Review: Amys Angst is baack !!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2010
TO AMY LANE FANS :Who think the summer of 2010 Amy lost her ANGST !!!Not........it's Baacck !!!!Talker by Amy Lane has got to be one of the strongest pieces she has done this summer and I have certainly loved all of them...When Brian Cooper and Tate Walker met on a Track Tour Bus the stars all aligned in the sky that day.Brian Cooper, a thrower for their school track team spoke to no one. He was at school, on a scholarship, home schooled by his Aunt, and always had very little to say. He thought he was stupid, being home schooled and had no friends or any contact  with other students until that day. Tate Walker, mohawk hair, studs in his ears, flamboyantly gay, a runner for the team, with a tattoo running from his hairline, down his face and neck sat down next to him and in doing this, changed both their lives.Their friendship grew in the dorms, so when Brian lost his scholarship after ruining his shoulder, .Tate found a dive for them both to share, with 2 bedrooms. Their arrangement worked, Tate talked and Brian listened..To this point Brian dated only girls thru high school and now in college he was with Virginia. Sex to him was satisfying his partner. He slowly realized it was not satisfying to him  He began to see Tate in a different light.Virginia realizes that Brian is in love with Tate. She sees it when they have just made love and Brian leaves their bed to comfort Tate.. She  takes Brian on an inside look at himself about who he is. After a heart to heart talk and a few dramatic examples, Virginia gets Brian to accept the truth about himself. This  was what a best friend would do, not a lover. She realizes unhappily for herself that Brian is gay and she has lost him. These few chapters of Brian "finding" himself with Virginia are fun and a bit frustrating to the reader...Being in my shoes I would have declared  my undying love to Tate...But this is Brian who doesn't speak. He watches Talker getting hurt with one bad experience after another. When Brian finally gets up the courage to say " I am Gay and I love you", Talker is raped and in his pain tells Brian he had hoped from the moment he saw him that Brian was gay...But now at this minute he is so happy he is not because Brian  is the only one he has ever felt safe with.We learned from the beginning that the tattoos that cover Tate are the hiding of scars, that were inflicted by a fire when his mother fell asleep smoking and drunk. These scars are not of his skin alone but run deep to his soul. Talker has no self worth..Brian cannot speak. How will these two find each other???As always, our Amy Lane saves the day with unconditional  love. Along with a  little meddling by Brian's Aunt . She  helps Brian when he explains his needs to prove to Tate he is Gay (after he  comes out to her.) One of the bouncers at the club where Talker works , helps with the finale. You will need tissues...the story brings two lost souls together and the love that they find is as I said at the beginning....written in the stars..I realize, in writing reviews, we reviewers forget to credit Book Covers .I hear how our Authors agonize over the special something that would attract the eye for a reader to pick up .I would be re-miss not to mention the cover for this book. When I saw it, and especially after reading the story, it made this a great choice..Amy mentioned an artist air brushed the tattoos on for her....I hear there are more Stories coming out October, November and December. This reviewer will be looking for them along with your  fans!!!!Review written by Gloria Lakritz aka grammyParanormal Romance Guild- Senior Reviewer