Abysmal

I had a great time with the first half of this book, watching Zev in his cycles of drug abuse and harming himself and the unaddressed trauma. I think it was written very well and brought me very close to the character.
Enter Black Diamond Resort and Spa, obviously the highlight of this series, I loved the therapy scenes. 

It all went downhill for me from there, unfortunately. Firstly I was unable to grasp the fact that his dad, who I'm positive knows Zev is gay, sends him to an island with a gay married bodyguard. Gavin has been with his husband for A DECADE, and i felt uncomfortable with the cheating in this book too. 

I remember this one point in the book where Gavin is breaking up with his husband and he says, “I just couldn't resist him”
IMAGINE YOUR PARTNER OF 10 YEARS SAYING THAT. 
I don't care what the conditions were, it just feels wrong.

Spice wasn't my favourite, but it was fine.

The DD/lb dynamic was okay, true to what you'd expect. I just don't think it was for me, although I have enjoyed age gap MM before.

I would be interested to check out this author's other works but this one's a maybe for me.

Wow - this was amazing - a Daddy/Boy relationship with so much depth and feeling - I loved Zevryn and Gavin and this is a book that will stay with me for a long time.

I received a free copy of this book via Indie Author Creative and am voluntarily leaving a review.