I really loved this - i needed a low angst, easy love-dovey read right now. But the ending feels a bit off to me - i just feel like Max could, as they say, have had his cake and ate it too, you know?

(This review is mostly just me ranting about the ending so feel free to come back after you read.. if you know you know, continuing now)

 

Especially since his Dad vaguely suspected, which at that point, i really thought he would have confessed and it would have been an even happier HEA. It just feels unfinished-im not terribly upset with it, still a great fuzzy read, but i wish it had been longer and Max would have been honest with his family. They would have been so happy for them! Who wouldnt have wanted to see that!? #sigh

 And i think i get the author was trying to convey how much Max cares for his family by having his ask "did i do the right thing at the end"  but it just falles flat and left me feeling icky that it sends on such a note of self doubt when he could have taken more time to make a thoughtful decision! AND it almost makes it seem like he wants to change his mind but what do you do after that?? Just pop up and somehow apologize for forcing your family through another emotional hell! They would ahve all been so happy that he could live forever with his lover without cancer! Ik the whole paranormal world is supposed to be kept secret but whats 3 more people! And why you gotta put the weight of supporting your family emptionally on your bestie like that! What a dick move!

It also seems like his decision to rush his demon transformstion was for Beau to save his reputation in the demon community which was even causing him any immediate issue it sesms! Idk, there didn't seem to be a consequence for his rep sucfering and that seems like a super shallow reason to rush making your family greieve your death AGAIN!

Ok ok, im glad i got that off my  chest, for a low ansgt book, the ending sure left me with a lot of angst >:[

But again i really did love the story and their love story, v cute, but like the longer i sit with that ending the more i think that Max is just a fucking dick for that end decision - like wow, i was really in your corner and now im upset that

you played your family like that. Grief is nothing to take lightly, even if you should have "died ten years ago"

- fuck you.