When Yanni Tomaras is kicked out of his family home, his parents' final words are religious insults and an order to never return. Homeless and desperate, he's lured in by Lance—charming on the outside, an evil predator underneath—who abuses Yanni until he finds the courage to leave.
Yanni should feel free. But by the time Spencer Cohen finds him, he's resigned to being handed back to Lance and once again being caged by fear.
Starting school and a part-time job, Yanni begins to reclaim his life. But a love for silent films leads him to Peter Hannikov, a man with a kind heart but who's twice his age. An unlikely friendship between them blooms into so much more. Neither man knows what he wants, at first. Finding out exactly what he needs is Yanni's story.
"I'd spent years as a bird, caged with my wings clipped, tormented and beaten. I thought I'd escaped when I'd left my abuser, but in hindsight, I could see that I was still caged, this time by fear and self-doubt. Spencer and Andrew, and Andrew's parents, opened the door to the cage that confined me. But it was Peter who taught me how to fly."
Contains mature themes.
Hugo
2022-10-26
This is Yanni's story; his recovery from sexual abuse. It's a heartbreaking story filled with hope and it shows that recovery is far from linear. The story picks up where Spencer finds Yanni and ends with the speech that Spencer mentioned in the last book.
Anna
2020-11-14
Ville lyssna på denna eftersom Yannis historia var en stark del av tidigare böcker men blev lite avskräckt av bokens längd, fattade inte varför den behövde vara 15 timmar lång. Nu i efterhand förstår jag, varje minut var gripande, liksom att följa Yannis väg tillbaka. Joel Leslie gjorde ett fantastiskt jobb med att läsa in denna och ge alla karaktärer röst. Min favorit av alla böcker i serien, 4,5 stjärnor!
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