4⭐️ 4🌶️
MOOD: adventurous, challenging, emotional, sad, tense,  hopeful
TROPES:  hurt/comfort,  billionaire, forced proximity 
GENRES: contemporary, dom/sub, inclusive  
FAV QUOTE: But this Dom couldn't be deaf by the way he deliberately controlled the surrounding sounds. Could he?

MAIN CHARACTERS: Tacy (neurodivergent FMC) & Domier (d/Deaf MMC)

Reviews are personal but this one might be more biased than most since I'm a little neurodivergent. It's been a while since I've read a book that was only from one point of view but completely makes sense for this type of storytelling. Having minimal dialogue and having to rely solely on Tacy's inner monologue was both extremely frustrating a times but also eerily familiar.

The story and relationship develop over a relatively short period of time and within that time, pieces are given to Tacy, including Dom's name, which doesn't appear until at least half way through the story. Even details of his life, like his d/Deafness take time for Tacy to figure out. It was interesting and made the trust and attention that is required during the dom/sub scenes even more apparent.

Two things prevented me from giving this a 5 star rating. First, I got stuck towards the end. I was at 73% for over 2 weeks and just didn't feel like reading/finishing it. Part of that was because I was moving and strapped for time but even afterwards I had to kind of remind myself to get back into it. Second, the ending felt a little abrupt.

CW: self-harm, emotional abuse, death of a parent