I received a copy of this title to read and review for Wicked Reads 
 4 Stars 
 I'm just going to be straight-up honest about how this book read and the effect it had on me, and it will probably do the same with the majority of readers. Anyone who has been in a long-term relationship for more than five years will no doubt be able to empathize with one, if not both, of the characters. 
 Nate is on tour when unexpectedly Cam- one of his lovers- informs him how the other two thirds of their triad are separated. This isn't what he signed on for, picking and choose who he is to see, when and where, while knowing it felt like picking sides. He also didn't need it when he was suffering through an exhausting yet thrilling time in his career that is finite. 
 Cam and Theo looked selfish from Nate's eyes, yet they waited to tell him because they truly aren't selfish. One-sided, unable to see the part they play in their own relationship, but not doing it on purpose. 
 Hiatus is the time Nate took off from his tour, but most importantly the time Cam & Theo took off from their relationship. It is a journey to highlight how both halves in a relationship will believe themselves to be not only right, but also the victim, and this mentality will dissolve a marriage even faster, and it will follow them into their next relationship, and the next. Because even in cases of abuse and addiction, (don't get your panties in a wad, I'm speaking of my own broken marriage) both parties still play a part in the destruction, and both parties must admit their faults, at least to themselves, in order to either fix what has been broken or move on and be mentally healthy. 
 I thought LA Witt did an accurate portrayal, and I'm glad the novel was written from all three view points. Nate was both right and wrong. Cam was both right and wrong. Theo was both right and wrong. There was a lack of communication, where the husbands weren't only lying to their partner, but to themselves about some heavy topics, and this transferred to not caring and nitpicking. 
 I will be honest about Hiatus. I felt it was written perfectly, yet I found no entertainment value in it. I felt as if I were Nate (or the child of the couple). The reader is placed in the middle of a squabbling couple, being inundated by all the bitterness and resentment and feeling frustrated because your hands were tied, unable to fix it, when the fix is within them both, not the relationship itself. 
 However, I did feel Nate to be an enabler. Why he came home yet didn't inform those he loved how their other half had depression or anxiety issues. He just left them without a support system, leaving them to guess why their marriage was broken when he had the answer but kept it to himself. I'm not blaming Nate for the issues, but I felt this was odd, a way to draw the book out in length. To have the key and not use it... that was baffling. Cam and Theo were 'in' it, so close to the problem, wallowing in it, that they couldn't see the forest through the trees. Nate saw it all, yet never spoke up about the real problems. 
 Lying to oneself, to each other, not self-reflecting and seeing the truth, and a breakdown in communication was the total of the issues. The reader gets to suffer through this as if in real life. Maybe it was too real, and I never thought I'd say such a thing about a book, when it's exactly what I beg for. But this was too real in the way that I didn't want to suffer in their self-created misery with no entertainment value to be had. Even the between the sheets action felt out of place for me, too many scenes, taking away the emotional impact. 
 While I feel the book was written with accuracy, and shows me that the author is mentally and emotionally mature by being able to see all sides of the relationship, leaving the readers to empathize with everyone, it just left me feeling exhausted.