ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I can tell you the exact line that made me decide to stop reading this book:

The writing style was my biggest problem, and that will be a matter of personal taste. I thought the author overused the phrase "my dear Henry" within the prose, to the extent that it irked me. The pacing was really uneven as well—I'm supposed to be invested in the relationship between Henry and Gabriel, but the entire development of it gets glossed over so that it feels like insta-love. It's a shame, because based on the content warnings at the beginning of the book, I actually thought the author was doing some interesting things with this retelling.