Rating: 4
Steam: 3
PoV: dual, 3rd person
Series: The Beginning of Always #1.5
Genre: contemporary romance, novella, MM
Tropes / tags: age gap, hurt / comfort, disability rep
Pretty Boy was such a very sweet and swoony epilogue to Halo! As Halo was one of my favourite reads last year, it was a treat to get to spend more time with these characters and seeing them settled and happy together. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it!
I loved seeing Oliver and Victor again and how they were still completely gone for each other. There were still some insecurities from both of them; Victor was worried that his disability and age might be an issue for Oliver in the long run, and Oliver was worried he might be too needy for Victor and that he’d get tired of it. They were great at reassuring each other though, and it led to some very sweet hurt / comfort moments.
Pretty Boy was also an introduction to Juno and Miles, and I’m so excited for their stories. Miles seemed like a total sweetheart, while Juno seemed a little more prickly – and I have high hopes for some swoony hurt / comfort romances for both of them!
He was still amazed even after all this time that this was his life. That Oliver was his.
That this was his forever.
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