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Ricky Holstein and James Delargy are best friends who are working on the same court case on opposing sides. While both study different branches of law, they somehow end up on this big medical case. The night before the case ends. James makes a move on Ricky that isn’t exactly wanted resulting in Ricky kicking James out of his house.

After the case ends, a distressed James shows up on Ricky’s doorstep and the two go to the pub where James comes clean about throwing the case and confesses to Ricky. Ricky is straight or he tried to convince himself of that.

There were parts in the story that wasn’t so cohesive. The flashback in chapter 4 was a tad unexpected flipping through scenarios that occurred when just before the paragraph before depicted James and Ricky in present day. Showing readers how the relationship between James and Ricky progressed. That even though Ricky identifies as straight he's experimented.

The way Mary died was quite detailed and a bit gruesome and thankfully not gorey. It was a horrible way to go for such a small act that was out of her hand.

James was a bit of jerk for doing what he did to Ricky. I could understand why he threw James out for telling Sammy what he did and not respecting his wish.

The story had potential but it didn’t grab me emotionally. I felt really detached from the story, almost like when someone you don’t care about tells you a story and you nod along when you don’t care but don’t want to be rude. Ricky emotional state was the only real draw for me. His fight with his sexuality, what he thought was right and just wanting to take care of Sammy was very nice to see.

Going by goodreads rating this story was just okay. I neither liked it or disliked. There were quite a few minor grammar issues. The dialogue in some parts felt stilted and didn't flow so well.

I read a complimentary Advanced Reader Copy of this book & am voluntarily leaving an honest and unbiased review.