Review: Age is only a number
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2013
This was a different type of book for me; One where the man left his family because of who he loved and paid a price for it.Gil is a good man who made some mistakes in his life. The two things he regrets most though are walking away from his children when they needed him. He bears the responsibility of that in a huge way. When Tom Martinez walks back into his life, Gil’s perfect world of self-punishment falls apart. Tom may be Gi’s son’s age (and also his son’s best friend), but Tom knows what he wants and he refuses to let Gil walk away from it.This is a difficult topic to deal with, and the author does a good job. I wish the story had been longer as some of the things were tied up a little too neatly and quickly considering all the years that they’d lingered, but overall I think Mr. Flores wrote a charming story. If you have a problem with age differences between the characters, this might not be your thing. But if you’re like Tom you should know that age is nothing more than a number.