The first chapter is written from his point of view as he finds out about his parents dying. I felt for him so much - how confused he was, and how scared. I found William to be incredibly sweet and sad. It did make the story somewhat angsty, but no more than I could handle and it was never overindulgent. DW Marchwell did not do that here, which means that we got to see the gritty emotions that David had trying to figure out how to do right by his students, Jerry, and William, and we got to see how Jerry reacted to that. So many authors seem to gloss over this part of the plot and then explain it later with exposition. Though it tends to lead to a lot of angst, I really enjoy when the two characters get into it with each other, by which I mean that they actually work through their problems on the page, in the scene, with dialogue and actions. We really get to know David and Jerry in this book, and largely, the meat of the plot is devoted to them - their struggles, their fears, and each trying to do the right thing by William, whom they are both starting to love as a son. I really enjoyed this book, though it had some problems (more on that later).
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