Review: Against Reason
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2014
Review written for MMgoodbookreviews.comAgainst reason is a story about a man that is very broken and another that is going through a lot of personal issues, such as finding a job to make ends meet and keeping a roof over his head.I am going to start by talking about characters.  Jake had been left at the altar five years ago and was still reeling from it.  He is very heartbroken, the town talks about him and calls him Mr Havisham( from Great expectations), he has suffered physically and emotionally for the tragedy. Aside from the jilting, he is also a recluse, and has a severe case of OCD.  I liked Jake since i do relate. Some people that aren’t experienced with OCD may not understand some of the references to numbers, and the need to keep  his personal space. There were things I didn’t like about Jake, such as he p bordered on being plain mean and cruel to Darius in my opinion.Darius, I would have liked a little more information such as why he was having such employment issues, why he was fired, since he seemed to be a very hard worker and easy to please.  Marc… I won’t even go there… Nope didn’t like him but I am sure we aren’t supposed to.I actually liked the storyline, but I have a thing about broken main-characters, especially if they can overcome whatever broke them.  I like a lot of angst and there is tons of it in this story.One of my favourite things was the dining room. This was a big shocker and I won’t tell you what was there, but I liked the description, I found it slightly macabre and felt it really emphasized the pain Jake was suffering from.I am not sure a wedding cake  left out would even be standing in five years, but I myself let the reality go  from that and liked the effect it served. After all this is fiction. I also would have liked to know where Jake go his money, had such a huge house and grounds and why he didn’t have to workIf you like a good romance full of angst, dark, sad stories, Broken men and some  relatively hot mansex this is for you!