Review: I am speechless...and not in a good way.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
Now let me start by saying I enjoyed the Renovating Love books Mathew Ortiz wrote.  There was also the Cookies series I enjoyed.  There were two books I didn't like (Costa Living) which were expensive and lacked any heart and soul.  With the Love and Salvage series he had come back to good writing.  There are certainly some editing issues, again, but I was going to just mention those and go on to tell you what a good book this was.I was going to say Elijah is a redneck man who has met and fallen for a Latino man, who loves him back.  There relationship is rocky in bits but basically this is the story of a large loving family (who have a few branches you want to prune from the family tree) that run a picking and salvage business.  Some of the members are gay. I was going to say that although the editing issues persist (for instance passing the bowl is correct but passing the bowel is disgusting; it is okay to undress someone with your eyes but a bit weird when the author actually says undressing them with their arms).  There are a few places where English seems to be the second language and a guess has been made eg using conscious instead of conscience.  What I would have said also is that there is a lot of humour in this book that made me laugh out loud - which is good.But what I might have said and the rating I may have given has flown out the window.  This series is linked to the Renovating love series - there is a common character, so I know that these are stories about gay men struggling to find love in this big world.  Love and Salvage is a series about redneck gay men finding love and overcoming obstacles with the support of their big family, well mostly.  So what in the hecky hell is up with the Epilogue suddenly introducing supernatural beings and mind muddling and green lights and whatever the HELL the things are?  Hale is a what-now?  Were the authors maybe...well I don't even know.  I noted one review said something about a 'nice' surprise, but this is just weird and does not fit the series or the genre.At one point Oscar and Eli (the main characters) were in a house and Oscar 'sees' something and runs out to the car but given the type of book it is you think, huh maybe it WAS haunted.  But nope, it was one of these weird supernatural things.It is so hard  to give a rating.  If it is the book about Eli and Oscar and them finding a relationship that develops into love it would be a 4 star effort, even with editing issues.  However, with this 'out of left field' supernatural wizardy stuff I would give it a one or two star because what in the hecky hell is up with that?  I suggest you read up to the Epilogue, call it finished and move on.  If the next book has magic and wizardy stuff in it then I won't buy it because when I want that I will actually get it because I intend to buy it!  I am really confused with this ending - it makes no sense!!!!!