Review: 4 & 1/2 STARS for great contemporary M/M Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2013
A Hearts On Fire ReviewFOUR & A HALF STARS--This was such a delightful, comforting, funny, angsty, sad, yummy, quirky, sexy and simple read. Alex Kidwell's "After the End" is a tale of finding love after losing the love of your life. It's a story that hope can still reign supreme. I enjoyed all of the characters and the ease of this story. I even loved Winston Churchill the cat.Quinn O'Malley lost the love of his life two years ago to cancer and has been living a kind of half life. And after being set up by his best friend on a blind date, you kind of wonder what life would have in store the grieving man.Well, life decided to gift him Mr. Brady Banner. Tall and blonde with the right words to say on the tip of his tongue (how I like 'em). These two couldn't be more different at first glance, Quinn's so reserved while Brady is not. You'd have thought disaster was imminent. But thankfully it wasn't. These two got along together like pie filling and pie crust. (read the story to get the meaning)I enjoyed this story so much. I loved the patience of Brady and his understanding and guidance on helping Quinn grieve. Quinn was not annoying and though he missed his deceased partner, it did not saturate the entire story or detract from these two falling for one another. Their road to love was a bit bumpy but worth it.My one little teeny, tiny, issue was the start of Quinn and Brady's love affair. At their first date, I felt like I was in Quinn's shoes and Brady was a little too close for comfort. He already started touching and kissing him and this was Quinn's first gallop back into the dating world. But after delving into the men's background and seeing how they were, it was almost forgotten. But it still niggled in the back of my mind. And they kind of fell into love kind of quick but if I had a hot boy like Brady, maybe I wouldn't mind so much.So all in all a lovely read and happy ending that left me with a huge smile on my face.Don't you just love stories like that? I do.Hope you will as well. ;)