Kage Unmasked

Right off the bat, I'll say that this was my least favorite of the trilogy, but Kage in this one is my most favorite. Down bad Kage? I'll take 2, please.

And yes, I know he's always been the one who didn't care about coming out publicly and shit, and book 2 had him agonizing over the idea that Jamie was ashamed of him but I love what he does about it in this one.

Do I care that he didn't really talk about it with Jamie first? No.

Am I giggly about the fact that he was balls deep when Jamie got to know about it? Absolutely.

"All these men have someone to go home to after the fight. They've got their baby, I've got mine."

Tell themmmmmm. AND. WHAT. OF. IT?!

Kage and Jamie were still quintessential Kage and Jamie in this for the most part. Aside from some soapy shenanigans that occur in the latter third of this book which I won't get into.

But IMO, we see more growth from Kage in this one. We get to find out the truth about his past (which wasn't all that hard to guess at), we get to see him break some patterns.

"If you realize you made a mistake and want to come back, and I know you, Jamie—you can't stay away, I'll be waiting for you. But the minute you fuck another person, I'll never touch you again."

Lol is this sick that I found this both endearing and a reasonable boundary? I expected mans to lose his shit in never before seen ways.

But also, proud that instead of an immediate tweak out, he had the presence of mind to suspect shit. Book 2 Kage would never.

Yes, he needed a nudge, but don’t we all?

Will I read the Santori trilogy? Most probably not. 6 books about the same couple is pushing it a bit(for me) and I can't say I'm really open to the idea of a humanized Peter Santori.

Also, I feel like I can already guess that the other 3 books are about Kage going a little too far, Jamie freaking out and running away, then running back to him later regardless.

It's their thing.