Review: Engaging and colorful
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2012
I really enjoyed this story. The characters were well-written and nicely nuanced, and the pacing was even. It was a little slice out of the main character's life, at a time when everything changed for him.Mitchell left home in his teens to become a dancer. Events transpired back then that made him believe there was nothing left for him in his home town, and he left his father and lover behind. He returns back much later to sell the estate after his father's death and is confronted by the love he left behind. The biggest impediment to reclaiming that love? Mitchell himself (and we see that in many ways, he's always been the biggest impediment in his life).The story doesn't delve too deep into the characters as it's not a very long story. We get more of a glimpse of Mitchell's personality, and somewhat less of Web's (Mitch's love), but there's enough to paint a menal picture of what these men are like. The story takes place over just a couple of days, with some of Mitch's thoughts giving us flashbacks to the past events that drove Mitch away.It's a nice story and I strongly recommend it. It doesn't soar to lofty heights, but it does have the appropriate angst, drama, and ultimate sweetness to leave you with a warm feeling. I'm definitely checking out more of Mr. Lanyon's works.