Oof. This was packed full of emotions. The authors did a wonderful job in how they described every feeling and emotion. It made it very impactful. The story overall is very low angst. It focuses heavily on grief and loneliness in different ways. Namid and Jayce are such beautiful souls. I loved seeing their friendship develop and then bloom into something more. This story has a touch of the paranormal with Namid and his empathic abilities, but the authors kept that aspect of the story rather vague. I absolutely loved the found family vibes we get between Namid, Jayce, and Ken. Before they all officially come together as their own familial unit, they are all in their own kind of limbo. Ken dealing with the late stages of grief from the loss of his wife years before, Jayce dealing with the grief of the recent loss of his twin brother and then his parents years before that, and then Namid who has amnesia with no memory of his life from before he was found ten years prior and has never been accepted by their small town community. The romance was sweet, but the found family they formed really held my heart in this story. Overall, this is a great story with so much heart. It's a wonderful journey, and I look forward to the next book that was teased there at the end.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.