Review: Runaway
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
I received a free copy of this book from the author for an honest review.Wow! Oh wow! I can tell you now I didn't think I would enjoy this book as much as I did, it's pretty damn good! Definitely going on the best book I read this week list. I usually don't read books that have the mains so young because I don't really connect to the characters. Ms. Vaughn put some really tough subject matter in this story and wrote it so well that I couldn't stop reading. If the MCs were females dealing with these issues with men I'm pretty sure it would be a movie or a t.v. series. From the first page I knew I was in deep. This is the first book in a series of three, get them all at once trust me!There are three MCs, Ty, Dani, and Kaeden, and there stories are so different but all the same; they want to feel safe and loved. There are a lot of POV jumps but it's not very confusing who's head your in.Ty comes from a well to do family that from the outside seems "normal". But his father, for lack of a better word, is crazy. His father verbally and physically abuses Ty while his mother and sister look the other way. After a really horrific beating Ty makes up his mind to run away from home to the big city. Of course things aren't easy for him when he gets there because now he's homeless with no job, friends, or support. After a week on the streets his meager belongings have been stolen and he's very close to freezing to death. Then along comes Abe, the gentle giant of a nurse, who takes him in and cares for him. At this point you think Ty just might be ok but his confusion and uncertainty about his sexuality has him running again. From there Ty's life becomes a downward spiral and the entire time I'm muttering to my kindle, 'just say no, just say no'. It's not all bad he meets Dani when his father is chasing him down to bring him back home; and thru Dani he meets Kaeden. Also thru Dani he meets others that fastrack his downward spiral. Like they say the first hit's free the next one'll cost you...Dani comes from a single parent home, never knowing his father, raised by his mother who loves and supports him. At nineteen he decides it's time for him to take his chances in the big city in hopes of getting into the entertainment industry. A little more street smart than Ty, he takes advantage of a free week of lodging with the understanding that if he stays he has to work for lodging. His first day at his temp-housing he meets Kaeden and they become fast friends. Assumptions are made about Dani because of where he's living and he finds himself getting the wrong kind of attention.Kaeden left home because his parents wouldn't accept his very feminine way of dressing and caring himself. He thought working as a high end male escort wouldn't be so bad because he would have a place to stay. He's in an exclusive contract so it's not so bad for him.This story takes you thru their growing friendship with each other and there very separate lives. Ty is homeless, Kaeden is a prostitute, and Dani is a barista and on the surface the only thing they have in common is that they are gay; even though Ty has yet to admit that to himself. But at the end of the day they all want the same thing; to be safe and loved. By the end of Runaway Dani may have found his HEA.This was a really really good book and I don't think my review will do it justice because in the middle of writing this I had to stop because I really wanted to ready the second book Redemption. And oh let me tell ya it was worth it...flag