Review: I love Hugo and Kevin!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
Spark is a wonderful book written about Hugo and Kevin, two men who were each other's first love in High School and went through a lot to get to the place they were but lost touch when they went to college.It's the adult version and there is a young adult adaptation called Private Display of Affection by Winter Sandberg. I read that book first and I'm really glad I did. It came out after Spark did so some people didn't get the chance I did to really get to know Hugo and Kevin as teens before reading about their adult counterparts. It was really good to know in depth what they went through to become the people they are today.That understanding of who they are helped me throughout this book. There are flashbacks in Spark that I read in PDoA and knowing the rest of the story between them made it more clear. There are some sexual scenes from their teens years that more in depth in this book than we got in PDoA which was really nice to know more about that.In Spark, it's not hard to see that as soon as Kevin walks unexpectedly back into Hugo's life the 'spark' they had before is reignited quickly and never blows out. It might seem a little fast for them to end up in bed together just hours after they re-connect but if you'd read the YA book first, you'd see that it's not fast at all, Kevin hasn't been with a man in 17 years and with Hugo, he's almost desperate for him to 'touch him there' again. These two men are made for each other but that doesn't mean they both don't have some obstacles to overcome.Kevin is in the process of a divorce and shares custody of his two kids with his ex-wife, Erin, who is still a good friend to Kevin. Hugo isn't sure how he feels about dating a man with kids but it's Kevin and it's Kevin's kids so he gives it a shot and he's really good with them, which surprises him but not Kevin and Summer (Hugo's best friend) at all.Hugo hasn't had the best of luck with relationships since his relationship with Kevin drifted apart all those years ago because when he went to college he was finally able to be himself all the way and eventually he found out that he really enjoyed performing in Drag shows as Miss Cherrie Pop! and he didn't want his reconnection with Kevin to end when he found out that Hugo did this as so many of his past relationships had.All in all, there isn't too much angst in this book and it's a nice story about two men who really are soul mates finding their way back to each other and re-learning how to be together with the new challenges in their lives. I'm really looking forward to the second  book which is loaded on my Kindle and ready to go.