Review: Missed opportunity.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2012
I love Conner's character and it is great to have this couple's story. John is striken with cancer and it should be emotionally painful for this couple who have been together for 37 years. The writer did a fine job telling us of Conner's pain in the beginning. But nothing more on how Conner fights for his man. Nothing whatever on John's reaction. The rest of the story is a flashback on how they met and fell in love/lust. Nothing fresh about this part of the plot at all even as I love to read about Conner's openness as a gay man during those time. And I really dislike all those sexual references which cheapen their romance. Can't this two have a decent and meaningful conversation/exchange without any sexual references? Man..Then quite suddenly the ending of the story where everything seems fine. A must because this is a MM romance ? I have to say there is a missed opportunity in this story where the writer could have written a deeply emotional story focusing on the couple's pain while they fight John's cancer with an uplifting message, if the writer wants to end on a encouraging note. Maybe the writer does not like to develop her plot around an aged gay couple. If this is the case then it is just so dishearteningly. I already have a taste of this writer's style in the first two books in the series and dislike all those sexual references. Fine if they have the sex scenes but those sexual references in-between the sex scenes really cheapen the characters and their developing relationship. Frankly I would not have read this if not for Conner's character.