Review: Another Home Run
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
I kept meaning to purchase this book but unfortunately kept putting it off. However, thanks to Deirdre a fellow reviewer whom i've come to rely on when it comes to finding new and GOOD m/m novels, convinced me with her review to stop procrastinating and buy the damn book because I trust her ratings.I love this series and i don't want it to end.This kind of takes on the whole long distance relationship theme. Jesse and Dan have been together for years. Which is surprising to some because Jesse lives a private and secret life, because of his super secret and private career. It takes a toll on his relationship with Dan because Jesse is always leaving and Dan is tired of waiting.Dan wants to settle down. He wants to share a life with the man he loves not be a shadow in it. Jesse loves Dan but finds he cannot commit to him . He loves his job. He often places his job above that of Dan and his relationship with him. It's frustrating and down right sad. You don't really side with one character over the other. Not really. I mean , i did side with Dan for the majority of the book but some of his actions i had issues with. Sometimes i found myself being sympathetic to Jesse and I understood a bit of what he was thinking. So i would lean towards his side sometimes.Sue Brown kind of makes the readers teeter from one side to the other. You're never really quite sure as to whom is right and who is wrong. But sometimes it's not about right and wrong. It sometimes about something else entirely. For example: What do these characters really want from one another? That gets asked or hinted at quite bit in the story. Jesse and Dan go through a lot and we (the readers) are right along for that ride. It's a bumpy one , so you've been forewarned .It takes both men moving on and growing up to realizing that sometimes you have to fight for what you want and if it's worth having and keeping you have to fight hard for it. You don't just give up. You dig your feet in , plant your stance, and prepare yourself for the obstacles that will surely lie among your path. Jesse and Dan have to figure if the love they had/have is worth fighting for and if it is , how far are they willing to go for it?As always I enjoyed Sue Brown's writing. She never lets me down in her stories. This might be my favorite one of the series. Might being the key word because they are all so very very good. It's hard to rate them better than each other. I don't know why i'm bothering to attempt it . Anyway, buy the book, read  the book, and enjoy it.