Review: Rather like a classic romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
Much of the plot seems to be loosely based on "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" which was popular roughly 4,287 years ago.And I really identified with the tough time Con is having with his job, and, oh yeah, LIFE SITUATION. Who hasn't been there?And I understand why Con may have fallen for Wes. He sounds hawt. And I can forgive a lot for being hawt. Or intelligent. Or hawt. Whatever.And there's an 11 year age difference. Which is haaaaawt.But you do really need to suspend reality to buy their relationship.During the always necessary 3rd act "Oh noes! Will happiness ever ensue for our two heroes?" scene, I really wanted to punch Wes in the larynx. HARD. What a jerk.However....I was just thinking that it reminds me of those romances where the dude would jerk the girl around for 300 pgs then say I love you and everything would be peaches & sunshine. Ugh. That's one of the many reason I stopped reading het romance.So why the 3 stars? Well, a) it's more like 3.5 and b) It just made me happy. It is typical non-mystery Lanyon, but he writes that stuff for a reason: many, many of his fans enjoy it. And I'm one of them. I'll probably even reread it.EVEN IF LANYON DOES END ALL HIS BOOKS & NOVELLAS JUST WHEN THEY GET GOOD. Jerking jerk from Jerkville.(JK, Joshie, you know I lurve you, baby. Except when you're a JERK.)