Hayden Hall brings us the third installment of the Unlucky 13 multi-author series, with Damaged, featuring hurt/comfort, forced proximity and toxic parents.
ReedKaye's Review:
Hayden Hall's Damaged blew my mind. Just when I think this author has already written one of the most touching stories, another shows up that is a winner.
Matthew the politician’s son whose father is so anti gay that Matthew has turned to alcohol and drugs to hide and live with being gay. He is just entering after treatment when he finds he is being forced to live with a stranger.
Tiago is suffering from Depression. He won the lottery but has suffered a loss and after acting out he is finding himself unable to see any reason to go on. He decides to share his bungalow with another and Matthew sends him down a path he had no plans of taking.
Two broken men. Life having dealt them major issues, find it hard to deal with daily lives.
This is a highly emotional story. Both men have issues that the author has so well described that I felt I personally could empathize with each. The author has done a fantastic job of pacing this story and while moving along, also did a great job detailing the events that brought a resolution for each. I cannot imagine what will come next from this author.
Rating: 5 Stars
Heather's Review:
Emotional and sometimes difficult, two men are hiding from the world for different reasons and brought together by circumstances that put them on a collision course with each other and the outside world.
Tiago is depressed and willing to give the world a huge F you, especially if it hurts Matthew's father and collapses a small part of the political climate that spews hateful rhetoric... Matthew struggles with past abuse and self-medicates with drugs, alcohol and risky behaviour until he is banished.
These two souls find each other and start to build a tenuous happiness - the story is both heartbreaking and hopeful and while both men struggle, they also learn to rely on each other and they fit together in ways neither of them imagined. Beautifully paced and well written, you may struggle to get into the story, but it's worth watching them butt heads and let out the toxicity before really starting to connect.
Please heed the trigger warnings if you need to by highlighting the blue rectangle depression, thoughts of suicide , death of a partner,and past/current parental abuse.
Rating: 5 Stars
Damaged is available in paperback and e-book formats and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription.
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