3.5 stars. 
 5 stars for Rudy. 
 Rudy was an endearing, difficult, realistic character. I could have read an entire book from his POV. there were a lot of hard realities in the beginning of the book. But my issue was with the unrealistic insta-love, the snails pace flow, the writing style, & the cliched bad cops & townsfolk. 
 I just kept waiting for the book to progress & was turned off by the sexual contact while recovering from a beating after leaving the hospital. As well as the sexual thoughts when in physical & emotional pain & under constant stress or delirium from a concussion. that ruined it for me. took the heartbreaking emotion & turned it cheesy. it wasn't time yet. the characters weren't there yet. so it felt forced to me. Time for tenderness, yes. Sex, it baffled me. The man couldn't even walk in a straight line yet. In book time, it had only been a few days of knowing each other, half of which was hospitalization. 
 I wanted to like the book with its premise. But for me, it fell flat in all areas but Rudy. I couldn't 5 star a book because of an incredibly written special needs character when nothing else worked for me. 
 I'm unsure how this story could be drawn out into 3 books when it was a struggle for me to keep reading. 
 I'm positive this story will resonate with many. the writing style just isn't to my tastes.