Alister Bennet is a 36 year old math teacher at Seattle
Pacific University and is classes are full of adoring females. Yet he keeps his
private life under wraps due to the college and their traditional values. He
has never been tempted to cross the teacher-student line before but that was
before seeing him.
Ben Wallace is 23 and has not had an easy life growing up in
foster care. The only one he confides in is his best friend, Kristen Collins.
He knows he has to pass Calculus to keep his scholarship but he’s afraid he will
fail and lose everything right before graduation.
When Ben approaches Alister for help with tutoring he can’t deny
how attracted he is to him but they come from two different worlds and Ben is
afraid to let anyone in and see his situation.
Can Alister reach out to Ben and with their mutual
attraction can they keep everything under wraps before anyone finds out?
This was such a good book with some truly heartbreaking and
uplifting moments to keep your emotions going from one end of the spectrum to
the other.
I thought Alister was a great character and I hated that he
had to hide a part of himself for his job but I understood why he did it. I
liked that he had never experienced something like he had the first time he saw
Ben and I really liked that he saw the pain inside of him at the same time. I loved
his relationship with his family and how they accepted him for who he was. His
relationship with his twin brother Alex was so funny and I liked how Alex had a
key to his place and would always come in at the worst moments.
Ben was obviously so full of pain and was really trying to
hide how badly he was off from everyone around him, but most notably Alister
and Kristen. I loved that Kristen was trying to help him but he wouldn’t accept
anything from her which did make me sad as he really needed some basic things
and he deserved them. I hated that he was in hiding but it soon made sense on
why he was.
The relationship between Ben and Alister was fully of
chemistry and sizzle from the first moment they saw each other and continued through
the book. I liked that everything was gradual and they took their time with
each other and it slowly progressed into more.
There were so many heartbreaking moments in the book dealing
with Ben when you learn about his past and then with certain events that occur
during the book. Ben doesn’t want to anyone know about his dire condition and
he hasn’t had anyone but Kristen ever care about him so I loved when he
realized that Alister truly cared and wanted him to succeed and take care of
him.
I was so upset when one event in the book led to another and
I crossed my fingers that Alister would be able to figure things out with help
from Kristen and Alex. It just truly broke my heart to see what he had to
endure again and it makes me truly hate the evil in the world.
Like I said my emotions were all over the place in the book
and there were some really sensitive moments and heartbreaking things that
nobody should ever after to endure but the end really made up for it although I
was mad at what Alister also had to endure but he came out on top.
The end was awesome and I loved the way everything went. I
hope we get a book with either Alex or Kristen next or better yet one with both
of them together!
4.5 Stars
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