“He doesn’t like when I cut my hair or when I smile at others. He doesn’t like when I go out alone or if I’m with anyone but him. He says I can't ever leave his side, that it’s for my own good. He is everything I’ve always wanted...right?”
Walking into college his first year, Gabriel Finch was unapologetic of his identity. Hardened from losing his mother at an early age and jumping from foster home to foster home, he grew to know exactly what he wanted in life. At the same time, Gabriel knew his limits and knew which boundaries he was and was not willing to cross. That is, until he met Harley Neilson.
After having Harley as his model in drawing class, Gabriel was no longer certain of himself. Harley, he realized, was everything he wanted and everything he wanted to be. Unable to separate man from model, Gabriel’s initial fascination nurtured a deep dark obsession, every day consumed by thoughts and images of Harley.
It was never a simple crush, and when the line between fantasy and reality blur, Gabriel must decide how far he is willing to go for the object of his desire, because in the end he might just lose everything.
Here are the words that come to mind after I finished this book: provoking, different, definitely taboo, and a little kinky. What happens when you have an addictive person attached to a highly controlling person? It is a healthy relationship? Is is a bad thing that it isn't so healthy? And what changes to a persons self are acceptable, and what aren't? I was lucky to beta read this book, and Gabriele and Harley aren't your typical romance story, so don't start of thinking that. And it's not going to end like you think. But I liked that open ended aspect which left me thinking more about myself and the 'what ifs'.
Interesting. I liked it over all especially knowing it started as a Wattpad story. And I like in the end they were able to pull away but still be confused it was refreshing