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A review by kaitlin_durante
Cash by Garrett Leigh
4.0
**I received a digital arc for an honest review**
Cash by Garrett Leigh is the second in the Lucky series and follows the story of Lucky’s housemate Cash as he navigates meeting Rae, a man who thrusts the past he left behind back into his present. Cash is a quiet man who lives a relatively solitary life with Lucky and Dom. Rae finds himself having a one night encounter with Cash not realizing that Cash is a legend among the sabbing community he is a part of. Cash left the sabbing life behind after being betrayed so he struggles to come to grips with the lure of saving foxes and having a relationship with Rae. Rae’s entire life is sabbing so when Cash fails to balance the lifestyle with their blossoming relationship things become dangerous and the men are left to decide if they can be together and still save the animals?
Cash is a complicated man. He wears his past so heavily around his neck that it leads to him living a reserved life. Lucky and Dom have managed to break down his walls but no one steps in and impacts him as much as Rae. Their immediate connection is evident in the chemistry they have between the sheets but also in their shared passion for animal activism. Cash allows his past to get between him and Rae time and time again leading to him hurting a man who just wants to love him.
“Everything cut deep - every glance and touch, every moment we’d spent together.”
Rae is a passionate animal activist who refuses to give up even though he and his crew are fighting a losing battle. He sees a brightness in Cash that few others can see and wants so much to share in sabbing as well as everything else. Cash’s repeated push back and resistance to their relationship cuts Rae deeply and even if he doesn’t want to, he keeps letting him back in. When the sabbing violence hits close to the couple Rae is forced to come to terms with the fact that Cash has to be the most important thing and that there are other ways to help his crew without putting himself and Cash in danger.
“We fit together so perfectly I almost laughed. Almost, because there was nothing funny about how kissing him made my heart jump and my skin tingle. About how the haze fast descending over my mind. Coherent thought abandoned me, and for as long as his lips were on mine, there was nothing else.”
This story was hard to read at times with the MCs struggling to find a way to balance the importance of each other with the importance of their cause. I’m not going to lie, hunt sabotaging aka “sabbing” is not something I’ve ever heard of. It’s interesting when a story introduces you to something completely new and this book did that for me. I appreciated it being told through character experiences rather feeling like I was being lectured about it. When activism is discussed it can begin to feel preachy and I did not get that at all with this story instead I was heartbroken for the animals (both foxes being hunted and the horses and hounds being forced to participate).
4 stars for this unique romance where the characters' passion for their cause ignited a passion for each other.
Cash by Garrett Leigh is the second in the Lucky series and follows the story of Lucky’s housemate Cash as he navigates meeting Rae, a man who thrusts the past he left behind back into his present. Cash is a quiet man who lives a relatively solitary life with Lucky and Dom. Rae finds himself having a one night encounter with Cash not realizing that Cash is a legend among the sabbing community he is a part of. Cash left the sabbing life behind after being betrayed so he struggles to come to grips with the lure of saving foxes and having a relationship with Rae. Rae’s entire life is sabbing so when Cash fails to balance the lifestyle with their blossoming relationship things become dangerous and the men are left to decide if they can be together and still save the animals?
Cash is a complicated man. He wears his past so heavily around his neck that it leads to him living a reserved life. Lucky and Dom have managed to break down his walls but no one steps in and impacts him as much as Rae. Their immediate connection is evident in the chemistry they have between the sheets but also in their shared passion for animal activism. Cash allows his past to get between him and Rae time and time again leading to him hurting a man who just wants to love him.
“Everything cut deep - every glance and touch, every moment we’d spent together.”
Rae is a passionate animal activist who refuses to give up even though he and his crew are fighting a losing battle. He sees a brightness in Cash that few others can see and wants so much to share in sabbing as well as everything else. Cash’s repeated push back and resistance to their relationship cuts Rae deeply and even if he doesn’t want to, he keeps letting him back in. When the sabbing violence hits close to the couple Rae is forced to come to terms with the fact that Cash has to be the most important thing and that there are other ways to help his crew without putting himself and Cash in danger.
“We fit together so perfectly I almost laughed. Almost, because there was nothing funny about how kissing him made my heart jump and my skin tingle. About how the haze fast descending over my mind. Coherent thought abandoned me, and for as long as his lips were on mine, there was nothing else.”
This story was hard to read at times with the MCs struggling to find a way to balance the importance of each other with the importance of their cause. I’m not going to lie, hunt sabotaging aka “sabbing” is not something I’ve ever heard of. It’s interesting when a story introduces you to something completely new and this book did that for me. I appreciated it being told through character experiences rather feeling like I was being lectured about it. When activism is discussed it can begin to feel preachy and I did not get that at all with this story instead I was heartbroken for the animals (both foxes being hunted and the horses and hounds being forced to participate).
4 stars for this unique romance where the characters' passion for their cause ignited a passion for each other.