** spoiler alert ** 
 I loved this book a great deal. Stevie was a strong young man who lived through horrific abuse by his former master Julius. What I liked was how Stevie saw himself as weak never giving himself the credit on how hard it was to leave Julius. With all the domestic abuse in the news lately I feel this book was true in its portrayal of the victim. Even after all Julius did to him Stevie still loved him and mourned his death. It's also true he hated and feared him. I liked Don but had two problems with him. He told Stevie he should had communicated his needs to Julius better. This made me think he was blaming the victim. I know any other time I would had read over it without noticing but I am hyper aware right now. The second problem was his cheating. I know he thought Stevie hooked up first but it still bothered me. To be fair I loved how patient Don was with Stevie. He was going through the loss of his beloved boy and yet he was concerned about Stevie. I loved this couple and hope to see them again.