman and Leo connected as kids and as complete opposites and different sides of the tracks with Roman’s dad being a criminal and Leo’s being a judge. They also were both hiding the fact that they liked other boys and their first initiation of it was each other. They fell in love and were planning to get through school and leave together as soon as they could. But that was stolen from them viciously and Leo never really knew why. It caused Roman to try and block it all out, rewrite history some and live a lie for the next twelve years. Until he sees Leo again. He causes a immediate reaction in Roman and something that he is struggling to unbury and understand but that connection to Leo is still there and keeps drawing him back, even though it doesn’t make sense with what he has made himself believe. He has to unravel that truth and in the midst of it all, the truth comes out to Leo as well about what happened all those years ago. While trying to figure this out, the connection between them blazes to life and is undeniable and they start something back up again. They both have to figure out how to work through the hurts and what they are looking for. Leo doesn’t do relationships, not since Roman. The story was well written and flowed well. It was engaging for the most part and interesting. It really does focus on Roman and Leo and how they deal with the past and future as it collides together and dealing with the trauma and hurt that was caused years ago. They have to find and hold onto their truth and fight to heal for a happy ending.
The narrators did a good job with the story and all the emotions the characters were going through.