Review: I liked
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
BOOK WAS A KINDLE LOANJL Merrow is an excellent writer, certainly one of the best ones in m/m genre IMO, but I am not always able to connect with her characters - basically as a good friend of mine put so well, I often end up respecting her books but not loving them. I however really enjoyed the first book in this series (Pressure head) and was looking forward to further adventures of Tom and Phil.I loved "Pressure head" overall, but thought that it ended really abruptly, therefore I really appreciated the developments in the building relationship between the guys, more specifically I liked the uncertainty which still lingered in the interactions between them. I think given their history and the fact that they had not been together for that long period of time, it made perfect sense. I really appreciated that the writing was able to convey the subtleties in their interactions I guess. They both love each other, but they at times worry whether the other returns the emotion, whether taking next step in the relationship is too soon  and at the same time they are both restrained in their interaction, as I would imagine British guys acting :).I read the review where reviewer wished for more intimacy in their romance - I absolutely did too, because what we got closer to the end was awesome - and that does not mean more sex, no. But I do wonder whether the lack of real, emotional intimacy in the first half of the book was done on purpose.And there is of course a mystery, which I thought really moved the relationship forward, also moved forward Tom's relationship with some of his family members, and I actually could not guess a villain.I do wonder about villain's motivations - did not quite ring true to me, not in a sense that people do not act that way, but in this story I was not quite convinced I suppose.3.5-4 stars