Lau ♡'s Reviews > To the Moon and Back

“Sorry, I was a million miles away.”
Thinking about kissing you.

Taking care of his six-week-old son while working to pay the mortgage without any kind of sleep is threatening to destroy Gideon. After a lot of convincing, he agrees to hire Toby to take care of baby Benson. That brings a new problem: he can’t stop thinking about how beautiful Toby is, how much he loves Benson and how perfectly he would fit in their little family.


To The Moon and Back is a rather simple story; you know exactly how everything would end since the beginning. But that’s part of the charm. You can lose yourself in the quiet peace of them going through their daily lives while slowly falling in love; enjoy every single scene of them cuddling together, smiling at each other.


When the book started, Gideon was still recovering from his boyfriend of six years breaking up with him. It took him months to even acknowledge to himself that he was into Toby because he had resigned to stay single forever. He only cared about making Benson happy, but life had other plans for him.


The problem I sometimes have with NRW’s stories is how alike the two MCs are, but that didn’t happen here. Gideon was shy and reserved while Toby would get nervous easily and start babbling. I loved seen Gideon blushed under Toby’s teasing and how he was unable to stop himself from telling Toby exactly what he was feeling. And don’t get me started with all the nicknames Toby came up with for Benson. They drove Gideon crazy in love.


“When did this little sausage get two teeth?”


I appreciated how NRW handled the pace, how the characters started to enjoy the other’s company and how the feelings came before the smut. There was no need to imagine how their lives would be when the book was over, you were witnessing it. It warmed my heart and made me stupidly happy.


The only two critiques I would have is how convenient was both the parallel pace when it came to catching feelings and what happened in epilogue 2.


Overall, I loved reading To The Moon and Back. It was so easy to get into the story and let Gideon, Toby and Benson warm your heart with their wholesome romance. I’d truly recommend it if you are looking for a simple story that will give you all the feelings. I know I will be rereading it soon 🥰