Review: 5 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2012
I love reunion stories and Fall Into the Sun is a beautiful example of when an author gets it perfect! Alejo and Bobby (Roberto) are children when they meet. They experience everything together: first times, love and the discovery that they are gay. However, due to their culture and religion, Alejo decides he cannot come out and leaves Bobby when they are eighteen to marry a woman. Bobby, heartbroken, moves away to try and rebuild his life, but still harbors love for Alejo. This book tells the tale of how 22 years later, the two men now both free of romantic entanglements, can reunite. But is their happiness guaranteed with so much past baggage?What I have always loved about Ms. Kovalin's books is her ability to express intense emotions. Her characters feel, love and hurt; yet the angst is not so deep that I feel like jumping off a bridge after reading one of her books. The author is able to straddle that fine line between pain and love, and do it with style! Fall Into the Sun captures those emotions beautifully. I was with Bobby and Alejo every step of the way in their journey back to each other and when they finally get their well-deserved reunion, I was cheering. Include that Bobby and Alejo are Hispanic characters and the diversity debate in m/m romance, then that is an added bonus for this reader along with the great characterizations, plot and romance. After reading Fall Into the Sun, Ms. Kovalin's is on my auto-buy list.So, I highly recommended Fall Into the Sun and am looking forward to the prequel, Reaching for the Moon.Dark Divas Reviews