Review: Intense, angsty
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
Robyn Reads' review on Mrs Condit & Friends review blog: This was a really intense, angsty read. Which is just right for me. Even though the plot is a little far-fetched the chemistry between the two MC’s is off the charts. Lincoln, a race car driver, served 6 months in jail for the ‘vehicular manslaughter’ of Jay’s wife Katie. He was at fault but it was an accident. No drink or drugs involved, just a horrible accident. Jay is bi-sexual but has never been with a man. He knew he was attracted to men but he loved his wife since high school and never thought about cheating on her. Jay is trying to move on with his life yet his family and in-laws are locked in their grief. 12 months after the accident Jay and Lincoln, just out of jail, meet at a local bar, neither knowing who the other is. Their attraction is instant and the resulting scene hot but they soon discover who the other is. Lincoln has been receiving threats regarding the accident since getting out of jail and after some internal struggles on both parts, Jay decides to help Lincoln. Jay can’t bear the thought that someone close to him is involved.Linc can’t get over the guilt and grief of taking another’s life and there is a lot of push and pull in this story. ‘I’ve already destroyed his life enough, he’s better off without me’ type of thing. This kind of internal dialogue comes from both Jay and Linc. Jay was torn between wanting to love again and betraying Katie’s memory. After all what would Jay’s family and in-laws think when they find out he’s having sex with the one man who destroyed all their lives. And gay sex at that! The mystery element to this was quite good and it kept me guessing till the end. I had it figured out then something would happen to make me suspect someone else. I’ve never been very good at these things though. There’s the element of Jay being a ‘virgin’ because he’d never been with man and the resulting sex scenes were really hot. Who doesn’t love a virgin? There was enough sex in this to keep me satisfied but not too much that it drew away from the plot. The build up of the relationship was well done and within a realistic timeframe. I really felt the love these two had for each other and there were some scenes that made my eyes blurry with tears. It was hard to put down.Like I said I love a good angsty read full of emotional drama but there is a limit on how much is good for the story, and this reached it. The ending was quite full on and in my opinion over the top. I would have liked something a bit more subtle, the story had enough drama so I thought that the ending had too many elements that weren’t really needed. There is an epilogue called ‘What you do to me” which is about 20 pages long so I’m off to read that.