Review: At last.....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2012
My 4.5 review from GuiltyPleasuresbookreviews.comI'm always such an emotional basket case when I finish one of Tibby's books and that's not a bad thing, it just proves what an absolutely gifted writer she is.  She makes me feel and she makes me think and most of all she reminds me why I love to read.  Full Disclosure is a novella in her Hollywood series.  If you haven't read No Apologies and Acting Out you won't understand what a huge deal this book is.  In this story, we finally get to see a lot of the "real" relationship between Aaron and Greg from the first two books.  I say real because in the first book (No Apologies) we mainly saw the Hollywood film version of their adolescent relationship, in book two (Acting Out) we saw little snippets of their grown up relationship which just had me (and I'm sure other readers) wanting more.  In this book, she delivers that and so much more!This book picks up after the release of the movie No Apologies and after the Academy Awards, Aaron and Greg are settling in to their shared home.  Since Greg finally "came out" at the Academy Awards obviously their lives have changed.  It was good to see that Aaron has helped Greg learn to deal with a lot of his anger and remains supportive in all ways.When Aaron accepts an invitation for Greg to speak at their old high school alma mater, where their relationship started and where they suffered for it, Greg is not happy to say the least.  But, he realizes that this is something they must do together.  Taking them back to Lawson to confront their past is a brilliant move on Tibby's part because so much of who they are today as men was shaped by the years they spent there.  Because I don't want to give too much away so, I'll just say that while there they run into some people who bullied them in the past and things haven't changed.  When Greg is severely injured, this story takes on a whole new life and I can't even begin to explain how gut wrenching and emotional these scenes are.  One thing is for certain after this book, I have no doubt these two will forever be together.In addition to Aaron and Greg, we are treated to a few moments with Jeremy and Kit from Acting Out.  It was interesting to see Jeremy riding high on his new found fame and Kit struggling which just brings to light how fickle fame can be.  I'm looking forward to see more of them in Out Takes.  A student at Lawson, Scott, was introduced and made quite a statement.  I hope to see more of his character as well.Full Disclosure is a perfect addition to Tibby Armstrong's Hollywood series.  It was satisfying to finally get to see the real Aaron and Greg and watch their commitment to each other come full circle.  Most of all she makes the point that tolerance, love and acceptance makes all the difference in the world and that's a lesson everyone needs to learn.