** spoiler alert ** 
 I'd rate this 3.5 stars if we had the option, so I'll round down, Sorry Kelley! 
 Again, this isn't a review, mostly a list of thoughts I had as I read this book. 
 I went into this mostly blind. I loved Made Of Stars and this was the next on the highly recommended list from authorKelley York. 
 So I was somewhat surprised to learn the protagonist was a serial killer of sorts. An avenging angel who swoops in and stages suicides and accidental deaths for people who have wronged the girl he loves, Vivian. 
 It's interesting early on Archer shows, well not remorse but some regret when one of his victims is found by his mother, a similar instance happens with Vivian finds her brother. Clearly he doesn't do this because he enjoys it, he doesn't do it because he has some sort of primal need, he does it because he wants to make Vivian happy. He thinks once he finishes, she'll be free to be with him. 
 Though suddenly a spanner is thrown into the works with Evan. Archer's complete obliviousness to Evan's attraction to him and he's inability to understand what he's feeling for Evan is kind of endearing, but the whole at the back of my mind it's like "Well, yeah it's all very sweet but he's a fucking murderer". Even if you argue they deserved it, immediately before they go on their little getaway, Archer shot a guy point blank. 
 It wasn't until closer to the end where I realised how much guilt Archer feels, that he sees himself as a monster stuck in a cycle of killing. It was at that point I started to like him rather than just feel sorry for him. It was an interesting gambit having Archer as a serial killer of sorts... I was sure I wouldn't like him because of it, but by the end I really did care for him. It wasn't until past the halfway point where I started to see how much pain he was in. 
 By the time Archer and Evan started to click I could already tell I'd fall in love with Evan and I dreaded the eventual heartbreak that I was sure would end the book. My dislike for Vivian was fairly slow too... I never really liked her, but by the time she discovered Archer's secret I truly started to despise her. 
 After she once again got back with Mickey, it was kind of the final straw for me. I understood why Archer wanted to protect her, we can't help the people we fall for but as someone completely removed from the situation I began to hate her. I felt sorry for what happened to her, but she's so manipulative. 
 At least she didn't blackmail Archer into killing Mickey... that's how I suspected things would go, so there's one positive in my book. Yep, not blackmailing someone into murder is a pretty low bar but Vivian is a pretty low character by that point. 
 I liked that Archer didn't make a big deal about being gay or bisexual or anything along those lines, it doesn't really matter. He treats his feelings for Evan like he would a girl who isn't Vivian. And for Archer that means he's confused because he isn't supposed to have feelings for anyone but Viv. At least that how he sees it. 
 I expected Vivian to kill Evan because it felt like that was the ending the book was heading towards, particularly after Archer's comment about Evan: 
 This was his. His happiness, his life. He wouldn't let her take it away. 
 I really liked the ending because it kept me guessing, I didn't think Archer was going to die, but I figured he still needed to be punished and in his mind that would be losing Evan. It wasn't exactly a happy ending, but it was a hopeful one. 
 I don't really know why I like Kelley York's sad, broken boys so much. I try not to think about what that says about me, but I am glad she introduced me to them.