Queen B’s Decree: Second chance romances is not my favorite trope. I just hate the thought of all that missed time, often due to lack of communication or misunderstandings. But in Love Always, Wild, I felt like the separation between Wild and Jax was so important to both character’s growth.
The two met in college, when Wild is tutoring Jax. Wild is out and used to dealing with the bullying that accompanies being out in the Southern USA. Jax is deep in the closet. He plans to come out to his family during a school break when a tragic accident occurs, and he instead withdraws and never returns to school. Never contacts Wild again, either.
It’s not until 9 years later that they reunite, in a way. Wild has released a best selling debut novel, a fictionalized story of their romance. Jax sees it and reads it, then emails Wild (under a fake name of course, because Jax is still hiding) and they develop a friendship.
This book is filled with heartbreak. To even attempt to imagine what Jax has felt and gone through his life just stuns me. And Wild, while he has accepted things better, he has this feeling of abandonment that is not easy to overcome.
Love Always, Wild was beautiful and full of feeling. I both laughed and cried and I couldn’t put it down. My first read by A.M. Johnson but most definitely not my last.
Book: Love Always, Wild by A.M. Johnson
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: medium-hot salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: second chance, gay