Rating: 4.5
Steam: 2
PoV: dual, 3rd person
Series: Contested Possession
Genre: contemporary romance, MM
Tropes / tags: amnesia, teammates, forced proximity
We Were Never Lovers was an incredible and heart-wrenching story!
It was a story full of raw emotions, and I completely broke down and sobbed through the realisation of what Jack had been through all on his own while Sean recovered. I loved how I slowly got the pieces to puzzle together, and I admire Jack so much for his patience and determination not to tell Sean about the last two years. It was easy to understand his reasoning for not doing it though, even if it was difficult to see him hurt over things that Sean said and did.
I loved how the first half of the story was told solely from Sean’s PoV, it added to the confusion from his amnesia and gave me plenty of time to speculate and wonder about what these two men really were to each other. The hurt / comfort was fantastic, and I liked how Sean over time got better at reading Jack and his emotions.
Sean and Jack tugged hard on my heartstrings, and I found myself entirely invested in their story. There were glimpses of their past together as teenagers, when they first met at camp, and it helped to put the picture of their relationship together. The connection and pull had always been there, they just let a few misunderstandings get in their way for a while. It was a beautifully told and complex story, with flawed characters doing everything they could to get back what they had lost.
We Were Never Lovers was the best amnesia story that I’ve read so far, and Sasha Avice did an amazing job with portraying Sean’s feelings and confusion, as well as the hopefulness and resignation that they both went through. If you haven’t tried anything by this author yet, this is a great place to start!
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