I was hoping it would keep me hooked like Shutline, Under the Greenlight or Payback since the themes are similar, but I felt like I was waiting for something that wasn’t happening quick enough. The intensity from the gang plotline was gone and when it shows up it’s in flashbacks or for a couple of panels every couple of chapters.
I really like TJ and I feel like she dropped the ball on his character
He was really hyped up/popular when he was first introduced
However now not so much in comparison to seme's like Dooshik,Jake, Caesar eta
They are still like the top seme's for years now
Maybe because TJ is not the main character but at the time he had the same hype as those seme's when this story first came out.
Like you said the flashbacks make the story fragmented and it becomes boring because no one really cares about the flashbacks we just want the main story to coninue so it's hard to keep engagement to a story like that.
I really like TJ but as the story went on it became less about him so I lost interest. I feel like that happen with a lot of people and also the 3 main characters are not really likable. Joe is likable but boring. Also the side couple has more chemistry than the main couple. Tj and Ian have more chemistry but less screen time so many people lost interest.
Everyone was so hyped for this story when it first came out but........
now it seems like this doesn't have the same type of hype as it use to have
Unlike Painter of the night, jinx, pearl boy, waterside, all those yaoi kept their hype from start to finish. I thought Wet sand was going to be a top yaoi because it so so hyped up at the beginning but now it seems like people don't care as much compared to the other yaoi's.