As an obsessed TV fan, I've been familiar with Michael Ausiello's writing career for years. I avidly followed his "Ausiello Report" spoilers on my favorite shows and followed him when he started TV Line.  I was looking forward to reading his memoir as soon as I heard it was coming out. But I didn't realize how deeply it would move me. 

Michael Ausiello is an extraordinary writer and after reading this memoir I feel like I know him and Kit.  Obviously I knew by the title that this would be a tragic story (duh?!) yet I didn't expect to be so gutted after reading it. I honestly don't know how to review such a deeply personal, heartbreakingly real love story. It was beautiful and intense and well done and I'm a sobbing mess after finishing it. An incredible story of love, laughs, and loss.

The title is there already! But crap.. I still didn't expect things to happen that way. I mean, my heart bleeds for the characters and I was hoping time could change things but...just no.. I love this book but it breaks my heart too,

Many of us have been put into the situation of care giver for someone we love. In the gay community of the 80's many took on this role when their friends or lover had AIDS. Although Michael's partner is not dying of AIDS the horror-commitment-love of being in the role of care giver is wonderfully illustrated. This work touched me deeply.

Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for this electronic version.

Thank you to Net Galley and Atria Books for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Definitely sorry I took so long to get around to reading this book. I've been a fan of Michael Ausiello since his days at TV Guide and his memoir did not disappoint. A love letter to his late husband Kit, this book has it all, humor, drama and lots of love. This was a touching love story and even though you know ahead of time that Kit dies, as the book goes along, you find yourself wishing he would survive. This book is emotional and honest and a must read for anyone who is a fan of Michael Ausiello.

Quite an emotional and vulnerable memoir that tells the story of love, sickness, death and perseverance.

I've been following Ask Ausiello for quite some time. This story is both heartbreaking and inspiring. It's also engaging and incredibly well written.

Heartbreaking story that gripped me from start to finish. It reminded me how fragile life and love is.

Granted, I felt an immediate affinity for the author because I too like extra ice in my Diet Coke and I too, improbably enough, have a Mister Scooch in my life (with "Mister" spelled out because, you know, duh). But although we don't have loads else in common, I felt I had walked countless miles up and down the stairs of a Hell's Kitchen brownstone in the author's shoes after reading this stirring and heartbreaking memoir.  A bit too much name-dropping and graphic sex talk for my taste, but my grief for Kit's death is palpable, and the love story is a thing of beauty.

Impossible to put down, this memoir is sure to resonate with every reader that picks it up. Totally engrossing and equal parts heartfelt and heartbreaking. I loved it.

Firstly, let me note that I've been reading Ausiello recaps for years, I've been to the annual SDCC Aushole Parties before, and I was absolutely unprepared for this book. I would like to point out that because of his reporting, because of the way he does his recaps, that this title was even more poignant for me. The spoiler alert is something required in journalism when it comes to consumed media like tv and film.. And this book broke me.

I find with things like this that it's painful, but painful in a meaningful way. It hurt, but it was also beautiful in it's honesty. Not every relationship is perfect, every one has it's ups and downs, and I loved how this was presented to the reader.

I won't spoil it anymore than Ausiello has spoiled it himself, but I absolutely recommend this to anyone that wants or needs to feel something, to read about love and loss. It's beautiful and tragic.

I used to be a soap opera addict, so I knew Michael Ausiello's name immediately when I saw it. I mistakenly thought it would be more about his career, how he got to be the go-to guy for all things television. It's really about his all too brief relationship with Kit Cowan, his partner of 13 years. A tragic cancer diagnosis inspired a wedding, but Kit did not survive to see their 1st anniversary. Love is messy and painful, and in the end, it's what makes life worth living.

Recommended for anyone who's ever been the caregiver or loved one of someone with a terminal illness.

I’ve been following Michael’s career as a pop culture journalist for many years, but I freely admit to not knowing a great deal about his personal life. When I realized Kit was dying, I began to follow Michael’s posts more closely, and when I saw he was writing this book, I knew I had to read it, no matter how difficult the journey.

This is a hard book to read, especially if you’ve lost a loved one to an illness. I doubt you’ll be putting this book down with a smile on your face, but it is ultimately a fulfilling read. Michael is brutally honest about his journey with Kit, their love, Kit’s illness and ultimate passing, in prose that is both eloquent and wrenching.

It isn’t easy to bare your soul and I commend Michael for doing so. It is also an honor to get to know Kit through Michael’s words. While this is a journey I wish neither of them had had to take, I appreciated reading about their life together. Yes, tears were shed, but for me, they were cathartic ones.

Five tearful but thankful stars. While this won’t likely be a reread, I’m very glad to have read it,

Oh god, how could you not finish this book without weeping! A heartbreaking look into Michael Ausiello's life, and his relationship with his partner, Kit. There is no end to LGBT stories where a boyfriend or girlfriend dies (giving us the trope 'bury your gays), but the fact that this is a autobiographical piece of work almost subverts it.

Heartbreaking but heartwarming at the same time. A love story for the ages!

I really don't know how to review this beautifully heartbreaking read. Within 15 minutes I was so completely in love with Michael and Kit and I knew that this book was going to break me in ways I couldn't begin to imagine. This was EVERYTHING. It was real and honest and funny, and gut-wrenching. In one breath I would be laughing, a full-laugh that would catch me off guard and then in the next breath my chest would be tight and I wouldn't be able to stop the sob from escaping and the tears from falling. It literally made me feel all the feels.

Michael and Kit were two imperfect souls that found perfection together. Their love was inspiring and their story, although not the prettiest at times, was real and genuine, and so damn beautiful. I found myself relating to Michael in many ways and reflecting on my own 13 year relationship. I didn't expect to internalize so much of their story, but I did and I am thankful for it.

I feel so very lucky to have been able to experience Michael and Kit's journey. I can't imagine how much strength and courage it must have taken for Michael to share this with us, but I am soo beyond glad he did. This is a book I will have to go out and buy, just so I can look at it and maybe experience again. Their story will be with me for a very long time.

I would recommend this to anyone (I've already pushed it on a few of my friends). This story was so much more than just love and loss and I hope everyone who reads this falls in as much love with it as I did.

I requested this book primarily because I've always been a fan of Michael Ausiello and his work in the entertainment industry.  I had no idea what to expect, but I didn't not expect to end up a sobbing mess by the time I finished reading.  This is truly one of the most lovely and heartbreaking stories I've ever read.  What an incredible love story!

From the very title to the synopsis provided, anyone expecting anything other than a heart wrenching, tear-jerking story of love and devotion under the most odious of circumstances is sure to be disappointed. I knew of Ausiello through my devotion to his much missed 'Ausiello Files' column in Entertainment Weekly, so was prepared for liberal doses of 'sassy gay' with the sorrow... and the author doesn't disappoint. It would be churlish and more curmudgeonly that even I am prepared to be to point out any minor flaws, since by and large this memoir delivers the goods.

I did not get to finish the last tiny bit. Though I enjoyed what I did read.

I gave it five stars because it effected me deeply. I didn't know Kit Cowan, and I don't know Michael Ausiello. Despite that, Ausiello created such a vivid portrait of their relationship that I feel like I did, and by the time in the book that Cowan was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer (not a spoiler, obviously), I wept with them.