J.  Daniels

The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

aleksandra

4/5

I literally found out about J.Daniels two days before this book was about to be released and I'm so glad I stumbled upon her on IG because this book definitely convinced me to read more of her work. Starting with the basics - the cover is stunning because one, there is no shirtless man on it, and two, if you read the book you will understand its meaning. I love that the chapters weren't too long and each one had a title, I love when chapters have titles. The book was quite long, but I think it was necessary because a lot of heavy topics were covered, be sure to check the trigger warnings.

We have dual points of view, from Felix's and Jake's side. They're both drug addicts trying to overcome their addictions, but Jake's case is worst, so after meeting Felix, they decide on a sponsor-"client" relationship, which as you can guess doesn't go their way as they both start to like each other. Their romantic relationship is evolving pretty fast, but they obviously have to overcome a lot of hardships to finally be together at the end. Dont worry its a HEA ending, but I almost got a heart attack at the end (but as I said dont worry its a HEA, I can only read happy endings. I need some happines in my life). 

Main characters really made me fall for them, becuse they were both amazing, even though they were both struggling. I just wanted to hug them so much when I read what they went through. Grumpy and sunshipe (age-gap too) trope was made amazing, becuse we have Felix- the cuttest, caring, cat owning, tatto artist (he also has a lot of tatoos so *swoon*) with the biggest heart and Jake- trying to figure out his life after breaking his sobriety ex Marine. 

Their relationship was really cute and I have a lot of annotations, because their messages, flirting, the way they teased and obsessed over each other, THE SMUT, Felix jelousy over his cat, Felix finally accepting his hair because of Jake, Felix having planned their both future (kids, house and all), both of them having folders on their phones dedicated for the screenshots of their conversations and photos and soo many another moments just made me annotate more and more.


  
    "You’re my favorite person in the world. Nothing’s going to change that, okay?” 

"I want to matter to someone every day forever. And I want that someone to be Jake."

“Because I’ve waited my whole life for you. And for this. Us.” I squeeze his hands. “You’re my fucking family, Jake, and we’ll fight this. Together.”

“You’re my fucking soulmate, Felix, and I don’t even believe in that shit.”
  


The plot about Jake and his brother (CJ) made me cry at the end, becuse they both went through a lot and the last chapters just made me tear for them. 

Why the 4 star rating then? Well.. I didnt like the writing style at some moments and I hated the Tinder plot (which was really unimportant to be honest, and while well explained and making the story more realistic was just unnecessary). But its just me opinion. 

The ending and the message in the book was beautiful, realistic and made me so happy. If the author decides to write a novella for them, I'll be first in line.

The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

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