Packs an emotional punch that will leave you with all the feels!

This is the third book in the All Saints series and if you've read the others you've met Will before. He was the shy assistant of Jonas' new boss (book 1). Actually there's some time period overlap and we see the charity fundraiser from book two in this but from Will's pov. Will has a horrible background and suffers from anxiety due to his traumatic childhood. As a result he rarely leaves his home and he relies on the internet for his socialization. He meets Taz in a chat room and the two men become online friends. As the story progresses they decide to meet in person and a relationship then develops.

I say this is every review I write of this author's work. I know going in to them they will be a bit over the top and filled with drama and angst. Sometimes I like that and I know exactly what I'm getting when I start one. And that's not a criticism.....I've read almost everything this author's written. This one though was too over the top for me. The two MC's were interesting and likable but their backgrounds were too much for me...too much drama....and the big plot twist towards the end was just too much. It was so completely unbelievable that it annoyed me a bit.

I was kind of bummed with this. I enjoy this series and I liked seeing the characters from the first two books again (as well as some characters from this author's Restoration series) but overall this was just too much for me. By far my least favorite in this series. While this book is the third in this series it could be read as a standalone.

**ARC provided through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.**

These series are twisting and turning around on themselves. I actually love it. Will's story is traumatic, yes, but I appreciated that I could see how much he was trying to get better, and beat his demons. There were steps backwards, and forwards, each one helping him find his best self.

Taz is a better person with Will in his life. They suit each other. Once they start talking, and finding what sort of physical boundaries they need to set (what others they can break through), the story builds into a heart-warming romance.

Then there's the twisty element. I did see it coming, I must admit, but that didn't lessen the impact. The last section builds in intensity, and even though the plot threads may become a little too melodramatic, the boys' ways of coping, adapting, and accepting is really lovely.

I am being deliberating vague because it's best not to be spoiled.

Copy provided by Netgalley, read with thanks. Released February 13.

FINALLY!!! Thank you, A.M. Arthur, for finally giving us Will's story! This book was everything I hoped for and I was so glad to see Will get his happily ever after, while still addressing his issues in a realistic manner. 5/5 stars.

Thanks to the acknowledgements in the back of the book I remembered reading about Will Madden when he had just started his therapy with Dr. James Taggert in Getting It Right. In book world time that was three years ago. Will is still seeing Dr. Taggert because sadly Will is still a wreck. The years and type of abuse that he suffered isn’t something that one can easily heal. Will is working hard for his health. His anxiety has him living at a halfway house now that he has aged out of foster care. The PTSD makes holding a job difficult. Will struggles. The one happy that Will has is the friend he has meet in a chat room. He knows that he needs real in the flesh friends but there is just something about Taz that has him looking forward to their internet chat times.
Thomas Zachary knows all about social anxieties and PTSD. For the past two years Taz has hidden himself from the outside world. He has managed to find a job that allows him to work from home. His father does all the shopping and errand running for him. In all honesty Taz is so close to becoming a full-fledged agoraphobic. His own problems have prevented him from making any new friends since he relocated to Wilmington. He enjoys his daily online chats with Will. Taz is content with the life he is sort of living. All that changes when Will suggests they meet, in person.
This is such a sweet love story. Taz and Will truly help each other in their healing process. They take baby steps in attempting to do normal dating things while battling the anxieties from their PTSD. They encourage the other to do more activities outside of their normal while offering any support the other could possibly need. They really did make a perfect yet unlikely match.
I was overly pleased with having some page time with several of A.M.’s past happily ever afters. It’s always great to see how the couple is doing in the future. Brendan and Romy from Stand By You have a nice size chunk of page time with Taz and Will. In fact all of the couples from the Belonging series make some cameo appearances.
As I Am EASILY works as a stand-alone book. I have not read any of the other books in the All Saints series. The couples from the previous books did not even have a large enough appearance to make me curious about them. I’m sure at some point I’ll go back and read them as I do love A.M. Arthur’s books.

5* An amazing tale that'll break you heart and then fix it and leave it feeling all warm and fuzzy.

This tale can be read as a standalone, but it's vaguely connected to AMA's The Restoration Series, and characters from the latter make brief-ish appearances, so maybe it's best to read them in order. It's book 3 in the All Saints series, again, with previous characters popping up - loved seeing the guys from books 1 and 2 living their HEAs.

This is perhaps the saddest yet of the series, with two very young leads, one of whom's still a teen as the tale starts, but it's told with AMA's warmth and empathy and it ends beautifully. I loved how AMA made both guys so vulnerable and yet determined to try to be brave for each other. She doesn't shy away from their pasts, their traumas, their facing up to the harsh realities of life, and she also doesn't shy away from the reality that is counselling and how it can work, how you can take 2 steps forward before taking one back, and how you have to be committed to it and to wanting to make changes.

These guys have gone through more in their short lives than most of us can even contemplate, so to see them throw themselves into their relationship, to try to build something, was heartwarming. I liked that the tale was realistic, with real baddies who got their just desserts, and with one baddie who had his heart in the right place, but who still needed to pay the price for his past sins. I loved Will's birthday wish and had no trouble at all seeing it and believing that it could and would happen.

ARC courtesy of Carina Press for my reading pleasure.

This is Taz & Will’s story. These two are so broken, Will due to physical & sexual abuse when he was younger and Taz who was attacked due to being with another man and physically scarred. Will is living in a group home as he basically can’t live on his own and is unable to work. Taz is basically a hermit living in an apartment that his dad, who he has only known for a couple of years, found for him. Both are suffering from severe forms of different types of PTSD. This story is a journey of getting to know each other and slowly bringing themselves out of their shells and living the lives they both deserve to live. There is a secret that neither of the boys know about that could have destroyed the fragile relationship but in the end, it does make them both stronger. I loved that we got to see all of the guys from the previous stories and everyone grow to be friends. I look forward for additional for additional stories in this series.