Another book slump. Maybe I can try to cross another author off my list instead? Here's Rye Cox's "The Forever Neighbor." It's the third book in her Corio Heights series.
["What do you do when you’re in love with your childhood friend?
For as long as Will can remember, Jason has always been his safe space, his protector. Now as adults, he doesn’t know how much longer he can hide the desire he holds for his best friend. A desire he’s too afraid to convey and so is unable to make any progress on changing their relationship status. Is it finally time to let go?
There are two things Jason loves most in the world: food and Will. They’ve gone through everything together over the years and are as close as family. As he feels his best friend begin pulling away, Jason slowly discovers that his love for Will has turned into an emotion he can’t quite grasp but is determined to understand. Can he figure out his feelings before it’s too late and he loses Will forever?"]
“ As unromantic as it sounded, love couldn’t cure everything. It made your life better, but it couldn’t make the internalized trauma magically disappear or replace your support system.”
While I wholeheartedly agree with the above statement, it did make the novel more emotional and heart wrenching, and it made me cry.
They were absolutely perfectly together and practically ready dating, but they weren’t in a healthy place individually or together. Working out their traumas helped make them stronger people and a stronger couple.
And they were such a cute couple!!!!
Trigger Warnings: death, addition, neglectful parents, child abuse, bullying, obsession, co-dependency, processing childhood traumas, PTSD, and more
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