Reviewed by Jen
TITLE: Kiss Me Again
AUTHOR: Garrett Leigh
PUBLISHER: Self
LENGTH: 233 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2026
BLURB:
Aidan Drummond is happy on his own.
A solitary tree surgeon, he’s made peace with working alone, eating alone, being alone. Until a serious accident tears his world apart and lands him in a hospital bed opposite the most beautiful man he’s ever seen.
Ludo Giordano is beautiful, bright, and impossible to ignore. Bipolar and sleepless, his world is ruled by colour—shifting, vivid, relentless. And when he looks at Aidan, he finds a flare of yellow he can’t resist. Their midnight conversations ignite something electric.
Something dangerous.
Something Aidan can’t forget once he’s discharged. Grey isn’t enough anymore, and when a chance reunion pulls them back together, that flare… Aidan can’t resist it either.
His recovery is slow and painful. Ludo’s instability is a storm they can’t outrun. Yet together, their fractured lives start to feel whole.
Almost.
Because loving Ludo means weathering every shade. It means holding on when he whispers kiss me again because he needs an anchor more than a promise.
It means fighting for a love that burns brighter in the dark.
REVIEW:
It has been a while since I read a Garrett Leigh story. I grabbed this one right away and immediately knew I was not going to he disappointed.
This story is about two lonely souls who find peace with one another and turn out to be exactly what each other needs.
Ludo and Aidan meet in the hospital after Aidan’s life comes crashing down, quite literally, when he falls from the top of a tree he was cutting. He was lucky to survive, but this is what leads him to Ludo, a young man suffering from what seems to be a very hardcore case of bipolar disorder. This causes him some pretty drastic manic episodes that often result in injuries and/or him being committed for treatment.
As mentioned earlier, Ludo finds peace through his interactions with the badly injured Aidan, and Aidan is drawn to Ludo in a similar fashion. As these two learn about each other, their feelings and trust grow.
Much of the rest of the story is about their navigating life together as they help each other adjust and deal with their various issues. It takes time for the trust on each of their parts to really solidify, but that journey was worth the trip.
If you love seeing damaged characters survive, overcome and find happiness, Garrett Leigh is a good bet to take. I really enjoyed how Aidan found ways to deal with his own limitations while simultaneously learning how to deal with and ultimately help Ludo and to be the one Ludo could count on in the future.
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