Reviewed by Anna Lynn

TITLE: Before They Were Lovers

SERIES: A Nothing Special Valentine’s Origin Story

AUTHOR: A.E. Via

PUBLISHER:  Self-Published

LENGTH: 120 Pages

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2025

BLURB:

Two warriors. One unbreakable bond. A love story in the making.

God is a hardened and confident alpha with emotional walls that keep him isolated. Day is quieter, more watchful, and looking to connect.

During their months at the Atlanta PD training academy, Day stealthily observes God’s raw power, his command of any situation, and the lethal marksmanship that makes him long for God to be his brother in arms on the force.

This origin story reveals the start of God and Day’s powerful, complicated relationship. It’s filled with tension, emotional growth, and the beginning of their legendary partnership

REVIEW:

I have always loved God and Day! When I started the Nothing Special series up until I read the last book released in the series, God and Day have always been my favorite, so this review might sound bias, I am so sorry about that.

Before They Were Lovers goes back to the day Day first saw God, when they were still at the Academy. God has caught his eye back then. But God was so focused and always laying low that he only saw Day on their first day at the new police station they were assigned to together. Their eyes met during that meeting when they were first introduced to the whole rooster and when God came to Day’s defense Day declared that they are going to be partners. And so it begins…..

We will go on an adventure on the many instances during their beat together as patrolmen (I hope I am using the correct term) and then when they were requested by the SWAT team to help in a raid and how they made a name for themselves as guys who can bring it to any situation. They started becoming infamous when it comes to bringing their criminals in, doing it by the book. They were formidable even then, as partners and as a duo to beat when it comes to getting their guys and doing it all by the book. As their reputations built so did their friendship. They became Detectives in a little more than three years, the fastest time anyone has become a Detective from being a rookie. God and Day never knew how infamous they would become later in their career.

Also in all of these, we will see for ourselves how they became friends and how Day has been attracted to God since he first saw him in training and how God slowly came to accept his attraction to Day even though he believed he was not gay. I think he thought of this early on but due to his circumstances, he chose not to acknowledge it himself. There were instances in the book where you can literally feel what each of them were feeling.

Thank you Ms. A.E. Via for letting us in at the beginning of God and Day’s friendship and how it developed into something epic, my all-time favorite!

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