Review: Great start to a series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2012
I must first admit that I am a huge Missy Welsh fan!That said, I have not been disappointed by anything of hers I have read, but some definitely stay with me longer than others.My favorite book of hers was the first one I read, My Summer of Wes, but this one rated right up there with it and the reason is the same, the characters!Truman is deeply in the closet due to a very traumatic experience with a former lover that left him alone and homeless. He now lives in a frat house and goes to school on an athletic and academic scholarship (an athletic nerd, there`s a fantasy for you!). In that closet with him is a desire to wear women`s clothing sometimes, it makes him feel good. Sadly, he uses it to go out of town on some weekends to pick someone up to get laid, and that is about all he does, because it is never satisfying for him.There is a gay frat house and one of it`s members is Stasi, an out and proud greek who thinks Truman is beautiful and he`d love for him to be gay, bi or even bi-curious.Truman`s fear of discovery makes him afraid of the number of times he seems to be "running into" Stasi as much as the atraction he has to him, so he heads out for one of his weekends, and Stasi follows him, which leads to quite the discovery on Stasi`s part, but rather than it bother or repulse him, he likes Truman`s other side - a lot!Needless to say, they decide to try dating, keeping it quiet, but as with all secrets, they do have a tendency to come out at the most inopportune time, however, quite a few secrets come out in a domino effect - from Truman`s frat brothers, not just Truman! The best part is the reaction, while there is one who is very negative, the support for Truman is almost overwhelming to him since it so opposite to what he has experienced up to now. And so many possibilities of additional stories or storylines too....Is it possible Truman could be true to himself, all parts of himself, well, all I`ll tell you is this was a great introduction to the characters and I so want to read more! I can hardly wait to see how this series goes! The scenes with Truman and Stasi are hot and tender, which just seemed to pull you in to the story even more.It`s hard to feel anything other than a desire to climb into the book and hug Truman, I wanted to give him a home and adopt him!!! And Stasi, such a big heart, protective of his love as well as his friends (and I could not help but wonder if a certain couple of T and J who have a blog were at all inspiration - and why wouldn`t they be, they are an amazingly wonderful couple I adore as well!).I could go on for days, but quite simply, I highly recommend this book!