Release; Without You

By Real Talk Book Talk - March 13, 2020

Title: Without You

Author: Marley Valentine

Genre: M/M Romance

Release Date: March 13, 2020

Cover Design: PopKitty Design

Photographer: Wander Aguiar

Models: Jacob Cooley & Luke Schaeffer

“Tragedy brought us together, but something stronger made me want to stay.”

Julian was the boy next door. My brother’s best friend, he fit with my family in ways I never could. While he and Rhett went on to play house, I left the only life I knew, desperate for a fresh start.

Until everything changed.

Heartache came along, and the aftermath of my brother’s death was here to stay. I was now face to face with Julian more than I ever wanted to be.

Being around him brought up all my insecurities, forced me to deal with hard truths, and conjured up feelings I had no business entertaining. He wasn’t the man I thought I knew. He was complex and layered, and inherently beautiful in all the ways I’d never noticed.

Not on another person.

Not on another man.

Not until him.

This book has all of the feels. Deacon and Julian come together with their shared heartbreak and it hurts before it gets better.

This is a beautiful story about grief and love and it's so well written. The emotions just fall off the page and you get sucked in because you need to make sure that these characters are okay. I almost cried multiple times, Julian broke my heart and Deacon's whirlwind feelings didn't make it any easier.

This book is so well-written. It's emotional, the plot is so good, and the characters feel so real that you want to just wrap them up and take all of their pain away.

If you want to read a book that is emotional, beautifully written, and a love story that is so dynamic and strong because of what they've had to overcome then you want to read this book.

Marley Valentine comes from the future. Living in Sydney, Australia with her family. When she's not busy writing her own stories, she spends most of her time immersed in the words of her favourite authors.