The Bakery Brothers series is a Flowershop Assassins spin-off series by Louise Collins. The third novel is "Go Down Swinging."
["Mickey Briggs.
Boxer, unofficial uncle and self-labelled ‘straight guy’.
Mickey has gone through life plagued by memories of his childhood tormentor Aaron Fletcher. With Luck Milligan in need of a fighter to take on Aaron, Mickey jumps at the chance of finally getting his revenge.
But knowing the fight between them is on the horizon isn’t enough.
He wants to see what Aaron has become.
He wants Aaron to see who he has become too.
But Aaron Fletcher isn’t the boy Mickey remembers. He’s a good father, a nice guy and he looks at Mickey like he’d love to be beneath him.
The more time Mickey spends with Aaron, the more Mickey likes him, until a kiss leads to a longer kiss, to more…
It’s impossible, and yet with every smile, every flirty comment and lingering look, Mickey starts to believe Aaron has changed.
Boxing day approaches, Luck’s club hangs in the balance and with so much at stake, Mickey has a decision to make.
Fight or walk away with Aaron.
But somebody must go down in the final round.
And that person won't be getting up again..."]
Oh was this one complicated. So many feelings of childhood trauma and bullying BUT add in there bisexual awakening. Shit. It was a lot, and Mickey didn't exactly have any passive, non-complicated people to go to about it (or didn't tell them them that X rant was the same person he had Y breakdown over).
Spoiler alert, they made it work. It wasn't too flowery of an ending, with all of the secrets and drama (not even theirs; yes, seriously), but it was filled with second chances.
Bagel!!! He's getting so big! I loved watching Mickey with him and watching Bagel learn more words (and act as a matchmaker, whether he knew it or not).
Also, I sobbed at the end. Thank you for that, Louise.
Trigger Warnings: violence, boxing/fighting descriptions, bullying, anxiety attacks, and more.
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