Review: LOVED the setting and Kevin and Anders difficult situation
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
I enjoyed this book so much that I have spent the last couple of days doing three things:1) watching videos of people sharing their Appalachian Trail hiking experience on youtube2) looking for hiking trails near me3) researching sourdough starter recipes so I can start making some yummy bread!A book like this is the reason I LOVE reading.  I want to read books that transport me somewhere else and inspire me.  And while hiking and making sourdough bread are not the two main topics of this book,  they are an essential part of it and they are covered so well that I was left curious about them.But this is a MM romance and while I loved the hiking details and the sourdough bread bits in this book, the romance did not bowl me over quite as much.  Don't get me wrong I did like Kevin and Anders.  And even though it is true that Kevin's situation may seem disheartening and discouraging to other readers, it did not discourage me.  In fact I liked that this book leaves you with a "modified" happily ever after that suits Kevin and Anders' situation.So without carrying on for two long, the only thing I didn't like about this book was the over the top jealous ex trope.  For me this book was OK through about 75% of it.  Then after that Anders family crosses a line and then Anders Ex just pushes everything to over the top.  But I am willing to ignore the unnecessary bit of melodrama because I obviously LOVED the setting AND I appreciated Kevin's difficult personal situation.