Review: Beautiful!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
**Jen's Review**When the opportunity came my way to read this story I immediately agreed to take this on for review. Other than the synopsis I didn’t really have much to go on except that it sounded like a really good love story. So, I jumped onto goodreads to see if I could find out more. Was it a series? Was it a standalone? I didn’t know. This is the first time I even heard about this author, and let’s be honest here, I’m slightly addicted to m/m right now so yeah I was all for reading it.  When Sean Loves Rusty is a collection of the first five novellas in the Bayou Boys series. I have to say I was really pleasantly surprised how quickly I took to this story.Sean and Rusty’s story begins after college however their relationship has been ongoing since they were kids. Childhood best friends, lovers since high school, they are completely committed to each other.  I really loved how the author showed each of the men's strengths and weaknesses, their fears, their desires,  their devotion  and vulnerability to each other. Life isn’t always easy for them and sometimes bad things happen but no matter what they’ve been through in their past, no matter how many changes life brings them their love for each other never falters.  Their story is a story of love, selflessness, acceptance, forgiveness and growth.There are some harsh realities for these two men. Not everyone is as accepting to who they are or their relationship.  Rusty is a lot more freer when it comes to how open he is about being gay whereas Sean is more subdued. He isn’t as comfortable being open in the world and honestly it has everything to do with the way they were raised. Where Rusty’s family is 100% supportive of his lifestyle and openly celebrate their son’s choices, Sean didn’t get so lucky.I don’t want to go into too many details about their journey. It really is something you need to read for yourselves.  This isn’t a typical story we are used to where there is a beginning, middle and end.  It starts more in middle if you will, you get all their back story, you see the progression in their lives and their relationship. I didn’t feel like I was missing anything by which the way the story was told.  I could feel their love, their hardships, their devotion and their growth.  I believed in their journey.This story might not be for everyone, I think how you ultimately connect to these characters will determine whether you like it or not.  I really enjoyed it and I really can’t wait to see what is next in this series. Really looking forward to reading more from this author in the future.**Received a complimentary copy from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review**