REVIEWED BY CINDY

TITLE: Aftershock

SERIES: Ever After Book 2

AUTHOR: Tanya Chris

PUBLISHER: Tanya Chris Publishing

LENGTH: 198 Pages

RELEASE DATE: August 14, 2018

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Being acquitted of Jamie’s murder won’t bring him back. Syed might be free, but he’s lost his lover and his sub, along with his sense of control, his libido, his friends, and the stomach to inflict the kind of pain Jamie thrived on. Even his high-rise apartment doesn’t suit him anymore.

Dashiell is drawn to the handsome man he represented in court, but he’s promised himself never to get involved with another confident playboy. His next boyfriend—if he can find such a thing—will see him as something more than a backup plan for a better offer. And how could he ever give a man like Syed what he wants anyway?

Dashiell fears the day Syed will ask him to bear more pain than he can handle as Syed struggles to reconcile how he’s coming to feel about Dashiell with how he still feels about Jamie. Can their fledgling relationship survive the discovery that Syed’s new sub might be representing the man who murdered his last sub?

Jamie deserves justice, Dashiell deserves love, and Syed wants to be the one to give both these men exactly what they need.

REVIEW:

Syed is a man who was already broke my heart in the first book of this series. And he eventually heals it in this installment of the series.

The unwilling chemistry between Syed and Dashiell tore at my heart at the beginning. Syed is so determined to stay true to his first love and watching him figure out how to honor that love while trying to make room in his heart for Dashiell was an amazing and painful process.

Dashiell is sweet and kind and so in need of love that he’s willing to do anything to make Syed love him, even if it what it might take terrifies him.

The journey these men take, aided by Syed’s brother Aayan and Dashiell’s friend and boss Garrett is one that swept me up and took me along, not letting me go until the very end.

The author does a fantastic job of portraying Syed’s struggle, both with himself and with Jamie’s memory. The number of ways his heart was broken is almost too much to bear. Dashiell’s sweet nature and good heart is the perfect balm for Syed’s wounded soul. Dashiell is facing his own struggles with how much of himself he’s willing to let go of to be with Syed.

I don’t want to give too much away, but I can highly recommend this story to anyone who might be a little skittish about venturing into the BDSM genre. It shows you that it’s not all about humiliation and pain, but can be anything that the people participating in it need.

It was wonderful to see Aayan and Garrett appear in this story. I always love to catch up with my favorite characters and see how their happily-ever-after is working out. And we also get so catch up on more of Aaryan and Syed’s family issues and that makes me happy as well.

I don’t often give 5 heart reviews, but this is a story that truly deserves it.

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