Safety Measures

This book absolutely destroyed me. Blaise North: The aftermath of my parent’s death was the toughest time in my life, but at least I had him. He was there every step of the way, wiped the tears I shed, and made me smile when I’d forgotten how to.Until he became the reason why I had to protect my heart with one simple rule—no more kissing.Six years later, because life had a great sense of humor, I found myself having to use that same rule on the man who inspired it.It’s no surprise it didn’t work. After all, my heart was never my own to protect—it belonged to Ares Hart the entire time.Ares Hart: Growing up, I didn’t have a perfect example of what love should look like. My parents were the definition of a disaster, and I didn’t intend to end up the same way.So, I made myself a promise. To this day, I’ve followed it blindly, even if in the process I had to hurt the one I cared about the most.But what I hadn’t realized was that the key to keeping my promise was right next to me the entire time.Blaise North gave my vow purpose, and when I was finally ready to make up for my mistakes, the unexpected happened. (blurb) Maeve Hazel is a great author, who already had won my heart with her debut novel 'indigo eyes'. This book and especially the last 100 pages broke my heart to the core. I loved everything about it tho. I loved how Blaise and Ares were just connected to each other from page 1 and how they had known each other all their lives. it had always been the one another for them all along. They had such heartwarming yet heartbreaking moments, which made me honestly cry my heart out. After Ares lost his hearing my heart broke over and over for their love. ("It's too quiet," he says, and that sends daggers to my soul. I try to hold my reaction in, to not think about what it must feel like to be in his position. I don't know how to reply to that. I don't know how to give him a different perspective on this. There's no way to describe losing your hearing. "You know the worst thing about this?" he calmly asks. My attention on him is enough to make him continue. "It's not about the music or the conversations around me. It's about you. I'll never hear your voice again. I'll live my entire life with a memory of it, a sound made up in my head. I'm going to forget your beautiful laugh?" He wipes my tears with his thumb. "And that's a fucking curse." My heart shatters in a million pieces right there on his chest.)