Forever Yours, Kit

by Atreus Rosewood

When I left him, I broke both our hearts. But when he reappears in my life, can I make something of the second chance I never thought I'd get--or will I ruin things for good this time?

Growing up in the 80s, Kit and I were thick as thieves. I thought it couldn't get any better until that one magical night.

Then my father found out.

Terrified of what he'd do to us, I cut Kit off without a word--and shattered both our hearts in the process. I've spent ten years drowning my sorrows and regretting that choice, knowing he'll never forgive me. How can he, when I'm incapable of forgiving myself?

Until Kit suddenly shows up at my door and forces me to confront my demons. Even better, he seems willing to forgive and forget. Suddenly, a second chance is within my grasp, but how can I seize it when I'm more terrified than ever of hurting him?

How do I tell the man I hurt so badly ten years ago that I have loved him all this time?

friends to lovers, childhood best friends, gay awakening, coming of age, second chance romance, found family, HEA
Trigger warnings in the book's Front Matter.

Genres: M M Romance, Friends To Lovers, LGBT, Contemporary, Second Chance, Romance, Gay

229 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 21, 2024

About the author

Atreus Rosewood is a gay romance author living in Michigan with his two boyfriends, two cats, a spoiled dog, and all the beaches he could ask for. He writes constantly to the detriment of all else and that's just the way he likes it. If you happen to find him wandering a beach and mumbling to himself, iced coffee is how you’ll lure him back to civilization.

Atreus writes under three separate Pen Names:

--Blake R. Wolfe -- Gay Paranormal Romance

--Atreus Rosewood -- Gay Contemporary Romance

--Eoghan R. Cunningham -- LGBTQ+ Fantasy

Reviews

[Smutty Sully]

DNF - no rating.

So what if I'm choosing books randomly from the new releases list! It's obviously working really well for me.

Copyright © 2024 UwU Publishing

Misogyny alert:
• It sounds like he got a divorce from that woman (whatever her name is) he met during college.

[Jessamy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was compelling enough, had some very precious moments both romantic and plutonic! Mostly this book was just depressing, though 😮‍💨 I completely understand the realism of the story and all of the dark nuances but with the author specifically saying they rewrote this book for the boys to have their happy ending and etc, especially with the HEA mention… I just expected this book to be a little lighter or at least for the absolute depressing atmosphere not to last until the last 20% of reading 😅 some of the writing felt a bit repetitive and too on the nose in a lot of places for me personally, but overall I enjoyed the book! I would recommend the book for sure; I just want to make it clear that this book can be very hard to read in a few spots and the overall vibe for most of the book is very bleak.

[Michael Jacobs · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was actually very compelling. I think the author did a great job detailing the pain and anguish the characters felt. It was look into the challenges of being gay with the external forces that made it that much harder during the time it takes place.


My only complaint with the book was there we’re quite a few typos and mistakes. Most were simply misspelled words (that correctly spelled another-likely why it didn’t register in spell check). Honestly with those mistakes corrected this would get 5 stars from me.

[Shawn Cha · Rating 3 out of 5]

it’s ok

I was hooked when it said friends to lover cause your lover is suppose to be your best friend. I think when you write these deep emotional books it’s best to give dual POV cause with one we only see one version of love and you don’t even see kit or Ryan together till like 70% of the book.

While most of the book is about Ryan and his issues I just felt like for a romance book the ending was just rushed, I needed more.

[Ali]

I wasn’t going to write a review for this book but I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want other readers to waste their money. Luckily for me it was free. I don’t think I have ever been so disappointed or bored with another book in my life. I practically raced through skipping pages of firstly, monotonous boring tween age stuff that did nothing to enhance the story. A page or two giving a back story would have been suffice. Secondly Ryan’s internal monologue of woe is me went on and on. I was left totally depressed. Had these two sections been short and then we got some recovery chapters, then a hefty chunk of sorting Ryan and Kit’s relationship out I might have actually enjoyed this story. I was expecting great things when the author stated he had rewritten this book from the original as it didn’t have a HEA and he wanted to give it one. 🤣🤣 He might as well have not bothered. The blurb had a hopeful vibe to it that I thought I’d give it a go. Expecting something uplifting from the middle, maybe, to the end. Nah!. Here’s my breakdown

Childhood 47.5%
Alcoholism and depression 47.5%
Kit re-entering his life and detox 4%
Which left 1% of them coming clean to each other and their HEA

This wasn’t a romance it was torture. The only happiness was the last 1%. If you are looking for nice sexy little romance after some angst move along. If you want to feel like you have been sat in the dentist chair in awful pain for the approx 4 hours it took to read it then perhaps this is for you.

I’ll never forget this book unfortunately for the wrong reasons. It’s left me down in the dumps and I’d like to scrape my brain to remove it. Reading this review you might think I’m being too harsh. It’s my opinion. So far I’ve seen two DNF on here. I wish I’d DNF too, but I kept 🙏 it would redeem itself and I’d get my warm and fuzzies romance it never was. As the senators say “I’d like my time back” alas my time has been wrecked. I wish I’d read some reviews first I probably would not have bothered reading it or DNF very early on. I’m obviously a glutton for punishment. Tbh I’m not sure I’ll try another book. Whoops I’ve just realised I’ve not even read any of his books under his first pen name Blake R. Wolfe. I’m now pleased to say I’m in the middle of one of his books and it’s a helluva lot better. No misery or heartache but a burgeoning romance. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read so far.

[Louisa Saunders · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a beautiful piece of writing, I couldn't stop reading and the letter from Kit made me cry.
I think everyone has a dream of falling in love with their best friend and despite all the ups and downs of their lives Kit and Ryan's story is truly beautiful.

Amazing story, great romance, some heartbreaking scenes but a brilliant read!

[SaintDelicate _Edits · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF, and not this was not one of those ‘not my cup of coffee, maybe yours.’ This was just so horrible mate. I’m very young but the book gave me blood pressure and the opposite of what I was looking for. No condoms without getting tested first? Glory holes with multiple faceless strangers over and over again. And never getting tested for anything 😬

Major health hazard, to oneself and others alike. Listen, I like airheads - love my himbos but this book and it’s MCs just did not give what the author thought they were supposed to. This is a contemporary story and even in fiction, there can be too much of something, that’s why lube is a thing in fiction.

If you’re thinking about reading this book. Don’t, consider this. I’ve never left a review stating that a book shouldn’t be read but I am this time. First time in the 7years I’ve been reading mm and it’s this book. There’s a reason for that.

I want a refund for my time wasted here.

[Altivo Overo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story, but...

It seems to me that a large part of it was converted from print via an OCR program. Many spelling errors and doubled or missing words, as well as some homonym errors of the "there/their/they're" variety can be found in the latter part of the text. Sometimes you have to really puzzle over the meaning. However, as I said, this is a good coming of age and delayed maturity story. It looks pretty gloomy for a while but takes a turn for the better eventually.

[laura cabezas · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars 💛 phewww, where to start? i loved this book but man it was HEAVY AS HELL. i need to go read fluff now to make up for it 😭🙏🏼 i wish we saw more of them being happy together but i loved their HEA and after skimming the original novel that the author rewrote i am SO glad he decided to give kit & ryan their deserved happy ending because man those two angels deserved it; not that other depressing ending 😭. man i need a hot chocolate and a hug right now 😭

[Namealreadyinuse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Needed an editor

It was mostly a good story but there were enough typos to bring me out of the story, and there were also some continuity issues with sometimes acting like the city was hours away and sometimes like it was 20 minutes away. Finally, there were several plot points that were opened and then just never closed. Did Ryan get fired? What did the secretary decide? I did like the story and the format of the story but those issues took way at least a star for me.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new entry to my top reads

Wow! This has entered into my top 5 reads EVER! The complexities of love and life, the challenges and hardship. I loved how you were so brutally honest and raw about drug and alcohol abuse as well as mental health.
It's not very often a book makes me emotional, but let's just say I shed a few tears. Utterly superb.

[Alicat23 · Rating 1 out of 5]

Depressing

[Henry Northcott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story

But needs proofing.
It has shades of stand by me and quite a few typos

An easy enough read though does deal with sensitive subjects

[Lois1112 · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF

[Jennette Reid · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A kind of a neat perspective on childhood lives, loves and adventures but it was spoiled, for me anyway, by so much jumping to and fro in the years. I did finish it but skimmed here and there.

[S. Truell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story but lots of spelling errors. Story is written with past and present flipping between chapters which isn't my favorite and single POV.

[Sophie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet story with struggles and difficult emotions. There were a few typos and spelling mistakes and the ending felt a bit rushed and unbelievable.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty cute.

I really liked the letter format in the beginning and the flashbacks. I feel like some of the important parts of the plot didn't really have the focus they deserved but other than that it was a good read!