Please tell me that this is an inaccurate depiction of a combined sentence for 2 counts of battery and 2 counts of sexual assault, irrelevant if pleading guilty, in LA? If so, that is disgusting. What hope does this heartbreaking story give real life victims that will have to endure years of therapy, PTSD, and bad memories? If this is true, is it because they are male?

Anyway, N R. Walker is one of my favourite authors, but I was really disappointed in this book. First, who edited this book and did that person receive full payment? I have no degree in literature, English is not even my first language, and I would have done a better job. These 3 mistakes shot my OCD into overdrive:
1. In the beginning of the 2 main characters’ friendship Peter mentioned one of the things he enjoys is a good bottle of wine, but later when eating out, declared he does not drink alcohol because his father was an abusive drunk.
2. On the second or third non-date, Yanni said Peter told him about his cat. Later on he accused (and was upset with Peter), that Peter never told him he has a cat.
3. Yanni says, more than once, that he will be doing his third year at Uni (this never made sense to me considering how much he missed after being kicked out by his parents, living on streets and then leaving his x, forced to change schools). Near the end of the book, when meeting Peter’s friends, he states he is in second year at Uni.

I mean, I LISTENED to this book for 15 hours and could remember these 3 things and a editor could not pick it up?

Not to mention that “Peter is a good guy, a caring person, a good daddy, perfect” – TO DEATH!

I also felt that the depiction of trauma therapy here is sensationalised and inaccurate, and slaying your demons, especially with the extend of trauma in this story, takes way more time than a few months and it is never completely gone, you just learn to cope with it.

And, let’s be real, it is completely unrealistic for a 21 year old to compare his success, experience and accumulation of earthly possessions to that of a successful 43 year old whom has had 20 years to build a life (not even taking into account that he didn’t share it with anyone). There is no comparison and it is dumb to feel insecure about that, especially if it his choice to date older men.

I can go on for days about this story…

Joel was wonderful as always.