Salvation

A Darkest Skies Novel

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Salvation

By: Garrett Leigh

Narrated by: Dan Calley

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Reformed gang boss Dante Pope is out after a four-year stretch in prison. But freedom has found him faster than he’s ready for. His only brother hates him, and with nothing but PTSD and a newfound fascination with plants for company, the outside world is a terrifying place.

A prisoner rehabilitation scheme lands him at a stately home that might as well be the moon. Working for gorgeous gardener Sid is a welcome distraction - his shoulders are broad, his rugged jaw unshaven, and his long, tanned legs?

Wow.

But Sid has problems of his own. A life-changing disease has left him limited in ways he can’t bear and accepting help, even from a stranger, makes him want to curl up and die.

If Dante would let him.

Newsflash: He won’t, and he’s not a stranger for long. With his dark smile and sinister ink, Dante Pope is the most beautiful man Sid has ever seen. Life is hard, but falling for each other is easy.

Sunshine and shadows.

Old ghosts can haunt Dante all they like. Loving Sid is the only salvation he’ll ever need.

Salvation is a sweetly angsty stand-alone MM romance novel in the Darkest Skies series. Expect: second chances, forced proximity, friends-to-lovers, and buckets of hurt/comfort themed loveliness. Content warnings for childhood trauma, violence, and chronic illness.

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Romance

Haunted

Feel-Good

Heartfelt

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Salvation is the 3rd book in the Darkest Skies series, I would suggest it is best listened in order to understand the background and past relationships of Dante. However, Salvation was the first book in the series I listened to and I still managed to enjoy it so much I am going to go back and listen to the previous two books.
It’s great to see a book where people with disabilities find love too, Sid’s struggles with MS and Dante’s love and acceptance of his limitations, whilst to Sid Dante’s past doesn’t matter as much as his present actions and the support he gives shows he has changed.
Dan Calley’s performance is excellent.

Dante’s Salvation

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I love me a redemption story. I love me a love story. I love me an angsty story. This book gave me all three.

Who couldn’t love Dante? A bad boy trying to go straight. A former gang boss who is taking the opportunity provided him to make a new life for himself. I also longed for him to reunite with his brother, but considering what he’d put the man through, I understood his brother’s hesitation.

And who couldn’t love Sid? Cantankerous. Grouchy. Wants to be with his plants and to be left alone except his illness makes him reliant on others. Then a gorgeous new employee comes along who sees right through him. Sees beyond the illness. Sees what they could be together, if they only gave each other a chance.

This book gave me all the feelz, and I loved it. I loved the sunshine and shadows. I loved the contrast between the men. I loved that they found comfort in each other’s arms. And the ending was damn near perfect.

And, of course, while I’m raving about everything I loved, I have to mention Dan Calley. He did a fantastic job with this one and I’m so glad I listened. Highly recommend.

Garrett Leigh at her best

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Dante has been in prison and is getting released and will be working as a Gardener, Sid his Head gardener, who has MS and needs help, even though he doesn't want it. With Dante helping, Sid's life changes, not just at work, but the love life he never thought he would have. Beautiful story

Dante and Sid

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Garrett Leigh has written another emotional journey for two strong but broken men.
Dante has been released on parole from prison into a work placement on an estate, working in the gardens with Sid. Sid needs a little extra help recently and going forward due to an illness that can be debilitating on his bad days.
Two very different pasts and presents but they are brought together and work in an unexpected way. They seem to balance out each other. Dante is filled with self loathing over his past and how it affected others, especially his brother, and cannot see how anyone can like him let alone anything more. Sid hates his body and how it's failing him but he does try to find the brighter moments in his days which, recently, have been filled by Dante. They're both not the most talkative of people but what they say and do means something to them both and there is just as much worth in the silences as the conversations. It's a slow, smouldering burn as they build a friendship with some added extras, though both are of the opinion that they don't deserve it or are not enough for a partner in the future. Of course, they're more than happy to set the other straight about each other!
This is a strong hurt/comfort, ex con, disability, slow burn romance that is packed with a roller-coaster of emotion with often moments that hurt your heart with how the MC's are affected or feeling about themselves. I enjoyed how the story unfolded and everything went at a pace that was comfortable for both men. There's some good side characters and it was good to have a cameo from Paulo and Luis.
Dan Calley's narration took me a moment to get used to. I like the different voices that he portrays for every character though it was a while before I heard the London in Dante's. The emotional impact carried across well and, overall, he is very good at storytelling.

Hard, emotional journey for Dante and Sid

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I loved this story, as I have loved the others, however, what was really upsetting, was the audio performance. Dan is usually so good, but this time, I'm sorry, Dan, it wasn't your best work. Too many gaps of dead air, conversation missing and other bits recorded over what should have been there. Also the change from saying Chapter and the number to just the number. I normally relish every book Dan reads. And while the content that was there was really good, the mistakes dented that. So that's why I've scored the performance as a 3*.

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