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Max Kaufman a été jeté dehors lorsqu’il était adolescent et depuis sa vie n’a été qu’une lutte quotidienne. De l’addiction et la vie dans les rues, jusqu’à la désintoxication et l’école d’infirmiers qu’il réussit à intégrer, il a passé les dix dernières années à reconstruire une vie en morceaux. Maintenant qu’il a accepté un poste d’infirmier particulier auprès d’Edward Marsh III, le président et PDG d’une des plus grandes entreprises pharmaceutiques au monde, Max réalise rapidement que l’empire de plusieurs millions de dollars de Marsh est un tissu de mensonges et de secrets plaqué d’or et incrusté de diamants.
Plus Max vit et travaille avec la famille Marsh, plus les secrets s’enchevêtrent autour de lui. Et son cœur – qu’il a travaillé si dur pour protéger – tombe droit dans les mains du distant et froid, et pourtant magnifique héritier d’une dynastie…
Silas Marsh doit hériter de la fortune familiale, mais son père est déterminé à ce que son héritier soit le fils « parfait ». Avant que Silas ne puisse reprendre l’entreprise et mettre fin aux pratiques douteuses, il doit prouver sa valeur… et renier sa vraie nature.
Silas doit faire un choix : tenir tête à son père en restant fidèle à lui-même et aux sentiments qu’il porte à Max. Ou prétendre être quelqu’un qu’il n’est pas pour hériter de tout. Même si cela signifie sacrifier la possibilité d’être heureux et d’aimer.
Max Kaufman a été jeté dehors lorsqu’il était adolescent et depuis sa vie n’a été qu’une lutte quotidienne. De l’addiction et la vie dans les rues, jusqu’à la désintoxication et l’école d’infirmiers qu’il réussit à intégrer, il a passé les dix dernières années à reconstruire une vie en morceaux. Maintenant qu’il a accepté un poste d’infirmier particulier auprès d’Edward Marsh III, le président et PDG d’une des plus grandes entreprises pharmaceutiques au monde, Max réalise rapidement que l’empire de plusieurs millions de dollars de Marsh est un tissu de mensonges et de secrets plaqué d’or et incrusté de diamants.
Plus Max vit et travaille avec la famille Marsh, plus les secrets s’enchevêtrent autour de lui. Et son cœur – qu’il a travaillé si dur pour protéger – tombe droit dans les mains du distant et froid, et pourtant magnifique héritier d’une dynastie…
Silas Marsh doit hériter de la fortune familiale, mais son père est déterminé à ce que son héritier soit le fils « parfait ». Avant que Silas ne puisse reprendre l’entreprise et mettre fin aux pratiques douteuses, il doit prouver sa valeur… et renier sa vraie nature.
Silas doit faire un choix : tenir tête à son père en restant fidèle à lui-même et aux sentiments qu’il porte à Max. Ou prétendre être quelqu’un qu’il n’est pas pour hériter de tout. Même si cela signifie sacrifier la possibilité d’être heureux et d’aimer.
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First published November 24, 2019
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37 books8,566 followersEmma Scott is a USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author whose books have been translated in seven languages and featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today’s Happy Ever After. Her first MM romance, Someday, Someday won the Utopia Con Award for LGBTQ Book of the Year. Emma writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and heroes who treat their heroines like gold, you will enjoy her novels.
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November 27, 2019
"Every minute you’re alive is a second chance to start over. I honor my past, but I don’t live in it. I choose this moment instead. Right here."
Siri, how do I put my heart back together after Emma Scott so elegantly broke it in two?
_______________
I'm not crying, you're crying.
This book.
This. heartbreakingly. beautiful. book.
Emma Scott achieved the impossible with this book.
I want this book to be in every high school library. I want this book handed out at Pride. I want this book to be read by every single person that thinks that they're alone in love.
This book is ugly. It's heavy and more times than not, you feel like you can't carry it. It's tough to chew and harder to swallow. It made me wince and cringe and I had to put my kindle away many many times. But this book is necessary. It took many different forms of hate and showed how there is only one universal form of love.
Emma Scott will always be one of my favourite authors. This book is no exception and only deepened my love for her writing and aptitude for storytelling. Except, with this book - it wasn't really a story because the things that happen in this book are still happening. Someday, Someday deals with the plight of love. It deals with Max Kaufman who was thrown out of his house by his family for being found with a boy. Then, Silas Marsh who at a very young age was sent to sexuality conversion therapy where he was tortured and terrorized. It portrays the destructive and futile values of homophobia whilst dealing with people who are undergoing immense mental battles. It shows how Max and Silas find each other as recovering drug addicts but mostly, how they find themselves through each other.
So yes. Whatever you're imagining when I say that this book is heavy and deals with topics that are necessary, double it.
I think this was the toughest out of all Emma's books that I have read. So many times during reading, I found myself sobbing. Because through all the animosity, hatred and trauma within this book, it is nothing if not a story of forgiveness. I struggled with this book a lot, in all honesty. It's very hard to focus on a love story, a romance between two people who have such tragic histories. The narrative we were given was not light in any way and then we got these screenshots of Max and Silas slowly falling in love. But by then end, I realized that, that was the entire point.
It goes to say that I'm only a reader, and a very small drop in the ocean that is Emma's Entourage but I am so, so fucking proud of Emma Scott because of this book.
Someday, Someday is a heart-wrenching tour de force that steals the air right from your lungs. It's ambitiously driven by hope and after hurting you and ripping you apart, it builds you back up again. I'm proud of Emma because no matter how painful and upsetting Silas and Max's story was, she refused to make it pretty, because that wouldn't be the truth. That's why it's her most beautiful book to date.
My heart hurt for so many people (Eddie deserves nothing more than a hug and the best life). My only slight problem was that I found some things (mostly dialogue) to be jarring and occasionally insensitive. Although the story started off somewhat slow, I was captivated a third way in and then it became unputdownable. I can so safely say though that Emma writes the stories that I wish I had the chance to experience for the first time, every time I re-read them.
Trigger Warnings: Abuse, Homophobia, Substance Abuse, Addiction, Implied Suicide, Torture, Prostitution
Siri, how do I put my heart back together after Emma Scott so elegantly broke it in two?
_______________
I'm not crying, you're crying.
This book.
This. heartbreakingly. beautiful. book.
Emma Scott achieved the impossible with this book.
I want this book to be in every high school library. I want this book handed out at Pride. I want this book to be read by every single person that thinks that they're alone in love.
This book is ugly. It's heavy and more times than not, you feel like you can't carry it. It's tough to chew and harder to swallow. It made me wince and cringe and I had to put my kindle away many many times. But this book is necessary. It took many different forms of hate and showed how there is only one universal form of love.
Emma Scott will always be one of my favourite authors. This book is no exception and only deepened my love for her writing and aptitude for storytelling. Except, with this book - it wasn't really a story because the things that happen in this book are still happening. Someday, Someday deals with the plight of love. It deals with Max Kaufman who was thrown out of his house by his family for being found with a boy. Then, Silas Marsh who at a very young age was sent to sexuality conversion therapy where he was tortured and terrorized. It portrays the destructive and futile values of homophobia whilst dealing with people who are undergoing immense mental battles. It shows how Max and Silas find each other as recovering drug addicts but mostly, how they find themselves through each other.
So yes. Whatever you're imagining when I say that this book is heavy and deals with topics that are necessary, double it.
"Don’t let go. Hold on and you’ll be safe. Let go and you’ll never be the same again."
I think this was the toughest out of all Emma's books that I have read. So many times during reading, I found myself sobbing. Because through all the animosity, hatred and trauma within this book, it is nothing if not a story of forgiveness. I struggled with this book a lot, in all honesty. It's very hard to focus on a love story, a romance between two people who have such tragic histories. The narrative we were given was not light in any way and then we got these screenshots of Max and Silas slowly falling in love. But by then end, I realized that, that was the entire point.
It goes to say that I'm only a reader, and a very small drop in the ocean that is Emma's Entourage but I am so, so fucking proud of Emma Scott because of this book.
Someday, Someday is a heart-wrenching tour de force that steals the air right from your lungs. It's ambitiously driven by hope and after hurting you and ripping you apart, it builds you back up again. I'm proud of Emma because no matter how painful and upsetting Silas and Max's story was, she refused to make it pretty, because that wouldn't be the truth. That's why it's her most beautiful book to date.
My heart hurt for so many people (Eddie deserves nothing more than a hug and the best life). My only slight problem was that I found some things (mostly dialogue) to be jarring and occasionally insensitive. Although the story started off somewhat slow, I was captivated a third way in and then it became unputdownable. I can so safely say though that Emma writes the stories that I wish I had the chance to experience for the first time, every time I re-read them.
Trigger Warnings: Abuse, Homophobia, Substance Abuse, Addiction, Implied Suicide, Torture, Prostitution
May 28, 2021
5 stars
I’m sure exactly no one will be surprised when I say that Emma Scott wrote another magnificent book that will be going straight on my favorites list. I’ve read every book she’s written and she’s never let me down. Someday, Someday is her first m/m romance and she knocked it out of the park. It was beautiful, touching, heartfelt, and stunning.
Max Kaufmann is a character I remember meeting and loving in ‘Forever Right Now’. Max has gone through so much in his life, but it’s only made him stronger. He’s a nurse and an exceptional human being. After being kicked out of his home as a teenager and overcoming homelessness and addiction, he’s really turned his life around. He has just started a new job as a private nurse for the head of Marsh Pharmaceuticals and it is a great opportunity for him.
Silas Marsh is the son of Edward Marsh, and even though his life looks perfect on the outside, he’s also gone through some difficult things. Things I can’t even think about without crying. He and Max start out as frenemies, for lack of a better word, but there is something between them that crackles with energy. It seems so obvious these two belong together, but things are complicated.
There were parts of Max and Silas’s story that shredded my heart. I was devastated to read about some of the things that happened to them, and it only made me root for their happiness even more. I’ll never, as long as I live, understand why or how someone could treat someone they love like Silas was treated. He had so much growth in this story and I’m so glad he had Max to help him along the way. There was brokenness, but also healing. The end of this book made my heart so glad, I actually cried happy tears.
I can’t write this review without mentioning Eddie, Silas’s older brother who stole my heart. I adored him and his relationship with both Silas and Max. Watching Max with Eddie was beautiful. Someday, Someday is heavy in a lot of ways, but it also made me laugh and kept me smiling throughout. It really was the perfect book for me.
Max and Silas’s story was everything. This book was so much more than just a romance (though the romance was stunning) and really brought the feels. I loved it so much and it’s by far my favorite m/m romance of the year!!
“Every minute you’re alive is a second chance to start over.”
I’m sure exactly no one will be surprised when I say that Emma Scott wrote another magnificent book that will be going straight on my favorites list. I’ve read every book she’s written and she’s never let me down. Someday, Someday is her first m/m romance and she knocked it out of the park. It was beautiful, touching, heartfelt, and stunning.
Max Kaufmann is a character I remember meeting and loving in ‘Forever Right Now’. Max has gone through so much in his life, but it’s only made him stronger. He’s a nurse and an exceptional human being. After being kicked out of his home as a teenager and overcoming homelessness and addiction, he’s really turned his life around. He has just started a new job as a private nurse for the head of Marsh Pharmaceuticals and it is a great opportunity for him.
Silas Marsh is the son of Edward Marsh, and even though his life looks perfect on the outside, he’s also gone through some difficult things. Things I can’t even think about without crying. He and Max start out as frenemies, for lack of a better word, but there is something between them that crackles with energy. It seems so obvious these two belong together, but things are complicated.
There were parts of Max and Silas’s story that shredded my heart. I was devastated to read about some of the things that happened to them, and it only made me root for their happiness even more. I’ll never, as long as I live, understand why or how someone could treat someone they love like Silas was treated. He had so much growth in this story and I’m so glad he had Max to help him along the way. There was brokenness, but also healing. The end of this book made my heart so glad, I actually cried happy tears.
I can’t write this review without mentioning Eddie, Silas’s older brother who stole my heart. I adored him and his relationship with both Silas and Max. Watching Max with Eddie was beautiful. Someday, Someday is heavy in a lot of ways, but it also made me laugh and kept me smiling throughout. It really was the perfect book for me.
Max and Silas’s story was everything. This book was so much more than just a romance (though the romance was stunning) and really brought the feels. I loved it so much and it’s by far my favorite m/m romance of the year!!
October 4, 2021
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November 24, 2019
I feel light. Smiling and so content after finishing Someday, Someday. A M/M romance with a sensitive and real subject matter that didn’t have me smiling when I first started this book.
The story was emotionally dark and heartbreaking but at the same time full of so much hope, love and light. So many dark clouds but as the story progressed and evolved light started to peak through those clouds and eventually bursting through them and evaporating them permanently.
Listening to what Max and Silas went through in their younger years when they opened up during a NA meeting. The ambiance was tense and captured perfectly. I felt I was there at that meeting. Listening. My heart breaking for the narrow mindedness of Silas and Max’s fathers who couldn’t accept and love them for who they are. Their own flesh and blood who happen to gay.
Their story is flawlessly executed. Silas a broken and lost man who just exists and Max a man who now knows his own worth wants to help Silas finding his way back. To not give up. To fight for himself and what he wants. To give him hope.
It’s a story that take its time. It lets its wonderfully complex characters shine while little layers slowly gets peeled away giving away to new beautiful sides of Max and Silas. I was immersed and invested in Max, Silas and his brother Eddie. The payoff is so worth it. To be back with Darlene and Sawyer the lawyer was icing on the cake.
Emma Scott has created a magnificent story. Her first M/M romance at that. She continues to evolve as the gifted author she is. With the sensitivity of the topic she takes on she brings a powerful story of diversity, hope and unconditional love. Someday, Someday is a must read! Already a favorite of mine and I daresay Emma Scott’s best work yet.
5 Hope and Rainbow Stars
The story was emotionally dark and heartbreaking but at the same time full of so much hope, love and light. So many dark clouds but as the story progressed and evolved light started to peak through those clouds and eventually bursting through them and evaporating them permanently.
Listening to what Max and Silas went through in their younger years when they opened up during a NA meeting. The ambiance was tense and captured perfectly. I felt I was there at that meeting. Listening. My heart breaking for the narrow mindedness of Silas and Max’s fathers who couldn’t accept and love them for who they are. Their own flesh and blood who happen to gay.
Their story is flawlessly executed. Silas a broken and lost man who just exists and Max a man who now knows his own worth wants to help Silas finding his way back. To not give up. To fight for himself and what he wants. To give him hope.
It’s a story that take its time. It lets its wonderfully complex characters shine while little layers slowly gets peeled away giving away to new beautiful sides of Max and Silas. I was immersed and invested in Max, Silas and his brother Eddie. The payoff is so worth it. To be back with Darlene and Sawyer the lawyer was icing on the cake.
Emma Scott has created a magnificent story. Her first M/M romance at that. She continues to evolve as the gifted author she is. With the sensitivity of the topic she takes on she brings a powerful story of diversity, hope and unconditional love. Someday, Someday is a must read! Already a favorite of mine and I daresay Emma Scott’s best work yet.
5 Hope and Rainbow Stars
December 29, 2019
Fuck yes, I was his. He owned me...
...and this book owned me—and Silas Marsh (and Max but mostly Silas) owned me—so much so, I’m currently on my third read. I figure you can’t get a book hangover if you don’t stop reading the book.
My emotions were (and still are) all over the place. I laughed a lot (Max has jokes) and I cried a lot more. Sobbed, actually. My heart ached then leaped, and my cheeks hurt from grinning. God, even when I was crying, I was grinning—because I was (am) so damn happy. The angst, the swoon, the physical pain of it, the sheer joy in anticipation of a hard-earned HEA... It’s been a long time since a book's made me feel quite like this—and even longer since a book's broken my top ten. A year and five months, to be exact. And this one did. So many of Emma Scott’s books have come close, but Someday, Someday is the one that finally knocked Rush from the pedestal I’d placed it on. It’s hands down my favorite book of hers and quite possibly my favorite book EVER. Clear your calendar because your hangover will be a doozy. Or just read it again.
I promised to protect my heart and instead I ripped it out of my chest and handed it to Silas Marsh.
Ditto, Max. Ditto.
...and this book owned me—and Silas Marsh (and Max but mostly Silas) owned me—so much so, I’m currently on my third read. I figure you can’t get a book hangover if you don’t stop reading the book.
My emotions were (and still are) all over the place. I laughed a lot (Max has jokes) and I cried a lot more. Sobbed, actually. My heart ached then leaped, and my cheeks hurt from grinning. God, even when I was crying, I was grinning—because I was (am) so damn happy. The angst, the swoon, the physical pain of it, the sheer joy in anticipation of a hard-earned HEA... It’s been a long time since a book's made me feel quite like this—and even longer since a book's broken my top ten. A year and five months, to be exact. And this one did. So many of Emma Scott’s books have come close, but Someday, Someday is the one that finally knocked Rush from the pedestal I’d placed it on. It’s hands down my favorite book of hers and quite possibly my favorite book EVER. Clear your calendar because your hangover will be a doozy. Or just read it again.
I promised to protect my heart and instead I ripped it out of my chest and handed it to Silas Marsh.
Ditto, Max. Ditto.
December 4, 2019
-Started off loving it,
-Stalled around half way and I lost interest.
Positives
-The writing is solid.I liked the book layout.Duel povs and each chapter was the perfect length.
-I loved Max and adored Eddie who is up there as one of my favourite book characters.
-The Author's note at the end had me in tears.I'm sure this must have been a labour of love for her.
Negatives
Overall,an ok read.
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-Stalled around half way and I lost interest.
Positives
-The writing is solid.I liked the book layout.Duel povs and each chapter was the perfect length.
-I loved Max and adored Eddie who is up there as one of my favourite book characters.
-The Author's note at the end had me in tears.I'm sure this must have been a labour of love for her.
Negatives
Overall,an ok read.
Available on KU.
November 19, 2019
This was my 11th book of Emma Scott and once again she amazed me with an another beautiful story. I absolutely adored Silas & Max but also I loved the secondary characters too (especially Eddie & Faith).
This book is a must read and if you're okay to read M/M genre, I highly recommend this book to you. In fact I highly recommend all Emma Scott books to you. Trust me, she is truly amazing. :)
*ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review. ❤
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I'm sooooo excited for this book! <3
Expected publication: November 24th 2019
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BLURB:
How long would you wait for love?
Max Kaufman was kicked out of his home as a teen and his life has been an uphill battle ever since. From addiction and living on the streets, to recovery and putting himself through nursing school, he’s spent the last ten years rebuilding his shattered sense of self. Now he’s taken a job as a private caretaker to Edward Marsh III, the president and CEO of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Max soon learns Marsh’s multi-billion-dollar empire is a gold and diamond-encrusted web of secrets and lies.
The longer Max works and lives with the Marsh family, the tighter the secrets tangle around him. And his heart—that he’s worked so hard to protect—falls straight into the hands of the distant, cold, and beautiful son of a dynasty…
Silas Marsh is set to inherit the family fortune, but his father is determined his heir be the “perfect” son. Before Silas can take over the company and end its shady business practices, he must prove himself worthy…and deny his true nature.
Silas must choose: stand up to his father by being true to himself and his undeniable feelings for Max. Or pretend to be someone he is not in order to inherit everything. Even if it means sacrificing a chance at happiness and real love.
#standalone #MM #billionaire
November 22, 2019
I'm soaking wet and drenched to the bone in pure distilled love that I found in the pages of Someday, Someday. I closed the book an hour ago, but my heart and brain are still hiding inside the pages. They refuse to come out, choosing to be a bystander in Max and Silas love (?) story, risking getting hurt by debris flying around when their love tatters & rips and than reside safely inside me.
I'm not a fan of MM tbh, but first Suanne, and now Emma have flipped me. If I could only read one author's books for the rest of my life, I'd choose Emma any day. She writes soul drenching stories, I always feel plenished and enriched after reading her books
“So that happened,”
A tsunami of emotions, a rollercoaster of sentiments, a merry-go-round of passion & pain had me dizzy and spinning. A tale of Forbidden love like no other, it just sears on your heart marking it forever. Max Kauffman and Silas Marsh love is taboo as dictated by pseudo social norms, frowned upon by dogmatic & orthodox families and certainly bullied, emotionally and sometimes physically attacked by bigoted society as a whole.
Needless to say I'm utterly, irrevocably in love with Max, even if he'd never choose me. Like gold he shines after burning through flames of humiliation, pain and rejection. He reminds me of Jimmy with kind eyes Whelan. A Selfless, altruistic and generous soul.
Silas had childlike naivete, suffering from lonely boy syndrome. His character reminded me of the poem "The Solitary Reaper" by William words worth --
"Will no one tell me what she sings?—
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago:"
No one knows what battles he fights, what tunes he reminisces, what touches and smiles he misses, his soul playing one haunting, melancholic song after another till someone hears, stops, stands and LISTENS.....Mighty Max!
Seems like they both were abandoned and ridiculed for their life choices, made to feel worthless and stripped down to their bare minimum, kindred spirits HAD to serendipitiously cross paths
"I was a character in the play of my life. A life that was nothing more than an endless string of days pretending, lying, burying truths and feelings until I was more stone and steel than hot, beating blood."
Whereas Carl rescued Max, Silas was banished to Chisana and isolated in the ivory tower, so he had to wait till Max came by and held his hand out for him to take. From here on, wherever they stepped, the ground beneath them gave away, chasm opened up, earth sank beneath their feet, but Max's clasp never loosened on Silas's hand. He held on tight and pulled him out....at least he valiantly tried.
"will I be the hero of my own life?"
All the while I was thinking how wonderful it'd be to be loved so completely by Max. His whole personality, every corner of his soul is full of light. To have that light shine on you, borrowing the glow like planets around the sun, how otherworldly Would that experience be? I was so jealous of Silas and pitied Lou and Barbara, they didn't even know what they had produced and thrown away.
"Distressing....it's terribly Distressing"
I was so ashamed of Edward, at one point wanted to strangle him. So embarrassed and livid at Lou, wanted to knock the fuck out of stelton too, while I'm at it.
Every page has crinkle due to my angry, frustrated teardrops, my pillow soaked wet that had muffled my wails. This story has touched somewhere deep, deep part of my soul I never knew I had.
But all this is worthless if the victim doesn't have it in him/her to fight for themselves, their wants, their needs. Nobody can do it for you and THAT is the most important lesson I got to learn
“Well, just remember: Someday isn’t a day of the week. It doesn’t come around automatically. You gotta go out there and get it.”
I have to mention Eddie too. He's the purest soul in the book. A "Special" person, childlike innocent and inadvertently honest. I saw godlike reflection in his personality, nudging, coaxing, showing Silas, Edward and Max the way. The most adorable character of the book indeed! And Faith warrants a special mention here. She earned my respect and admiration, not a gold digging floozie as I'd expected. Goes to show how damaging prejudices are!!!
You HAVE TO read this book, it's a MUST READ, ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL for everyone to meet Silas and Max.
Just get drunk on heady love, open your minds and soak in the bright burning passion.
Check your bias, censure and prejudices at the Prologue.
“Because the house we’ve built is huge and beautiful, but it has stairs that lead to nowhere and doors that open to brick walls. Dead-ends that have left thousands with nowhere else to turn. I’m going to build places where they can go for help instead.”
All the stars and 6 boxes of tissues for Houses for Help
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I'm not a fan of MM tbh, but first Suanne, and now Emma have flipped me. If I could only read one author's books for the rest of my life, I'd choose Emma any day. She writes soul drenching stories, I always feel plenished and enriched after reading her books
“So that happened,”
A tsunami of emotions, a rollercoaster of sentiments, a merry-go-round of passion & pain had me dizzy and spinning. A tale of Forbidden love like no other, it just sears on your heart marking it forever. Max Kauffman and Silas Marsh love is taboo as dictated by pseudo social norms, frowned upon by dogmatic & orthodox families and certainly bullied, emotionally and sometimes physically attacked by bigoted society as a whole.
Needless to say I'm utterly, irrevocably in love with Max, even if he'd never choose me. Like gold he shines after burning through flames of humiliation, pain and rejection. He reminds me of Jimmy with kind eyes Whelan. A Selfless, altruistic and generous soul.
Silas had childlike naivete, suffering from lonely boy syndrome. His character reminded me of the poem "The Solitary Reaper" by William words worth --
"Will no one tell me what she sings?—
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago:"
No one knows what battles he fights, what tunes he reminisces, what touches and smiles he misses, his soul playing one haunting, melancholic song after another till someone hears, stops, stands and LISTENS.....Mighty Max!
Seems like they both were abandoned and ridiculed for their life choices, made to feel worthless and stripped down to their bare minimum, kindred spirits HAD to serendipitiously cross paths
"I was a character in the play of my life. A life that was nothing more than an endless string of days pretending, lying, burying truths and feelings until I was more stone and steel than hot, beating blood."
Whereas Carl rescued Max, Silas was banished to Chisana and isolated in the ivory tower, so he had to wait till Max came by and held his hand out for him to take. From here on, wherever they stepped, the ground beneath them gave away, chasm opened up, earth sank beneath their feet, but Max's clasp never loosened on Silas's hand. He held on tight and pulled him out....at least he valiantly tried.
"will I be the hero of my own life?"
All the while I was thinking how wonderful it'd be to be loved so completely by Max. His whole personality, every corner of his soul is full of light. To have that light shine on you, borrowing the glow like planets around the sun, how otherworldly Would that experience be? I was so jealous of Silas and pitied Lou and Barbara, they didn't even know what they had produced and thrown away.
"Distressing....it's terribly Distressing"
I was so ashamed of Edward, at one point wanted to strangle him. So embarrassed and livid at Lou, wanted to knock the fuck out of stelton too, while I'm at it.
Every page has crinkle due to my angry, frustrated teardrops, my pillow soaked wet that had muffled my wails. This story has touched somewhere deep, deep part of my soul I never knew I had.
But all this is worthless if the victim doesn't have it in him/her to fight for themselves, their wants, their needs. Nobody can do it for you and THAT is the most important lesson I got to learn
“Well, just remember: Someday isn’t a day of the week. It doesn’t come around automatically. You gotta go out there and get it.”
I have to mention Eddie too. He's the purest soul in the book. A "Special" person, childlike innocent and inadvertently honest. I saw godlike reflection in his personality, nudging, coaxing, showing Silas, Edward and Max the way. The most adorable character of the book indeed! And Faith warrants a special mention here. She earned my respect and admiration, not a gold digging floozie as I'd expected. Goes to show how damaging prejudices are!!!
You HAVE TO read this book, it's a MUST READ, ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL for everyone to meet Silas and Max.
Just get drunk on heady love, open your minds and soak in the bright burning passion.
Check your bias, censure and prejudices at the Prologue.
“Because the house we’ve built is huge and beautiful, but it has stairs that lead to nowhere and doors that open to brick walls. Dead-ends that have left thousands with nowhere else to turn. I’m going to build places where they can go for help instead.”
All the stars and 6 boxes of tissues for Houses for Help
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November 21, 2019
5 « so perfect for each other” stars
“You came back to hear my story?” “Yes.” “Why?” “Because…what the hell is it all for? You told the shit part. What about the rest? What’s on the other side of the misery?”
Third attempt at writing a coherent review that does not cover more than ten pages (kidding but barely) nor is overflowing with all the quotes highlighted that made my kindle look like a brightly decorated Christmas tree …. This is my eternal problem when writing a review for Emma’s books!
This story was headed to 4,5 stars until I reached the 80 percent mark… when hell broke loose and hearts were torn open.
The stand Silas had to make simply undid him. It melted the last layer of ice that kept him away from my soul. It's when hearts are shattered and spirits damaged that Emma does her best job and steal the last remnant of MY heart. In these moments of truth, where the soul is bare, when the heroes have to really choose to live, not merely survive a bond is forged forever between them and me.
That scene, that moment sealed the deal for me an pushed this story from the “I really like it” to the “I am in love with it”.
This is a MM romance story. The romance part being very important as love is universal and we love a person, not a gender.
But this is MORE.
In her author’s note (which is one of the bests I have read) Emma Scott writes: “Max’s story has real-world reflections as well, as homelessness among LGBTQ youth are higher than the national average by a margin of 120%, and LGBTQ youth are reported to have attempted suicide at a rate five times higher than their straight peers.”
This story emphasizes the difficulties homosexuals face at being accepted for who they really are.
This means acceptance by your family as Max has been kicked out of his home when his parents found him with a guy in his room. On the street at sixteen, he tried to survive but soon fell into drug’s hell. Or what Silas father did to him as he wanted a strong son, a perfect son. If Max had been thrown out of his home Silas experienced something …unfathomable. I don’t want to give away any spoilers here but what’s been done to him is horrifying, unacceptable, barbaric …I could go on and on.
It morphed him into a man of ice. No outer feelings, no sexual drive, just a perfect handsome and polished robot. Silas did not know who he was anymore.
Max’s appeal, his warmth, his kindness, the journey he’s been through to live his life in truth progressively thawed the layers of ice isolating Silas from his humanity, from his true self.
And there is EVEN MORE.
Because Emma’s stories are usually like Russian dolls: layer upon layer of stories and topics.
Back to Emma’s note: “In this book, I have also tried to address, in a microcosmic way, the opioid crises that has ravaged this country for the last twenty years. There is no way to encompass the entire tragedy, so I attempted to boil it down to some of its most basic (yet still horrific) parts in order to bring awareness to a crisis I myself had been ignorant of. The treatment for those addicted to opioids is woefully inadequate and the stigma of an addicted person being seen as a criminal comes from a lack of awareness as to how the drug alters brain chemistry.”
And when I read that story and that note, I thought that stories like this do more for LGBTQ and drug addicts than any medical journal or TV news. Because Emma, speaks to our hearts and opens our eyes and minds.
This story opened on a turning point in Max’s life when on the street, when he had to make a choice and I really appreciate that Emma showed us this desperate and ugly reality but without displaying obscene details. My heart would not have survived the abuse.
Saved by a retired cop, he stopped all drugs and helped other addicts or ex addicts to resist the siren’s call. His salvation shows how some “random acts of kindness” can alter the course of a life, another topic dear to Emma’s heart.
I adored Max right on the spot. I had a little “taste” in Forever Right Now.
Max wears his heart on his sleeve and his mood on his face. Going through Hell, he made a promise to never lie to himself again, to never let others make him feel like he is not enough, not normal, not worthy. Max chose to be open to others. Even after he’s been rejected by his own family he chose to care, to show empathy like what he did with Eddie, Silas ‘s brother who is an Asperger. But he also learned that he deserves respect. That he is worth it.
“When I got clean, I made a No Bullshit policy. I don’t dish it out and I don’t take it from anyone.”
He is also determined not to settle for someone who does not respect and really see him. Max is a romantic! You can see it when he meets Silas at his father’s estate.
“Silas Marsh walked straight into that room like the answer to a question I hadn’t known I’d been asking. A strange thought had battered itself around my heart: There he is.”
For all Silas’s hotness, it took me a long time to really connect with him. Silas was closed off. And even if I knew what happened to him and knew how conflicted he was the distance he maintained with people also kept me at bay. Silas simply suffered from PTSD and did not know who he was anymore. But once Silas let his feelings free, once I witnessed his interaction with Eddie, once I saw how he cared what damage his father’s company did, I finally fell for him. Not in a “Man, that guy is hot” but in a “Damn but that guy is ethic, generous, gorgeous and just cares so much!”.
This romance story is epic and I would love to conclude with one of my favorite quote, coming from one of the best heroines I have read about and that I would marry if I was lesbian and she was not a fictional character: Darlene from “Forever Right Now” : “Fling away, Max! Darlene whispered in my mind. Grab happy and run like hell.”
And that’s me telling you to “Read away. Grab happy and read like hell.”
Are you a fan of Emma Scott? Do you read LGBTQ stories?
Thanks for reading!
Sophie
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“You came back to hear my story?” “Yes.” “Why?” “Because…what the hell is it all for? You told the shit part. What about the rest? What’s on the other side of the misery?”
Third attempt at writing a coherent review that does not cover more than ten pages (kidding but barely) nor is overflowing with all the quotes highlighted that made my kindle look like a brightly decorated Christmas tree …. This is my eternal problem when writing a review for Emma’s books!
This story was headed to 4,5 stars until I reached the 80 percent mark… when hell broke loose and hearts were torn open.
The stand Silas had to make simply undid him. It melted the last layer of ice that kept him away from my soul. It's when hearts are shattered and spirits damaged that Emma does her best job and steal the last remnant of MY heart. In these moments of truth, where the soul is bare, when the heroes have to really choose to live, not merely survive a bond is forged forever between them and me.
That scene, that moment sealed the deal for me an pushed this story from the “I really like it” to the “I am in love with it”.
This is a MM romance story. The romance part being very important as love is universal and we love a person, not a gender.
But this is MORE.
In her author’s note (which is one of the bests I have read) Emma Scott writes: “Max’s story has real-world reflections as well, as homelessness among LGBTQ youth are higher than the national average by a margin of 120%, and LGBTQ youth are reported to have attempted suicide at a rate five times higher than their straight peers.”
This story emphasizes the difficulties homosexuals face at being accepted for who they really are.
This means acceptance by your family as Max has been kicked out of his home when his parents found him with a guy in his room. On the street at sixteen, he tried to survive but soon fell into drug’s hell. Or what Silas father did to him as he wanted a strong son, a perfect son. If Max had been thrown out of his home Silas experienced something …unfathomable. I don’t want to give away any spoilers here but what’s been done to him is horrifying, unacceptable, barbaric …I could go on and on.
It morphed him into a man of ice. No outer feelings, no sexual drive, just a perfect handsome and polished robot. Silas did not know who he was anymore.
Max’s appeal, his warmth, his kindness, the journey he’s been through to live his life in truth progressively thawed the layers of ice isolating Silas from his humanity, from his true self.
And there is EVEN MORE.
Because Emma’s stories are usually like Russian dolls: layer upon layer of stories and topics.
Back to Emma’s note: “In this book, I have also tried to address, in a microcosmic way, the opioid crises that has ravaged this country for the last twenty years. There is no way to encompass the entire tragedy, so I attempted to boil it down to some of its most basic (yet still horrific) parts in order to bring awareness to a crisis I myself had been ignorant of. The treatment for those addicted to opioids is woefully inadequate and the stigma of an addicted person being seen as a criminal comes from a lack of awareness as to how the drug alters brain chemistry.”
And when I read that story and that note, I thought that stories like this do more for LGBTQ and drug addicts than any medical journal or TV news. Because Emma, speaks to our hearts and opens our eyes and minds.
This story opened on a turning point in Max’s life when on the street, when he had to make a choice and I really appreciate that Emma showed us this desperate and ugly reality but without displaying obscene details. My heart would not have survived the abuse.
Saved by a retired cop, he stopped all drugs and helped other addicts or ex addicts to resist the siren’s call. His salvation shows how some “random acts of kindness” can alter the course of a life, another topic dear to Emma’s heart.
I adored Max right on the spot. I had a little “taste” in Forever Right Now.
Max wears his heart on his sleeve and his mood on his face. Going through Hell, he made a promise to never lie to himself again, to never let others make him feel like he is not enough, not normal, not worthy. Max chose to be open to others. Even after he’s been rejected by his own family he chose to care, to show empathy like what he did with Eddie, Silas ‘s brother who is an Asperger. But he also learned that he deserves respect. That he is worth it.
“When I got clean, I made a No Bullshit policy. I don’t dish it out and I don’t take it from anyone.”
He is also determined not to settle for someone who does not respect and really see him. Max is a romantic! You can see it when he meets Silas at his father’s estate.
“Silas Marsh walked straight into that room like the answer to a question I hadn’t known I’d been asking. A strange thought had battered itself around my heart: There he is.”
For all Silas’s hotness, it took me a long time to really connect with him. Silas was closed off. And even if I knew what happened to him and knew how conflicted he was the distance he maintained with people also kept me at bay. Silas simply suffered from PTSD and did not know who he was anymore. But once Silas let his feelings free, once I witnessed his interaction with Eddie, once I saw how he cared what damage his father’s company did, I finally fell for him. Not in a “Man, that guy is hot” but in a “Damn but that guy is ethic, generous, gorgeous and just cares so much!”.
This romance story is epic and I would love to conclude with one of my favorite quote, coming from one of the best heroines I have read about and that I would marry if I was lesbian and she was not a fictional character: Darlene from “Forever Right Now” : “Fling away, Max! Darlene whispered in my mind. Grab happy and run like hell.”
And that’s me telling you to “Read away. Grab happy and read like hell.”
Are you a fan of Emma Scott? Do you read LGBTQ stories?
Thanks for reading!
Sophie
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November 29, 2019
this will forevermore be my go-to thanksgiving romance
emma scott really can really do no wrong in my eyes. it's been a year or two since i've picked up anything of hers but i'm kicking myself for not reading more of her backlist because this was FANTASTIC.
not in the mood to rehash the plot but the characters in this were perfect and perfectly flawed. the relationships and representation beyond just the lgbt+ was also awesome.
this was so heartfelt, heart wrenching, and ultimately... perfect.
emma scott really can really do no wrong in my eyes. it's been a year or two since i've picked up anything of hers but i'm kicking myself for not reading more of her backlist because this was FANTASTIC.
not in the mood to rehash the plot but the characters in this were perfect and perfectly flawed. the relationships and representation beyond just the lgbt+ was also awesome.
this was so heartfelt, heart wrenching, and ultimately... perfect.
July 5, 2020
*Spoiler*
No matter how hard I tried to empathise with the characters, it felt as if Scott had placed them in this bubble all wrapped-up in glass, where the reader could only view them as specimens instead of actively embarking on their journey with them.
In the same breath, some elements of the story had echoes of Suanne Laqueur's A Charm of Finches and despite loving Suanne's absolutely heartbreaking storytelling, it only served to illuminate how completely clinical Max's and Silas' story was.
I must say though that Max, a recovering addict, is a character I liked very much, and a metaphor of the horrors that our LGBTQ sisters and brothers experience on a daily basis. Many IRL know the pain of been shunned by loved ones, some have committed suicide, a high percentage also attempt to numb the pain with drugs which reinforces the vicious cycle. Scott really does an amazing job of conveying that ever-present feeling of hopelessness we've all experienced notwithstanding sexual preference.
Now, let's talk about Silas.
He could have as well been any one of the 100s of "cold, damaged, chiselled, shoulders like boulders, magazine model-like, sexy, billionaire" book characters in booklandia. The only distinguishing factor is his sexual preference. His was not a deep character in my view but an amalgam of every cliched hero out there. He does have a brother though, and that brings me to the portrayal of those with Asperger.
According to Wiki: Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterised by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication.
Silas' brother, Eddie, had been locked inside his parents home for all of 26 years because his father was a POS who thought Eddie was a disgrace and an imbecile.
Why would Scott do this? This wasn't an author spotlighting a minority in order to educate the reader, no, rather it was done in an irresponsible manner with Eddie being the "spectacle" who provided Silas and Max with opportunities to spend time together.
Also, what was with that wishful thinking bit where a big pharma develops a conscience and actively works to clean up their mess? From your words to Congress' ears, Emma. We can only hope.
Anyways, bottom line, the bits that I liked were eclipsed by the ones I didn't, but please don't take my word for it I'm just a cranky sleep-deprived cynic.
November 25, 2019
5 cold chow mein stars for Someday, Someday!
I don’t know how I’m going to write this review, but I’ll try through all these snotty tears. I keep rubbing my chest trying to ease the ache. Once again Emma, you’ve left your imprint on my heart, and I now know that you have a gift.
When I read Emma’s books it’s much more than just a romance read, but a life changing, heart altering experience. This was my first ever M/M romance, but it was so much more than that. I feel like Emma reached down into my soul, and gave me an education. She literally allowed me to see and feel what it’s like to walk in the shoes of a gay man, and the horribleness of what some go through in their lives.
I just want to wrap Max and Silas in my arms, and just love on them forever. Both of them have two entirely different stories, but in a way similar. Both of them horrendous in how they were treated by the ones that’s supposed to love them the most. Silas, being sent to a horrible ghost town in Alaska for 6 months to “reprogram” him, but what they did was the most disgusting abuse. I didn’t even know these places existed, and that’s what I love about Emma—she educates.
“Braun and his counselors broke something in me; ground me down to the basement of my soul. Taught me to hate all that I was and all that I wanted, then made that hate survival. Lust or desire for anyone was dangerous.”
Conversion therapy, torture, brutality, almost killing these boys..just the thought of all this makes my stomach turn.
“The scars the enemies inflicted were miles deep, and what had been done to him, still had power.”
I don’t want to give anything away, but I would urge all to please read this beautiful book. I got so absorbed in it, and I know it will take me days to process.
This book is about the healing power of love. Emma said it best, and I’ll quote:
“It’s more natural to be happy than to hold on to hate.”
Hate is so unnatural.
I don’t know how I’m going to write this review, but I’ll try through all these snotty tears. I keep rubbing my chest trying to ease the ache. Once again Emma, you’ve left your imprint on my heart, and I now know that you have a gift.
When I read Emma’s books it’s much more than just a romance read, but a life changing, heart altering experience. This was my first ever M/M romance, but it was so much more than that. I feel like Emma reached down into my soul, and gave me an education. She literally allowed me to see and feel what it’s like to walk in the shoes of a gay man, and the horribleness of what some go through in their lives.
I just want to wrap Max and Silas in my arms, and just love on them forever. Both of them have two entirely different stories, but in a way similar. Both of them horrendous in how they were treated by the ones that’s supposed to love them the most. Silas, being sent to a horrible ghost town in Alaska for 6 months to “reprogram” him, but what they did was the most disgusting abuse. I didn’t even know these places existed, and that’s what I love about Emma—she educates.
“Braun and his counselors broke something in me; ground me down to the basement of my soul. Taught me to hate all that I was and all that I wanted, then made that hate survival. Lust or desire for anyone was dangerous.”
Conversion therapy, torture, brutality, almost killing these boys..just the thought of all this makes my stomach turn.
“The scars the enemies inflicted were miles deep, and what had been done to him, still had power.”
I don’t want to give anything away, but I would urge all to please read this beautiful book. I got so absorbed in it, and I know it will take me days to process.
This book is about the healing power of love. Emma said it best, and I’ll quote:
“It’s more natural to be happy than to hold on to hate.”
Hate is so unnatural.
February 4, 2022
5 stars.
omg. ouch. that hurt. got me right in the feels.
that was so beautiful. so well written. so painful at times. both mcs were such incredible people, who deserve all the happiness in the world. the things they both had to go through to get to their HEA… no words. i’m almost speechless tbh, and i don’t think i’ll be able to write a proper review for this anytime soon.
“i was with Max, and with him, the cold couldn’t touch me.”
“…and i vowed with my heart and soul that i’d never let the cold touch Silas Marsh again.” 🖤
honestly, this was truly amazing. gripping, heartbreaking, beautiful, sad, hopeless and hopeful all at the same time.
i highly recommend this book to everyone, although i do advise you check out the trigger warnings before going in.
omg. ouch. that hurt. got me right in the feels.
that was so beautiful. so well written. so painful at times. both mcs were such incredible people, who deserve all the happiness in the world. the things they both had to go through to get to their HEA… no words. i’m almost speechless tbh, and i don’t think i’ll be able to write a proper review for this anytime soon.
“i was with Max, and with him, the cold couldn’t touch me.”
“…and i vowed with my heart and soul that i’d never let the cold touch Silas Marsh again.” 🖤
honestly, this was truly amazing. gripping, heartbreaking, beautiful, sad, hopeless and hopeful all at the same time.
i highly recommend this book to everyone, although i do advise you check out the trigger warnings before going in.
November 28, 2019
I loved this one SO much!!
This is my first book by this author and it was a total winner! I didn't know what to expect but anyway it ended up in my 5 stars books and favorites from 2019 reads.
From the beginning I was so invested into Max's story. His rough past, his relationship with his family, parents and siblings. He did what he had to do to survive. He went down only to get up and fight for a new and better life!
Silas/ Si, oh how I loved his troubled soul!!! At first I didn't know what to think of him, but as his story got revealed to us, my heart got heavy and it pained me to accept he endured SO much, only to become a man of steel. He didn't seem to have a heart, but deep down he was so sweet and loving!
This story is full of angst and is hard to read at times. I got so angry!!! It makes me want to hit something thinking about parents all over the world who would put their flesh and blood to suffer conversion therapy. Here we get extreme conversion therapy taking place in Alaska, during the winter, and this left deep scars to one of the main characters. But even with all the pain and suffering he got to follow his heart in the end, and I couldn't feel more happy to witness his choices.
I have no patience for characters that struggle to admit their feelings, but here there were too many things at stake, and I loved everything! Even the hard times. The angst was great, the action was great, we get some hot and perfect moments, nothing rushed, nothing too over the top.
I adored Eddie!!! He was one of my favorite characters!!
I gave this one 5 stars because I will not forget this story easily and that's what matters in the end. Right? In a sea where we read hundreds of books, some stood out and will never leave us!
Looking forward to reading more from this author!!
This is my first book by this author and it was a total winner! I didn't know what to expect but anyway it ended up in my 5 stars books and favorites from 2019 reads.
From the beginning I was so invested into Max's story. His rough past, his relationship with his family, parents and siblings. He did what he had to do to survive. He went down only to get up and fight for a new and better life!
Silas/ Si, oh how I loved his troubled soul!!! At first I didn't know what to think of him, but as his story got revealed to us, my heart got heavy and it pained me to accept he endured SO much, only to become a man of steel. He didn't seem to have a heart, but deep down he was so sweet and loving!
This story is full of angst and is hard to read at times. I got so angry!!! It makes me want to hit something thinking about parents all over the world who would put their flesh and blood to suffer conversion therapy. Here we get extreme conversion therapy taking place in Alaska, during the winter, and this left deep scars to one of the main characters. But even with all the pain and suffering he got to follow his heart in the end, and I couldn't feel more happy to witness his choices.
I have no patience for characters that struggle to admit their feelings, but here there were too many things at stake, and I loved everything! Even the hard times. The angst was great, the action was great, we get some hot and perfect moments, nothing rushed, nothing too over the top.
I adored Eddie!!! He was one of my favorite characters!!
I gave this one 5 stars because I will not forget this story easily and that's what matters in the end. Right? In a sea where we read hundreds of books, some stood out and will never leave us!
Looking forward to reading more from this author!!
June 7, 2021
When Emma Scott announced she’d be writing her first male/male romance, giving us Max’s story from Forever Right Now, I was beyond excited- one of my queens of all the emotions and all the feels writing one of my favorite genres?!? Yes, pease, can I have it now? There was never a doubt in my heart that she’d bring the same care and love, if not more, to this story, that she brings to her m/f books. And I was not wrong, not by a long shot. That same heart was full to bursting when I closed the last page on Someday, Someday. What a glorious, heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, beautiful book.
"You needed to know there was hope."
For Ms. Scott’s first foray into the gay romance world, did she take the easy way out and just write a sweet romance about 2 men looking for, and falling in, love? Why no, no she did not. In her hands, it was so much more. Not only did she not take the easy way out, she went in the complete opposite direction and wrote a book that tackled the devastating and traumatic effects of conversion therapy, the distructive and heartbreaking effects of opiod addiction, and the long-lasting and crushing effects of being thrown out of your own family. All in her own unique and breathtaking way.
"I honor my past, but I don’t live in it.”
Most of all, Ms. Scott wrote a book, a love story, so full of hope and love and promise, that it’s, not surprisingly, hard to put into words how truly wonderful it really is. In her hands, Max and Silas found the love and acceptance that had been so sorely lacking in both of their lives. They not only survived, but triumphed over their pasts and the evils life threw at them. Like so many of her other stories, Max and Silas’s is one that will resonate with me for a long time.
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel what I’m feeling right now. I could’ve waited longer.”
"You needed to know there was hope."
For Ms. Scott’s first foray into the gay romance world, did she take the easy way out and just write a sweet romance about 2 men looking for, and falling in, love? Why no, no she did not. In her hands, it was so much more. Not only did she not take the easy way out, she went in the complete opposite direction and wrote a book that tackled the devastating and traumatic effects of conversion therapy, the distructive and heartbreaking effects of opiod addiction, and the long-lasting and crushing effects of being thrown out of your own family. All in her own unique and breathtaking way.
"I honor my past, but I don’t live in it.”
Most of all, Ms. Scott wrote a book, a love story, so full of hope and love and promise, that it’s, not surprisingly, hard to put into words how truly wonderful it really is. In her hands, Max and Silas found the love and acceptance that had been so sorely lacking in both of their lives. They not only survived, but triumphed over their pasts and the evils life threw at them. Like so many of her other stories, Max and Silas’s is one that will resonate with me for a long time.
"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel what I’m feeling right now. I could’ve waited longer.”
November 23, 2019
Five exquisite, masterpiece stars!
I always get this moment now, right before I open a new Emma Scott book, when I get this giddy rush of pleasure and anticipation. It’s that feeling of being completely secure in the knowledge that what I’m about to read is going to knock my proverbial socks off. Knowing that she’s going to destroy me emotionally but then put me back together so carefully that you’ll never see the cracks. Knowing that I’m about to read something that will change me irrevocably in some beautiful, unexpected way.
Someday, Someday ticks every one of those boxes and so many more. This is a book about love, in all its forms—parent to child, sibling to sibling, friend to friend, and lover to lover. It takes the words that have become Scott’s slogan—Love Always Wins—and drives them home in an eloquent and stunningly powerful story of love coming out on top against all the odds.
Max and Silas—be still my beating heart—have both suffered horrifically as a result of something they have no control over: their sexuality. We see within the story the ignorant attitudes and downright cruelty that, sadly, still plague so many in our society today. We have moved forwards, yes, but not far or fast enough. To keep this review spoiler free, I won’t discuss the particulars, but needless to say, several of the scenes were truly horrifying, bringing me to tears and showing me just how far we still have to go along the road to complete equality for everybody, regardless of who they love.
I cried for those boys, rooted for them, cheered for them and took them deep into that chamber of my heart where I will cherish them along with every character Emma Scott has ever written.
No review of this book could ever possibly be complete without a mention of two of my favourite characters from the story. First up is Eddie, my absolute hero from the moment I met him. He is extremely loveable, profoundly loyal to his brother, and an absolute breath of fresh air. As a long term worker with adults with disabilities including many with ASD, I loved Scott’s portrayal of this amazing young man whose quirks only made him more loveable with every page, and without whom our boys Max and Silas might never have got their happily ever after!
And then there’s Faith whose hilariously sassy brand of integrity made me fall head over heels for her, somewhat unexpectedly considering her early role in the story.
And now, because Scott’s words are far more beautiful and eloquent than anything I could ever come up with, I’ll sign off with a quote that, for me, encapsulates everything this book is about.
“Maybe what’s really unnatural is hating someone for a reason that has nothing to do with you. For a difference or preference you don’t share. So what?”
I always get this moment now, right before I open a new Emma Scott book, when I get this giddy rush of pleasure and anticipation. It’s that feeling of being completely secure in the knowledge that what I’m about to read is going to knock my proverbial socks off. Knowing that she’s going to destroy me emotionally but then put me back together so carefully that you’ll never see the cracks. Knowing that I’m about to read something that will change me irrevocably in some beautiful, unexpected way.
Someday, Someday ticks every one of those boxes and so many more. This is a book about love, in all its forms—parent to child, sibling to sibling, friend to friend, and lover to lover. It takes the words that have become Scott’s slogan—Love Always Wins—and drives them home in an eloquent and stunningly powerful story of love coming out on top against all the odds.
Max and Silas—be still my beating heart—have both suffered horrifically as a result of something they have no control over: their sexuality. We see within the story the ignorant attitudes and downright cruelty that, sadly, still plague so many in our society today. We have moved forwards, yes, but not far or fast enough. To keep this review spoiler free, I won’t discuss the particulars, but needless to say, several of the scenes were truly horrifying, bringing me to tears and showing me just how far we still have to go along the road to complete equality for everybody, regardless of who they love.
I cried for those boys, rooted for them, cheered for them and took them deep into that chamber of my heart where I will cherish them along with every character Emma Scott has ever written.
No review of this book could ever possibly be complete without a mention of two of my favourite characters from the story. First up is Eddie, my absolute hero from the moment I met him. He is extremely loveable, profoundly loyal to his brother, and an absolute breath of fresh air. As a long term worker with adults with disabilities including many with ASD, I loved Scott’s portrayal of this amazing young man whose quirks only made him more loveable with every page, and without whom our boys Max and Silas might never have got their happily ever after!
And then there’s Faith whose hilariously sassy brand of integrity made me fall head over heels for her, somewhat unexpectedly considering her early role in the story.
And now, because Scott’s words are far more beautiful and eloquent than anything I could ever come up with, I’ll sign off with a quote that, for me, encapsulates everything this book is about.
“Maybe what’s really unnatural is hating someone for a reason that has nothing to do with you. For a difference or preference you don’t share. So what?”
January 22, 2023
♥️Third reread
💕I cannot feel whole without reading this damn book every time it calls me
That one book which got you feel so happy, sob uncontrollably in between and then blush like nuts. Yep, this is it!💕
One of the best LGBTQIA plus books I have ever read.
It sure is a slow burn romance. Like almost forbidden. As one of the main characters is supposed to be the one to nurse the father of the other main character. A rich family with all the coldness of the world.
And yes, I hate this hateful parent who wants to control the life of their kids.
Seriously. I mean please stop!
But I am so happy it's a happy ending. Yes, I love saying this hehehe.
And the chemistry is just too much for me.
I mean I don't think my real life romance chemistry would be this shhhh hot and sizzling. Actually it doesn't sizzle but you know!
I really want to reread this!
*Re-read in May 2021
💕I cannot feel whole without reading this damn book every time it calls me
That one book which got you feel so happy, sob uncontrollably in between and then blush like nuts. Yep, this is it!💕
One of the best LGBTQIA plus books I have ever read.
It sure is a slow burn romance. Like almost forbidden. As one of the main characters is supposed to be the one to nurse the father of the other main character. A rich family with all the coldness of the world.
And yes, I hate this hateful parent who wants to control the life of their kids.
Seriously. I mean please stop!
But I am so happy it's a happy ending. Yes, I love saying this hehehe.
And the chemistry is just too much for me.
I mean I don't think my real life romance chemistry would be this shhhh hot and sizzling. Actually it doesn't sizzle but you know!
I really want to reread this!
*Re-read in May 2021
December 4, 2019
TITLE: SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY
AUTHOR: Emma Scott
RELEASE DATE: November 24, 2019
GENRE: MM Romance
THEMES & TROPES: Drug abuse, Enemies to Lovers, Homophobia
RATING: 5 Stars
CLIFFHANGER: No
READ MY REVIEW ON THE BLOG
SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY is Emma Scott's first MM story and it's an important one. It is an advocate and champion for the LGBTQ community and deals with homophobia in its rawest form. It is also a light of hope for people who are in a "nontraditional" relationship and have been cast out because of it.
Nothing hurts more than the rejection of your parents. Both Max and Silas were dragged out of the closet at a young age and both their parents handled their sexual orientation poorly. Both turned to drugs. Max was kicked out of his home at sixteen and survived only by God's good grace and the good heart of a man who picked him up, sobered him up and gave him a home until he was able to stand on his own two feet.
Silas was sent to Alaska for conversion therapy and returned broken, only a shell of the boy he used to be. He has easy access to the opioids produced by his family's pharmaceutical company and the pills, intended for people with a terminal illness and severe pain, help him to ignore the daily struggle and the emptiness inside him and give him a temporary high.
At this point you can see that this story isn't something out of a fairy tale. This is the real world, a world we created, full of hatred, fear and intolerance of the "other." I'm not a pessimist by any stretch but if you want change you need to take a hard look at our failures. This is what Emma Scott does in this story - we are confronted with homophobia from people who are supposed to love and accept you without conditions.
Silas and Max have so much in common yet are so different. Silas, the future CEO, born with the literal silver spoon in his mouth and the world at his feet - nobody knows what he experienced at such a young age, how it transformed him into this cold man who can only show love to his older brother. He is hard to love at first with his hard and frosty presence.
I was a character in the play of my life. A life that was nothing more than an endless string of days pretending, lying, burying truths and feelings until I was more stone and steel than hot, beating blood.
Max, who dragged himself out of the gutter and turned his life around, is the light of every life he touches. He is upbeat, genuinely kind, pure, with a heart as big as the ocean and a pretty good idea of who he is. Silas is a tough nut to crack but with his sweet disposition Max takes Silas's walls down, one by one.
"I spent a lot of years lying to myself about who I was. When I got clean, I made a No Bullshit policy. I don’t dish it out and I don’t take it from anyone, including myself. Especially myself.”
When you watch these two filling the void that has been left by the hardships they went through, how the magic between them sparks from the first moment, it'll give you hope. And hope is what you need, because there are parts that will have your heart in your throat. Some of the things these two had gone through were tough to read about. But there is also forgiveness - and that was a pretty satisfying part in this story. It may not mirror reality but it let the book end on a positive note.
"Choose me, Silas. I’ll love you for who you are, and we’ll have a shot at happy.”
I have two honorable mentions - we know Max from Forever Right Now by this author. To see Darlene and Sawyer the Lawyer again was the cherry on top of this story. I loved that she was such a loyal friend. And then there is Eddie, Silas's brother, who is on the Autism spectrum, who was such a great counterpart to the sometimes dark atmosphere. He was a sweet, quirky guy who made things lighter.
SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY is Emma's latest success. It has all the elements she is known for - a complex storyline, buckets of emotions and characters you can't help but fall in love with. I'm so glad I had the chance to read this story. It covers a lot of contemporary issues and solves them with bravado. I wish life was like that. Ms. Scott has proven that she can write anything she sets her mind to. SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY is a powerful, special story that had me heartbroken, hopeful and, at the end of the journey, satisfied, happy and totally gooey. I'm looking forward to seeing what she has in store for us next. I'm sure she already has something brewing!
A hundred black nights of ice and shock, fear and shame, followed by hundreds more of self-denial and starvation, all washed away under the perfection of this moment with him.
December 16, 2019
Holy shit this book was everything. Emma Scott is one of my favorite authors, and this book might be my new favorite from her. (My favorite is either this one or The Butterfly Project.) This is her first M/M romance, which follows Max and Silas. Max is a recovering drug addict who spent years homeless after he was kicked out of his parents house as a teen for being gay. He moves back to Seattle where his family lives with hopes to reconnect with them. Silas is working for his Father's billion dollar company and he's also a recovering addict, which is where he meets Max at the beginning of the story, at a narcotics anonymous group. Then, Max gets hired as a nurse for Silas's Father when he falls ill, and Max becomes a live in nurse.
This romance was so freaking beautiful and gut-wrenching and this book made me laugh and it made me cry and I couldn't believe how hard both of these characters have it with their families. Max was kicked out as a kid for being gay and the struggles he had to endure are unimaginable. Silas went through something even more terrible , and there are some major trigger warnings in this book for extreme homophobia and drug abuse, which can be very hard to read.
Silas and Max have really great chemistry that simultaneously warmed my heart and made me want to cry for them. It also kind of starts out as this forbidden romance because Max is working for his father, which just made me love it even more. But them finding happiness in each other after all the horrible things they had been through was one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. That's always been one of my favorite tropes: two broken characters finding hope in each other again, and this book is a perfect example of that. It's the same reason I love The Butterfly Project so much. I also love that most of Emma Scott's books take place in the same universe, and Max was Darlene's sponsor from Forever Right Now, so cool! I love that.
I also absolutely adored Silas's brother Eddie, he's so funny, and charming, and his character is so fleshed out - I love the discussion about his Asperger's in this book and how he shouldn't be treated differently because of it. He's like a ray of sunshine to read about in this book and I just absolutely adored him. I also really adored Max and Silas for different reasons. I love that Max is a nurse and he's such a good-hearted person who knows what he deserves. I love that Silas is trying to do right in the world, and I love that he plays piano and he wears this hard exterior but he's incredibly soft on the inside. He's my favorite type of love interest to be honest.
"I was with Max, and with him, the cold couldn't touch me."
I have been reading this book over the last couple of days because I've been wanting to savor it, I knew as soon as I started this book that it would be an all time favorite of mine - sometimes you just know. And now I already miss these characters so freaking much. The ending had me bawling my eyes out, this is one of my favorite books of 2019. Silas and Max are going down as one of my favorite M/M couples of all time, I adore the shit out of them.
I even made a bookish playlist of songs I had on repeat that I think fit the story pretty well while listening to it, that's how much I loved it, here's the list:
●Used to This by Camila Cabello
●Golden by Harry Styles
●Anywhere u go by Tove Lo
●Maybe You're the Reason by The Japanese House
●You Are in Love by Taylor Swift
●Mess Is Mine by Vance Joy
●Oceans Away by A R I Z O N A
●Cherry by Harry Styles
●Dream of You by Camila Cabello
●Delicate by Taylor Swift
●Living Proof by Camila Cabello
This romance was so freaking beautiful and gut-wrenching and this book made me laugh and it made me cry and I couldn't believe how hard both of these characters have it with their families. Max was kicked out as a kid for being gay and the struggles he had to endure are unimaginable. Silas went through something even more terrible , and there are some major trigger warnings in this book for extreme homophobia and drug abuse, which can be very hard to read.
Silas and Max have really great chemistry that simultaneously warmed my heart and made me want to cry for them. It also kind of starts out as this forbidden romance because Max is working for his father, which just made me love it even more. But them finding happiness in each other after all the horrible things they had been through was one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. That's always been one of my favorite tropes: two broken characters finding hope in each other again, and this book is a perfect example of that. It's the same reason I love The Butterfly Project so much. I also love that most of Emma Scott's books take place in the same universe, and Max was Darlene's sponsor from Forever Right Now, so cool! I love that.
I also absolutely adored Silas's brother Eddie, he's so funny, and charming, and his character is so fleshed out - I love the discussion about his Asperger's in this book and how he shouldn't be treated differently because of it. He's like a ray of sunshine to read about in this book and I just absolutely adored him. I also really adored Max and Silas for different reasons. I love that Max is a nurse and he's such a good-hearted person who knows what he deserves. I love that Silas is trying to do right in the world, and I love that he plays piano and he wears this hard exterior but he's incredibly soft on the inside. He's my favorite type of love interest to be honest.
"I was with Max, and with him, the cold couldn't touch me."
I have been reading this book over the last couple of days because I've been wanting to savor it, I knew as soon as I started this book that it would be an all time favorite of mine - sometimes you just know. And now I already miss these characters so freaking much. The ending had me bawling my eyes out, this is one of my favorite books of 2019. Silas and Max are going down as one of my favorite M/M couples of all time, I adore the shit out of them.
I even made a bookish playlist of songs I had on repeat that I think fit the story pretty well while listening to it, that's how much I loved it, here's the list:
●Used to This by Camila Cabello
●Golden by Harry Styles
●Anywhere u go by Tove Lo
●Maybe You're the Reason by The Japanese House
●You Are in Love by Taylor Swift
●Mess Is Mine by Vance Joy
●Oceans Away by A R I Z O N A
●Cherry by Harry Styles
●Dream of You by Camila Cabello
●Delicate by Taylor Swift
●Living Proof by Camila Cabello
November 24, 2019
Whenever I get an Emma Scott book, I like to hide away for several hours so I can simply live and breath the whole thing in my insulated bubble of literary bliss. Unfortunately that didn't happen this time because life was super busy. Max and Silas' story had to be read over the course of a week, in small increments. Normally I want to be done with a book after 3 days max, ready to move on to the next. That was not the case this time. Spending just a few chapters each night with Max and Silas was like inhaling vital lungfuls of air to help me respirate throughout the day until my next available opportunity to catch up with them again, only to repeat the process. I looked forward to those stolen moments with these two guys, and not because they were like my secret escape, but because they brought so much meaning and color to what their relationship represented.
Whether or not you are a fan of M/M would be irrelevant as to if this book is right for you. The plot points and character development are so poignant and riveting, anyone could pick this up and become sucked in. I dare you to not love Max and Silas. Go ahead, try it. (Spoiler alert: it's a losing battle). Max was abandoned by his family after they discovered his sexual orientation, and left to fend for himself on the streets. The way he managed to rise above from that to the man he is today is nothing short of awe inspiring because he is not this bitter, callous person with a chip on his shoulder. He yearns for love and acceptance from his family, and in the meantime, he wears his heart on his sleeve in his job and has so much compassion, it is a wonder that anyone could actually judge him for his life preferences. As for Silas, he exists in an emotional tomb. Slated to be the succeeding CEO of his father's company, Marsh Pharma, Silas is living out the blueprint set forth for him with the appropriate reputation, profile and family values. However, what is seen on the outside does not always match what's on the inside. Silas puts up a good front, though, because he feels like a failure internally and has so much to prove with big shoes to fill.
It was very easy and natural for me to relate to Max from the get go. He has this warm and affable disposition that could brighten a dreary mood. He's openly transparent and he has no reason to put on pretenses because he learned the hard way that living out the truth is what matters most. As for Silas, he has a cold affect that feels like icicles are forming in his very presence. He's a locked vault because he can only act according to the script, never mind what he wants or desires. The only exception is towards his adorably endearing brother Eddie. It's those moments with Eddie that reveal the kind of tenderness and affection that Silas is capable of. However, after a few solid interactions with Max, I found myself gravitating towards Silas even more so where I became firmly planted as a Silas supporter.
What these two guys find in one another is everything they deserve in life and more. For all their struggles, rejection, feelings of worthlessness and isolation, they discover solace and reprieve. To finally have someone who has their back through thick and thin is no small thing in their existence. There's a lot of layers in this journey so the focus isn't simply on Max and Silas becoming a couple. There are several issues addressed that mirror what is seen in society today, including but not limited to: pharmaceutical drug abuse, suicide, depression, corruption, homophobia and fraud. For a fictional story, it's a pretty realistic picture of what exists in modern day so that the reader is aware of the struggles that people in Max and Silas' shoes still contend with. Love and happiness in its purest form doesn't demand a wrong or right way, it just is. I love all of Emma Scott's works, they are often 5 stars for me, but this one in particular stands apart in a very special way and comes with the highest recommendation as a must read.
Whether or not you are a fan of M/M would be irrelevant as to if this book is right for you. The plot points and character development are so poignant and riveting, anyone could pick this up and become sucked in. I dare you to not love Max and Silas. Go ahead, try it. (Spoiler alert: it's a losing battle). Max was abandoned by his family after they discovered his sexual orientation, and left to fend for himself on the streets. The way he managed to rise above from that to the man he is today is nothing short of awe inspiring because he is not this bitter, callous person with a chip on his shoulder. He yearns for love and acceptance from his family, and in the meantime, he wears his heart on his sleeve in his job and has so much compassion, it is a wonder that anyone could actually judge him for his life preferences. As for Silas, he exists in an emotional tomb. Slated to be the succeeding CEO of his father's company, Marsh Pharma, Silas is living out the blueprint set forth for him with the appropriate reputation, profile and family values. However, what is seen on the outside does not always match what's on the inside. Silas puts up a good front, though, because he feels like a failure internally and has so much to prove with big shoes to fill.
It was very easy and natural for me to relate to Max from the get go. He has this warm and affable disposition that could brighten a dreary mood. He's openly transparent and he has no reason to put on pretenses because he learned the hard way that living out the truth is what matters most. As for Silas, he has a cold affect that feels like icicles are forming in his very presence. He's a locked vault because he can only act according to the script, never mind what he wants or desires. The only exception is towards his adorably endearing brother Eddie. It's those moments with Eddie that reveal the kind of tenderness and affection that Silas is capable of. However, after a few solid interactions with Max, I found myself gravitating towards Silas even more so where I became firmly planted as a Silas supporter.
What these two guys find in one another is everything they deserve in life and more. For all their struggles, rejection, feelings of worthlessness and isolation, they discover solace and reprieve. To finally have someone who has their back through thick and thin is no small thing in their existence. There's a lot of layers in this journey so the focus isn't simply on Max and Silas becoming a couple. There are several issues addressed that mirror what is seen in society today, including but not limited to: pharmaceutical drug abuse, suicide, depression, corruption, homophobia and fraud. For a fictional story, it's a pretty realistic picture of what exists in modern day so that the reader is aware of the struggles that people in Max and Silas' shoes still contend with. Love and happiness in its purest form doesn't demand a wrong or right way, it just is. I love all of Emma Scott's works, they are often 5 stars for me, but this one in particular stands apart in a very special way and comes with the highest recommendation as a must read.
November 24, 2019
*****FIVE STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
”I wish I were like you. You’re not a sellout. A fraud. You’re real…made of flesh and bone.”
“You’re a real boy, Maximillian. Not a puppet. Someday, I hope to be a real boy, too. Someday…”
I normally shy away from MM romances, but because Emma Scott is one of my most favorite authors there wasn’t a chance that I could pass this one up. I knew that she was going to write a story that beautiful, heartbreaking, angsty, and filled with some truly unforgettable characters. I was not in the least disappointed. Max and Silas’s love story is hauntingly painful and beautiful. They were punished in inexplicably cruel ways by their fathers for being gay. Taught at an early age to be ashamed of who they were. Max stayed true to himself and turned his life around with the help of a man with a kind heart who was the only one to show him true compassion when his own flesh and blood turned their backs on him. Silas lives the life of a lie. He keeps his true feelings buried. Silas suffers from a severe case of PTSD caused by his experiences at a camp he was banished to at sixteen for being gay.
Silas is such a complex and beautiful character. I know readers will fall hopelessly in love with him and his enchanting brother, Eddie. I found myself completely mesmerized by this story and couldn’t wait for Silas to find the love and healing he so desperately needed and deserved. I knew that Emma Scott would take us on a journey that would ultimately end with love, forgiveness, and redemption.
Here are my overall ratings:
Heroes: 5
Plot: 5
Angst: 4.5
Steam: 4.5
Chemistry Between Hero & Heroine: 5
”SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY” is currently available!!
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{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
”I wish I were like you. You’re not a sellout. A fraud. You’re real…made of flesh and bone.”
“You’re a real boy, Maximillian. Not a puppet. Someday, I hope to be a real boy, too. Someday…”
I normally shy away from MM romances, but because Emma Scott is one of my most favorite authors there wasn’t a chance that I could pass this one up. I knew that she was going to write a story that beautiful, heartbreaking, angsty, and filled with some truly unforgettable characters. I was not in the least disappointed. Max and Silas’s love story is hauntingly painful and beautiful. They were punished in inexplicably cruel ways by their fathers for being gay. Taught at an early age to be ashamed of who they were. Max stayed true to himself and turned his life around with the help of a man with a kind heart who was the only one to show him true compassion when his own flesh and blood turned their backs on him. Silas lives the life of a lie. He keeps his true feelings buried. Silas suffers from a severe case of PTSD caused by his experiences at a camp he was banished to at sixteen for being gay.
Silas is such a complex and beautiful character. I know readers will fall hopelessly in love with him and his enchanting brother, Eddie. I found myself completely mesmerized by this story and couldn’t wait for Silas to find the love and healing he so desperately needed and deserved. I knew that Emma Scott would take us on a journey that would ultimately end with love, forgiveness, and redemption.
Here are my overall ratings:
Heroes: 5
Plot: 5
Angst: 4.5
Steam: 4.5
Chemistry Between Hero & Heroine: 5
”SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY” is currently available!!
Amazon:https://amzn.to/337XYT0
Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/SomedaySomedayES
November 26, 2019
5 STARS
This was fantastic, I didn't know what to expect from Emma Scott in this one!I can easily say this one is unique.This book left me with a smile in my face.My feelings for Max and Silas were over the place!
I adored them, their romance is swoon worthy,sweet and steamy.I adored every minute these two were together.Apart from the main characters I also loved the secondary characters , all together made the story perfect!
“You can choose a different life. Choose me, Silas. I’ll love you for who you are, and we’ll give a shot at happy.”
This was fantastic, I didn't know what to expect from Emma Scott in this one!I can easily say this one is unique.This book left me with a smile in my face.My feelings for Max and Silas were over the place!
I adored them, their romance is swoon worthy,sweet and steamy.I adored every minute these two were together.Apart from the main characters I also loved the secondary characters , all together made the story perfect!
“You can choose a different life. Choose me, Silas. I’ll love you for who you are, and we’ll give a shot at happy.”
December 5, 2019
"Oh my god! Emma Scott does MM - come to mama" was my initial reaction to discovering Emma Scott was going to release Someday, Someday and I'm happy to say I got the feels and the angst I was hoping for.
This was a story of Max and Silas learning to love and trust in themselves and others, to be loved for who they are, not what they are, rising up above adversity. These boys had everything going against them and this book deals with a fair few sensitive issues - bigotry, homophobia, substance abuse, homelessness and prostitution as a result thereof, ASD as well has the huge issue that shaped Silas into the man he is today. That broke my damn heart BUT I do feel that Silas's issues kind of put Max in the shade and his problems were just as bad, and I've decided Max is mine and I'm keeping him! I adored his patience, understanding, support and love for Silas and also for Eddie, who totally made the story. I also love that there was none of that "I'm not good enough for him" crap, Max was so comfortable in his skin, he is who he is and he's good with that, thank you very much.
I did have a small problem with wordiness in the beginning, but that soon eased off and I was hooked, so much so I'm looking forward to and hoping for more MM from Emma Scott.
Arc provided by author for review
This was a story of Max and Silas learning to love and trust in themselves and others, to be loved for who they are, not what they are, rising up above adversity. These boys had everything going against them and this book deals with a fair few sensitive issues - bigotry, homophobia, substance abuse, homelessness and prostitution as a result thereof, ASD as well has the huge issue that shaped Silas into the man he is today. That broke my damn heart BUT I do feel that Silas's issues kind of put Max in the shade and his problems were just as bad, and I've decided Max is mine and I'm keeping him! I adored his patience, understanding, support and love for Silas and also for Eddie, who totally made the story. I also love that there was none of that "I'm not good enough for him" crap, Max was so comfortable in his skin, he is who he is and he's good with that, thank you very much.
I did have a small problem with wordiness in the beginning, but that soon eased off and I was hooked, so much so I'm looking forward to and hoping for more MM from Emma Scott.
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December 4, 2019DNF @ 58% and after five days of trying...
I love Max and Silas and adore Eddie to bits, but the story is way too slow for me. A tad coincidental, convenient and repetitive here, a bit too much back and forth going on there... And now that the eye-rolls start to take over it's for the best for everyone involved that I'll bow out. :(
I love Max and Silas and adore Eddie to bits, but the story is way too slow for me. A tad coincidental, convenient and repetitive here, a bit too much back and forth going on there... And now that the eye-rolls start to take over it's for the best for everyone involved that I'll bow out. :(
December 3, 2019
Telling u right now, I will be looking for more of this author’s work. I forget if I’ve read her before, but after this book I will remember.
FIVE STARS BABY, this deserves every one, and i’ve Become stingier with age.
I love both heroes. I love Max’s sweetness and empathy and sensitivity and courage. I love Si’s strength, determination, directness, and also a great deal of courage.
It’s rather unbelievable that both are just 24 to have gone thru and done and learned everything they’d been thru.
But it’s not about yrs, it’s truly about experiences. Some ppl get those earlier in life, some ppl take a lot longer. I’m happy they have their whole lives ahead of them, and get to be young together. While old in their souls.
Some mm novels are over the top, preachy, all about sex.
This is a love story, a survival story, a fight against all odds, esp. the ones within type of story.
And I read almost every word. Which I hardly ever do these days unless i’m Really drawn in.
So 5 stars all the way!
FIVE STARS BABY, this deserves every one, and i’ve Become stingier with age.
I love both heroes. I love Max’s sweetness and empathy and sensitivity and courage. I love Si’s strength, determination, directness, and also a great deal of courage.
It’s rather unbelievable that both are just 24 to have gone thru and done and learned everything they’d been thru.
But it’s not about yrs, it’s truly about experiences. Some ppl get those earlier in life, some ppl take a lot longer. I’m happy they have their whole lives ahead of them, and get to be young together. While old in their souls.
Some mm novels are over the top, preachy, all about sex.
This is a love story, a survival story, a fight against all odds, esp. the ones within type of story.
And I read almost every word. Which I hardly ever do these days unless i’m Really drawn in.
So 5 stars all the way!
November 28, 2019
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Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
Type: Standalone
POV: First Person - Dual
Rating:
Life had not been easy on Max Kaufman. Forced to grow up on the street, he learned the hard way that survival meant protecting himself both physically and emotionally. A new job brought in not only hope for a new beginning but also a new distraction.
Silas Marsh might have everything he ever wanted, except one that he needed the most. As an heir to a successful corporation, he was bound by expectations. He needed to find himself or risked destroying both of their future.
My favorite kind of M/M book is the kind that features the character’s personal struggles. This book has it in spades.
He can’t love me. I can’t love him. Not like this. Because this poison…this icy poison is going to follow me forever…
Max and Silas faced similar battles but in a different world and with individual ways of coping. Max had a heart of gold and I liked him, but Silas clung to my heart right from the beginning, even through moments that made me want to fling him off a cliff.
"And yes, being there for yourself is a thing. It’s the most important thing.”
I liked how the book heavily emphasized on family aspect, either by blood or friendships. However, due to personal preferences, I wasn’t a fan of the long epilogue. I did like how issues in the story progressed and resolved organically.
Someday, Someday is a story of acceptance and accountability. It would appeal to readers who enjoy M/M romance with broken characters.
Note 1: I loved it whenever Max wealth shamed Silas lol!
Note 2: Eddie was my favorite character in the book. He added tremendous soul into the story.
🔸🌆🔸 . . . (F)BR With Twinsie CC & Loyda . . . 🔸🌆🔸
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June 16, 2021
Audio - 5 +++ Stars
Story 5 Stars
Story 5 Stars
November 19, 2019
5+++++ STARS
Such a relevant and significant story in today’s world. Emma Scott has delivered an important book...a story that needs to be told. She delivers it with grace, with beautiful words, unforgettable characters, with wisdom, humor, empathy and so much love. Someday, Someday is a powerful book with a powerful message.
“Maybe what’s really unnatural is hating someone for a reason that has nothing to do with you.”
Max and Silas have endured the unthinkable. Their pasts are tough to read, their experiences are what nightmares are made of. Max, with the help and kindness of a virtual stranger, and the unwavering loyalty of his best friend Darlene (from Forever Right Now) has turned his life around. But he longs for his family that turned their backs on him. He also longs for a loving relationship where he is not hidden and it is okay for him to be who he is. Silas is tormented by a horrific event in his life and is still trying to come to terms with all he has gone through. He puts up a facade to stay in the good graces of his overbearing and powerful dad. After meeting Max and when a certain situation comes to light at his Dad’s company, Silas knows he must take a stand in his personal and professional life. As the relationship between Max and Silas and the relationships they each have with family members unfold, we see a heartbreaking and powerful story come to life as only Emma Scott can tell. She once again proves she is a master storyteller...bringing to the forefront an important subject. This is so much more than a romance. This is a book of acceptance, of ignorance, of hope, of fighting for others, of family, of taking a stand and of love. I can’t say enough about this book. I can’t say enough about the importance of the message. Love is love is love. Love always wins. And Emma Scott ALWAYS gives us a special gift. Someday, Someday is just that...a gift and another phenomenal book. My heart is overflowing with love for this story.
“I’ll love you for who you are, and we’ll have a shot at happy.”
Such a relevant and significant story in today’s world. Emma Scott has delivered an important book...a story that needs to be told. She delivers it with grace, with beautiful words, unforgettable characters, with wisdom, humor, empathy and so much love. Someday, Someday is a powerful book with a powerful message.
“Maybe what’s really unnatural is hating someone for a reason that has nothing to do with you.”
Max and Silas have endured the unthinkable. Their pasts are tough to read, their experiences are what nightmares are made of. Max, with the help and kindness of a virtual stranger, and the unwavering loyalty of his best friend Darlene (from Forever Right Now) has turned his life around. But he longs for his family that turned their backs on him. He also longs for a loving relationship where he is not hidden and it is okay for him to be who he is. Silas is tormented by a horrific event in his life and is still trying to come to terms with all he has gone through. He puts up a facade to stay in the good graces of his overbearing and powerful dad. After meeting Max and when a certain situation comes to light at his Dad’s company, Silas knows he must take a stand in his personal and professional life. As the relationship between Max and Silas and the relationships they each have with family members unfold, we see a heartbreaking and powerful story come to life as only Emma Scott can tell. She once again proves she is a master storyteller...bringing to the forefront an important subject. This is so much more than a romance. This is a book of acceptance, of ignorance, of hope, of fighting for others, of family, of taking a stand and of love. I can’t say enough about this book. I can’t say enough about the importance of the message. Love is love is love. Love always wins. And Emma Scott ALWAYS gives us a special gift. Someday, Someday is just that...a gift and another phenomenal book. My heart is overflowing with love for this story.
“I’ll love you for who you are, and we’ll have a shot at happy.”
February 27, 2020
This book… Wow. It was a thing of beauty.
I’m speechless. I absolutely loved . I LOVED IT. When I started the book I knew within the first page that I was going to devoured this novel.
Silas and Max are the main characters of this epiic love story, are both strong and resilient in their own ways. Max having survived being kicked out onto the street by his parents, and subsequently a drug addiction he developed. He missed most of his beautiful youth , depression, homelessness, and much worst. And for what? Because the people who h trusted the most turned their back on him.
While Silas underwent conversion therapy and is still suffering from PTSD from the events. If finds his way he fights for them who he loves. This young man wants to make things right.
What can I say, that I have probably never ever encountered two characters more deserving of love. LOVE IS LOVE. Their journey to happiness is a difficult one , full of ups and downs, failures and triumphs and hardships.
There were so many aspects and levels in this book, and the author did an outstanding job of presenting everything in such a coherent manner, with both characters and the social message in such a humane and compassionate form. I fell in love with Silas and Max story.
Emma Scott thanks. What a amazing story!
I’m speechless. I absolutely loved . I LOVED IT. When I started the book I knew within the first page that I was going to devoured this novel.
Silas and Max are the main characters of this epiic love story, are both strong and resilient in their own ways. Max having survived being kicked out onto the street by his parents, and subsequently a drug addiction he developed. He missed most of his beautiful youth , depression, homelessness, and much worst. And for what? Because the people who h trusted the most turned their back on him.
While Silas underwent conversion therapy and is still suffering from PTSD from the events. If finds his way he fights for them who he loves. This young man wants to make things right.
What can I say, that I have probably never ever encountered two characters more deserving of love. LOVE IS LOVE. Their journey to happiness is a difficult one , full of ups and downs, failures and triumphs and hardships.
There were so many aspects and levels in this book, and the author did an outstanding job of presenting everything in such a coherent manner, with both characters and the social message in such a humane and compassionate form. I fell in love with Silas and Max story.
Emma Scott thanks. What a amazing story!
November 27, 2019
This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever read. It superseded every expectation I had and gave me more than I could have ever hoped for.
With a heartbreaking past, Max has fought hard to rise up from the bottom where he once lived to a place where he is ready to conquer his greatest pain and fear, his family. While Max embraces his life, Silas suffers from a trauma no one should ever be subjected to. Due to that trauma, he dons a mask, walks the walk and talks the talk, and with a living nightmare as a reminder, he fights against his very nature.
’I was a character in the play of my life. A life that was nothing more than an endless string of days pretending, lying, burying truths and feelings until I was more stone and steel than hot, beating blood.’
I absolutely adored both of these men, each for their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Max with his need to be loved and allowed to let that love shine. Silas and his seemingly impossible task of overcoming horrific treatment condoned by his own father. And yet, even when his desire had moments of clarity from the nightmare, he was still entrapped by a misdeed that demanded he make restitution.
’Silas had gone to battle; he’d fought for himself and lost. The scars the enemies inflicted were miles deep, and what had been done to him, still had power.’
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The obstacles keeping Max and Silas apart seemed insurmountable. And yet, nothing was more perfect than when they were together. With each turn of the page, the light grew brighter upon this couple despite all they had to overcome. The greater the angst, the closer to complete freedom they grew, both individually, and together.
This story twisted, pulled, stretched and smacked my heart before gently patting it back into place, larger and with a deeper understanding of life outside my “little world”. Ms. Scott takes current issues and brings them into the spotlight with such beautifully rich emotion that I was at turns shocked, sobbing, cheering and then crying from the sheer joy of Max and Silas’ eventual triumph.
”You’re a real boy, Macimilian. Not a puppet. Someday, I hope to be a real boy, too. Someday…”
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