I’m not new to reading M/M but pretty new to listening to it. So its taken me a while to accept that. Totally different experience.
So, I’ve never read from this author before, and that meant I was digging into this series without knowing anything. I prefer to do it that way, and I don’t usually read synopsis or reviews either.
What started out as a tale of a young man, scrounging for food and a place to sleep, turned out to be a very touching and emotional story about the reasons why. There was so much hurt, and pain and then acceptance, healing. I found the book resonated with real raw emotion that could well have been an experience of many. That made me very sad. I’ve a lot of gay friends, and bullies suck.
I think my only comment on the writing was the fact that towards the end a lot of the story starts to get almost kind of glossed over. This is the part where it’s a writers job to stop and either leave that to the next book, or just our imaginations. There’s only so much being told things after all you can take. For Ex the first trip they take 3 weeks away, wow that would be awesome for some drama and soul searching. Oh well, it is my only gripe, maybe the author is saving it for another time 🙂
The narration was just great, Joel does a fab job of bringing all the guys to life. From the emotional upset of Matty to the calm and collected Andrew. Don’t get me started on Vic, he’s just delicious! looking forward to more, and now I’ve someone else to follow around the net and wait for more audio books to listen to. Thank you both.
Disclaimer – I was gifted a copy of this book for an honest review and all thoughts are valid and my own.