Review: A New Chance at Romance For a Man With Disabilities and A Man Who Has Never Been In a Relationship
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2013
I picked up this book when it was offered free because I am always interested in stories with heroes or heroines who struggle with a disability.In this case it is a young man, Jason, who has been rejected twice over. First because he is gay by his parents and then by his boyfriend because of his stuttering. It is a tough thing to get over and ends up turning Jason into an insecure recluse with just his faithful younger sister for a friend.All that changes when the hot neighbor, Brandon, moves in and wants to put the moves on Jason. Jason is not at his best on their first meeting and then he feels so inadequate around the suave and confident Brandon. Brandon makes his interest clear, but Jason is skittish about dating a neighbor and having it end badly.For Brandon's part, he has been content for years with the 'no-strings attached just scratch the itch' type of hook-ups and he is sent for a loop when he reacts so differently to his cute little neighbor with the golden hair. He knows Jason is attracted to him, but Jason shocks him when he insists on keeping it all to a 'lets just be friends' thing.After the way he reacts when he joins Jason at a club, Brandon knows he's in trouble. Jason realizes the same thing when he overreacts to something Brandon says. But it is when Brandon discloses his unique occupation that the real barrier shows itself.This is a shorter piece that seems to be written more along the serial-style format because it abruptly finishes with the 'to be continued' ending. I really enjoyed the storyline and the characters of these two guys. Jason cracked me up because he's a bit melodramatic and I found it even more fun when the 'too handsome for my own good' Brandon found himself being the one to chase and not the other way around. In the end, I was impressed with the desire to see this couple have their chance and am crossing my fingers for them that they get it.That being said, I was disappointed in the quality of the editing which took me out of the story more than once. I'm not one who wigs out over the occasional misspelling, missed word, or poorly used grammar, but this one was loaded with all three mistakes plus there were several confusing sentences that I just couldn't fathom out even with re-reading and reading them in the context of the paragraph. I mention this because I know proper editing is vastly important to some readers more than others.All in all, I enjoyed this first installment of Jason and Brandon's story and look forward to what happens next.