Review: I had major issues with this *Spoilers*
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
I had a real problem with this story. The big conflict is whether or not Lewis should be getting involved with one of his therapy/organizing clients. The answer is no. Absolutely not. Getting involved with a current therapy client is just wrong. End of story.From the first meeting the 2 MCs felt a connection. So....what was Lewis doing taking Jasper on as a client?! Why not have his sister and business partner work with him and then Lewis could have just asked Jasper out to dinner.Although Lewis continues to keep their relationship professional it quickly develops into something more. Each time Lewis attempts to pull back one of his friends or family are trying to push him into a relationship with Jasper. Saying Lewis is crazy, of course he should sleep with his client. I was baffled. Every character in the story acts like this is a perfectly normal situation. I found it disturbing.About 70% through the story you find out that Lewis is just a licensed counsellor and not a doctor and therefore not subject to the same ethical standards a doctor would be. Well that just changes everything! I mean just a counsellor? Why not go ahead then! Therapists, counselors, sponsors, all these groups of people take their roles in people's lives very seriously. They are aware of the huge impact they can have on someone they are counseling. Whether they are "officially" doctors or not. There are multiple opportunities for Lewis to have handed the case over to his sister and continued to see Jasper socially. I just never understood why this didn't seem like an option. It certainly left me with no respect for any of the characters but Jasper.I've read multiple stories by this author and even pre-ordered this one. The idea in theory was a good one. But I couldn't get past the ethical issues. For me the story still could have been just as interesting with Carroll (Lewis' sister) taking the lead on therapy and Lewis being the boyfriend, there would still have been plenty of conflict. Having Lewis be both just made him seem slimy.I will be returning it.