Review: There is just something touching about this one.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2011
There is just something heart achingly sad about a male prostitute sitting alone in his small room, day after day in the brothel, waiting for his gentleman client to call upon his service. More so when this gentleman client is the man Jasper has been in love for years. Jasper's character certainly garnered sympathy. The bright side of it is that Jasper has already earned enough to escape his unsavory life. He is staying because of his gentleman client, Nate, hoping someday Nate will love him. Yet Jasper does realize the impossibility of it in an era where same sex is condemned. He also struggles with his inner conviction that a gentleman like Nate will never love a male prostitute.Nate could be a pretty annoying character in the beginning as he is just consumed by his unrequited love for his straight best friend.The writer has expressed the emotional struggles of both men very well, especially Jasper's. It was easy to feel Jasper's pain. I thought Nate should work harder to gain Jasper's trust as he has been a fool for so long.The sex is sensual but I would have liked the story even more if there is less sex. Thewriter expresses the feelings so well that I wish there is even more verbal exchanges between both men or more inner thoughts. Still I could not stop reading this regency romance until the last page.