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Book Review: When You Come Back to Me
By Emma Scott

This book absolutely broke my heart. 💔

This was my first MM romance, and I wasn't prepared for just how deeply this story would affect me. The depth of these characters, the intense longing, and their internal struggles had me feeling everything.

Holden and River are both carrying so much, just in very different ways. Holden's past with conversion therapy was devastating. The cruelty he endured and the lengths his parents went to in an attempt to break him were almost unbearable to read. And then there's River, trying to hold his family together while his mother is sick, all while hiding a part of himself from everyone around him.

What really got me was the connection between these two. The yearning, the push and pull, and the way they found something in each other that neither had ever truly experienced. Two incredibly complex characters who just wanted to be loved for who they were.

Emma Scott has such an incredible ability to capture the rawest parts of human emotion. The pain of not being accepted for who you are, the fear of losing the people you love, and the desperate longing to be seen, understood, and loved without conditions.

Holden and River's story was so much more than a romance. It was heartbreaking, raw, and incredibly moving. This book truly touched my heart. I can't wait to start the next book in The Lost Boys Series, The last piece of his heart.

QOTD: What book completely surprised you with how deeply it made you feel?

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