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A review by ladymacbeth2024
Vine by Fearne Hill
4.5
4.5 stars
Third beautiful installment of Island Love series.
We left Max in the previous book, when he was 19 and struggling to cope with his mother's death, and we find him now, at 25, living a calm life with his lovely dog and his steady routines. Even if Max is in the autism spectrum, he created a seren environment around him that allows him to live fully and independently.
Caspian, on the contrary, is a big giant mess: he's forced to work with his TV partner and ex husband, who cheated on him with their producer. Being in forced proximity with them, it's stressing Caspian out so much that he started to daily cut himself again.
Max and Caspian meet at the vineyard one night when a scared Caspian trips and falls hurting himself. Max takes care of him, bringing him to his home and bed and nursing him back to health.
They develop a routine made with night strolls and kisses on the cheeck, until they get more physical and way more emotionally invested.
Max is a precious wonderful man, he's sure of what he wants and he stands up for himself with his family and friends (I adore his relationship with Eti), he's not scared to express his feelings, even if in his own particular way and he's determined to win Caspian's heart. He's also confident he can help him.
Caspian is quite the opposite: while is very good at his job (despite not liking it), he struggles hard with his mental health problems, and even if he knows very well what triggers his anxiety and his need to self-harm, he's not able to cut ties with said things.
The journey of their relationship is tentative and unsure: Max reminds himself to be patient and his steady presence on Caspian's life will be the only thing that will help the other man to stay sane.
What prevented me from giving 5 full stars:
I didn't like how the jonah&Leigh's situation was resolved, I didn't find it satisfying. And the end seemed quite abrupt.
I also missed Charles.
I don't know if the author wrote this series as just a trilogy or if she's planning to write more books, but I really really hope so. I'm not ready to say goodbye to this beautiful island and its people.
I received an ARC of this book from ForewordPR and this is my honest review
Third beautiful installment of Island Love series.
We left Max in the previous book, when he was 19 and struggling to cope with his mother's death, and we find him now, at 25, living a calm life with his lovely dog and his steady routines. Even if Max is in the autism spectrum, he created a seren environment around him that allows him to live fully and independently.
Caspian, on the contrary, is a big giant mess: he's forced to work with his TV partner and ex husband, who cheated on him with their producer. Being in forced proximity with them, it's stressing Caspian out so much that he started to daily cut himself again.
Max and Caspian meet at the vineyard one night when a scared Caspian trips and falls hurting himself. Max takes care of him, bringing him to his home and bed and nursing him back to health.
They develop a routine made with night strolls and kisses on the cheeck, until they get more physical and way more emotionally invested.
Max is a precious wonderful man, he's sure of what he wants and he stands up for himself with his family and friends (I adore his relationship with Eti), he's not scared to express his feelings, even if in his own particular way and he's determined to win Caspian's heart. He's also confident he can help him.
Caspian is quite the opposite: while is very good at his job (despite not liking it), he struggles hard with his mental health problems, and even if he knows very well what triggers his anxiety and his need to self-harm, he's not able to cut ties with said things.
The journey of their relationship is tentative and unsure: Max reminds himself to be patient and his steady presence on Caspian's life will be the only thing that will help the other man to stay sane.
What prevented me from giving 5 full stars:
I didn't like how the jonah&Leigh's situation was resolved, I didn't find it satisfying. And the end seemed quite abrupt.
I also missed Charles.
I don't know if the author wrote this series as just a trilogy or if she's planning to write more books, but I really really hope so. I'm not ready to say goodbye to this beautiful island and its people.
I received an ARC of this book from ForewordPR and this is my honest review