Heartsong is only the second book I’ve read by AE Wasp and I really need to correct that. I have many of her books in my digital library but there just aren’t enough hours in the day to read as many books as I’d like to. However, after having read Heartsong, I definitely need to move her books up higher on my TBR list.

Heartsong was such a heartbreaking story to read in places but also very uplifting as Sean comes to terms with what happened to him and people gather around him to support him. Sean and Cooper have that instant zing of attraction when they first meet but it takes them awhile to acknowledge it.

There’s an age-gap between Sean and Cooper but that fact wasn’t beat to death (I hate when that happens). They acknowledge the age difference but it’s a minor thing. The more important thing between Sean and Cooper is Sean’s lack of any sexual experience; he’s a virgin in every way. Cooper is humbled that he gets to be the one to initiate Sean and teach him what it means to be a gay man.

I felt the connection between the two characters and enjoyed reading about their relationship as it developed. There really was a lot to love about this story, including a rescued puppy, good friends and the beautiful views from Cooper’s house that I was able to imagine due to the descriptive writing by AE Wasp.

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Head down against the driving rain, body hunched over the injured dog, I don’t see the taillight of the car pulling out of a parking spot until it’s almost too late. Oh fuck. I close my eyes, turn the dog away, and brace for the impact.

Strong hands clamp down on my upper arms and yank me back. My back slams against a hard, broad chest, and then all three of us, me, my rescuer and the dog, are stumbling into the back bumper of a minivan.

The hands around my arms tighten and I lean against this stranger’s body for a second. The guy is almost the same height as me, but much broader, his chest wide and warm against my wet back. The feel of stubble against my cheek and warm breath blowing over my ear makes me shiver.

“Sean?” he says, voice deep and smooth.

Oh, holy hell. Can it be?

“Cooper, get the hell in here!” a second man calls from behind us.

A’course it is.

I straighten up and try to pull away. I swear his hands tighten on my arms, tugging me back against him for a glorious but far too brief moment before he lets me go. When I look over my shoulder at him, our eyes meet and my words lock in my throat as a sizzle of electricity shoots down my spine. It’s so real, I swear lighting must have touched ground somewhere. By the way his eyes widen, Cooper feels it, too.

I can’t hear anything except our breathing and the rain pounding on the gravel parking lot, soaking my thin t-shirt, and plastering Cooper’s hair to his head.

In my arms, the dog whimpers, and still I can’t look away from Cooper’s piercing gaze. What the hell is going on?

He starts to speak, and I sway towards him, holding my breath.

Those dark, intense eyes narrow and he scowls. “Don’t you fucking know how to drive?”

Speechless, I reel back and he grabs my arm again to keep me from losing my balance.

“Jesus Christ,” the older man says. “Don’t either one of you idiots have the sense God gave a goose? Get the hell inside.”

Cooper drops my arm like it’s scalding him, and I tear my gaze away from his angry face. An older guy with dark-brown skin, grey beard, and salt-and-pepper dreadlocks tied behind his neck waves at us from the open doors of the diner.

Grateful for the save, I walk carefully to the doors and into the diner.

“What happened?” the man asks as I pass him.

“This kid hit a dog and then almost got hit by a car himself,” Cooper answers from behind me.

“Are you always such a dick or is today special?” I snap at him.

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