Well, I’m invested but not impressed by Declan at all. Being 25+ through this trilogy does not give me great hopes for his character growth. Very happy to have Solo narrate! I suppose I have to concede that girls mature faster than boys especially after puberty generally speaking but seriously I really had to suspend belief that Declan was really invested in beginning a relationship with Owen & as I continued to read was very unimpressed with Declan & his superiority complex & how his attitude & behavior negatively impacted Owen & his trust in Declan from the start. Declan unfortunately was of the opinion that Owen should just be able to automatically trust him, only for him to run away when his health got super bad & not only that but ran to Ridge. Utter absolute childishness & no apology once he finally got his head out of you know where & honestly bc he’s a child in a man’s body it saddens my heart that authors aren’t railed against such promotion in their writing as if it should all just be swept under the rug or put on the dusty shelf. 😖 Anyway, I do plan to finish the trilogy bc my hope is that Dec finally puts Owen first, before himself & stops disciplining Owen for “his sake” or “because he made daddy mad”??!!! 😳 WTF is this disgusting nonsense. I could go on but I think I have said enough honestly & I guess every new author to me is always going to be a gamble. Listened via Anyplay.