Review: Intensely emotional, but I can’t say that I liked it much
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating: 6/10PROS:- The role reversal the men go through--first one taking care of his friend, and then the other taking care in return--is touching. Their devotion to each other runs deep.- I was intrigued about the men’s past and impatient to hear the details about how they got to know each other and why nothing ever happened between them when they were younger. Especially since they have very different perceptions of how things happened.- My favorite kind of sex scene is when the characters are already in love when it happens. And if they’ve been pining away for each other for years, all the better.CONS:- I did eventually grow to like the two main characters, but it took longer than usual. For at least the first third of the book, I didn’t care much for either of them.- On a few occasions, the characters’ banter is so intent on being fast and witty that it doesn’t make a lot of sense. There’s too little transitioning going on, usually when Holly’s friends Danner and Julie are involved.- There are several elements in the story that I have come to think of as overdone in this genre. The one that comes to mind most readily is that of the nasty wife.Overall comments: I thought this was a worthwhile read to see the men’s utter devotion to each other--first expressed as friendship, and then as love--but I didn’t really enjoy it. The journey seems to be uphill most of the way, with external forces as well as the men’s own weaknesses constantly battering them from all sides. I set the book down for a period of 3 days in the middle and could remember neither the storyline nor the characters’ situation when I picked it up again.