Kamir is on the verge of losing everything. Knowing full well he can't meet the ultimatum his parents have issued, he instead finally puts in motion his plans to live completely independent of them. His plans are interrupted, however, by the unexpected return of his despised ex-husband—and thrown even further into upheaval when he ends up comforting the man he's secretly loved for years.
Jader may not know where he comes from, but he knows where he belongs and what he wants—until he helps rescue some stranded Bentan travelers, one of whom look almost exactly like Jader, throwing his life and everything he thought he knew into tumult. Scared and overwhelmed, Jader flees—and lands unexpectedly in the arms of a man he's always seen, but never really noticed.
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My Review: (Thanks to NetGalley)
This was not one of Megan's better books.
The main characters were not likable and I just found myself wanting more 'screen time' for the previous two books' characters. Kamir in particular came across as very whiny and pathetic even while he was trying the be 'strong' and 'resourceful' and change things.
There are suppose to be more books in this series but I feel like they seem to be getting further and further away from the initial book instead of Megan's normal way of writing series (which I like) where each book's characters are connected in some way, sometimes obvious, sometimes only apparent to observant and loyal readers. This is very off putting and turning me off reading this series.
I think my biggest problem with this book was the genders. I know Megan writes gender fluid characters. That's her thing. However if a seemingly biological female is presented as a male, then he is a male, which means we haven't had an 'on-screen' pregnant male yet and that really threw me off. Kamir was written as a 'male' with so many female characteristics, traits, behaviors, that I almost felt like I was reading a f/m book not a m/m. I don't mind a bit of gender fluidity, but please, establish some rules and stick to them!
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