Review: The dogs steal the limelight and add a smile to a gritty, uncomfortable journey of togetherness.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2014
Jesse is in the service and does deep infiltration work and kills if he has too. Between assignments he goes home to his lover Dan, they don't live together and every time Jesse has another assignment he breaks up with Dan. They have been together seven years and Jesse, because of his line of work can't claim he was faithful. Jesse is supposed to be through with the job, to be free of the absences that can be very long - but he is leaving again and this time Dan is not going to be there for him. Jesse returns after a year and a bad mission, exhausted and lost to find Dan has someone else, Dan can't decide if he should stay with who he has, who wants to move him in and marry him after six months together, or Jesse. But can he trust Jesse will stick around?I don't like the type of story where there is infidelity in deed or even in thought, I am a bit of a purist and love the sanctity of relationships. So I find parts of this story teeth grittingly frustrating. In fact my favourite character in the book is Norman, the dog. And that is closely followed by Hazel and Bob, also dogs. We meet other couples from previous books and there are starting to be quite a number to keep track of. However, if you can't decide to commit to who you are sleeping with or go back to an ex who has flaws and has, through his line of work, cheated on you, then shouldn't you at least stop sleeping with the new man until you are sure? If your new man wants to live with you and marry you but you would rather go home to your religious parents who don't accept you (gay or vegetarian) then isn't it time to stop and think?Really wanted to love this book but parts of this were like licking ice cream with dog hair in it...not conducive to enjoyment. It is worth a read for the dogs, they are cute in their antics...and I am a cat person!