Review: Review: Rentboy by Fyn Alexander
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2013
Title: RentboyAuthor: Fyn AlexanderCover Artist: Fiona JaydePublisher: Loose IDReviewer: MonikaGenre: SuspenseType: RomancePairing: GayLength: NovelHeat Rating: ♨♨♨Rating: ★★★★★Review:This book was totally not what I was expecting. I thought it would be a fluff piece even with the Rentboy boy aspect but it's so far from that I'm at a loss about what to say without giving too much away and without the need for spoiler alerts.Edward and Fox are two of the most unlikely characters to fall in love I've ever had the pleasure to read about. Dr. Edward Atherton the almost 30 year old science nerd and Fox Baillie the sweet but deeply troubled 19 year old Goth. How is it possible that they fit so well together? That I still don't know maybe it's just a case of opposites attract but they do fit and it was evident right from their first meeting, for me anyway.This book is not a romantic love story. Though the MC's fall in love, it is actually a story of lies and thievery, abuse by a father/husband who also demands one son to do a despicable thing and a sad story of torture as well as well-deserved comeuppance.  There is some self-destructive behaviour by our tortured boy and a group of very evil men who are looking for something that could possibly devastate groups of people. It was a very hard read, a cry my eyes out, gut-wrenching story, but I loved it.There is so much angst it literally hurt reading it but with the bad came some good. While Edward and Fox's journey to that HEA may have been dangerous and a ride with trust issues, there was much love. It was not just love between the two of them, but between Fox and his twin siblings. This is one place I had a bit of trouble with: the age of the twins bothered me throughout the book. I wish they had been younger, I think it would have worked better if they had been, but that's my opinion. The courage of both Edward and Fox astounded me. Not many could have gone through what they did, survived and come out on the other side as strong like they did.This is a great book if you're looking for angst galore and suspense with a love story that is so sweet it made my heart flutter. I enjoyed this book immensely... with the exception of few minor things, like the age of the twins and not having an explanation of exactly how Fox knows to wait for Edward in that alley when they first meet. We didn't find that out until a little more than half way through the book, which I found frustrating.The story is a really good one. It's not your normal, everyday, fluffy M/M Romance about a Rentboy. This was a well thought out, suspenseful story that grabbed me and didn't let go.I highly recommend it, but be warned: it's probably not what you think it's going to be.