Review: I really enjoyed it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2012
POSSIBLE SPOILER IN THE REVIEW, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT THINK SOI have to admit that I am getting awfully tired of so many characters in mm romances being badly abused - not because it is not an important subject, but because it is often being treated superficially and inconsistently IMO.I did however enjoy this story. I really liked that not pushing somebody who is a survivor of abuse and who was still dealing with a stalker ex into something he was not ready for, meant exactly that for Connor. I liked that the writer did not decide to say "oh to heck with it, lets make them have some gratuitous sex just for the sake of it" and let the relationship proceed at a pace that made sense, to me anyway.I really liked how Kevin was portrayed, I really liked how clear the writer showed that changes in his personality were the result of horrendous abuse and how hard he fought to reclaim his life back.I loved that there was no idiotic break up just to make sure the characters will endure mandatory separation, the story provided enough tension as it was IMO.Now, it is a romance, so we all know that ex had to be dealt with in order for the main characters to be happy, do not worry, I am not going to tell you how it happened, but here is what I do want to say - I was dreading the resolution, because too often in order to deal with the villain one or two main characters has to do something monumentally stupid in order to expose himself to the confrontation with the villain. I did not feel that what happened in this one was stupid, opinions may differ of course, but at least to me it was consistent and made sense.I also liked how protective Kevin's friends were of him - but as much as I enjoyed them all, this is the part which I unfortunately found the least realistic. Just the fact that so many people cared so much and yes, I wish it would have been more realistic.