4.5 Stars

Really liked it.
Hot, steamy and a very interesting read.
I deducted for all the editing errors.

Prch Amz May 21, 2019.

Well shit. GR has finally changed my book page to the All New Crap Page that none of us wanted.
Not only that, but books I know I have already marked as Owned has the owned check mark disappearing. Other problems showing up on my shelves too.
Wonder how many books will disappear this time or suddenly not show up properly.
I hate you Goodreads. ( )

So-so. Honestly, Severin needs to work on their anger and past. Seriously. Moving on to another author. ( )

This is a great book, with dark and shattered hero and the woman who is helping himself put himself back together.

Severin was abandoned by his birth family when he was 5. They bought him a house and not only sent him there, they made sure that the house was in an entirely different country, surrounded by people who didn't speak French. He was scared and turned into a feral boy. When a woman and her son came to his house, they became his family. When she died, he shut down, but another woman took her place. That woman, Sutton, wanted to find a companion for Severin, someone to act as his "service human". In walks Minnow, and before you ask, that really was her real name, hippie parents do things like that.

Minnow has done caretaker work for other people, but when Sutton hires her to be the caretaker for Severin, she never tells her that Severin is in his 30s. Minnow spends a lot of time being ignored by Severin until he finally acknowledges her. He trips all her circuits because she is a sub and likes a dominant man, which Severin is.

Severin is afraid of the things he wants to do, Minnow convinces him it's OK to feel and do those things. With the help of his friend, Ro, there is a lot of exploration.

Great story, great characters with a lot of layers and depth. Severin is a real bastard part of the time, but as you learn more of his story, you learn why he acts and feels that way, and then you want to be very angry at the people who hurt him that way. Minnow is an incredibly strong woman in and of herself, and how much she puts up with when it comes to Severin is almost staggering, but she manages to keep going and still love him. ( )

4.4 stars

This book was a very pleasant surprise. I loved seeing Sev grow with the help of Minnow and Rodrego. Sev had many issues due to his treatment as a small child. To say he was not used to social settings would be an understatement. For all intents and purposes he was still very much that feral child. I'm glad those few people that were in his life didn't give up on him. Hot steamy BDSM was incorporated into the story. ( )