Until I Saw You
Ratings8
Average rating4.5
This book was LOVELY. The chemistry. The funny banter. The tender moments. The struggles they went through together. The pacing was excellent too. I became attached to Riley, Harpr and even Larry ♥♥♥ Such a great story.
This book was recommended to me by my friend Michelle to fulfill a prompt for Tropeathon which is a readathon with cohost. I hadn't heard of it before that. She had actually recommended me 2 books and while they both sounded good I was more drawn to this one. I am so glad I decided to pick this one up because I loved it so much. This book follow Harper and Riley. At the start of the book Harper is in a relationship with an abusive man but he has finally realized enough is enough and is pretty much hiding from him. He is presented with a job to work for Riley who is blind. He has a few seconds here and there where he can see but they don't happen all that often and the doctor says eventually they will stop. I don't have any experience with being blind so I don't know if what I just described is even possible. I do feel like the author did a great job of portraying how someone who is blind feels with losing their site and how others treat them differently. I felt so bad for what Harper went through and I hated that he continued to blame himself for it but I loved seeing growth throughout the book. Harper is gay and until Harper Riley had always been straight. I love love loved how Riley was all in with Harper despite never being with a man before. He never questioned his feeling for Harper and didn't care what anyone else thought about it. The relationship was so cute and honestly it was just perfect. This book does tackle some hard topics like domestic abuse and rape. These things happen off page but they are talked about after the fact. I just loved this book and would definitely pick something else up by this author.
The second half gets this book 4 stars. The author did a good job with the inner monologue of Harper and his trauma without making him sound super whiney and helpless. I love that even tho he's still healing he's able to slowly move on. Riley was wonderful from start to finish which at times seemed unrealistic. Loved Larry the dog.
So damn good. Sometimes Riley is a bit too “bro” for me, but at the same time it is part of his charm and I'd never change it. They are adorable and I thought the pacing was perfect.