OMG I loved this book so much. 
 I hate to say it but I loved it more than A Pound of Flesh. Max and Grace are such incredible characters and their story was truly gut wrenching. 
 In A Pound of Flesh you meet Max, Carters best friend, and you really like him much because he's a drug addict and gets himself into all kinds of trouble. Not to mention he was the reason why Carter was in jail to begin with despite the fact that it brought it back to Kat. Then you read the beginning of this book and you have to double check the synopsis because this could not possibly be the same person who pointed a gun at his best friend. This is a 360 degree flip and you see a whole different side of Max, you see the real Max and boy do I love the real, clean, non drug addict Max. This book follows Max as he struggles with being clean and learning to live with the actions he made during his addiction and finding his place. Its a story is his second chance and letting go of his past. You see him grow so much as a character and get to know him and I loved every minute of it. 
 You also meet Grace who has her own demons and I thought she was going to hide her past from Max, but she didn't. They are two peas in a pod, the same but not. They each have scars and tormented pasts, but it doesn't stop from slowing opening up to each other. God did their relationship form and progress is the sweetest way possible. It made me melt like butter. I loved seeing them scared and terrified but pushing through it to experience one another through friendship and other very fun ways. Max was so great for Grace. Let me tell you these two were very hot for each other and it was hella explosive. 
 I love this book because despite the bad choices Max made, he turned his life around. He isn't a bad person. Yes, he got dealt a crappy hand in his life with the loss of his son and his girlfriend leaving him. In the end he found himself, learned to live again, and found his future and learned to let go of his past to have that wonderful future. God these books melt m heart in the sweetest way.