Review: How Do I Love Thee Rain & Toby
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
I received an ARC from the author for an honest review.While I have loved each of Susan Mac Nicols m/m romances & been sucked into them to the point where I have made vicious threats to the bad guys out loud and scared my husband...This is my favorite book of hers.How do I love thee Rain & Toby, let me count the ways.....No, there really isn't enough space for that so let's go with the highlights.I found Toby & Rain to be so wonderfully real, Toby's childhood happens all to often. So does what happened to Rain when he spiraled out of control after being abandoned by his lover. I found the way each character was shaped by those events felt true to me.These men are not perfect & know this. They make mistakes & struggle to fix them. But they learn to be there for the other too. I absolutely adored the way they struggled to reach through their individual issues to hang on to a love that snuck up on them.The sex was hot of course and the dancing part added a bit of spice. I enjoyed Rains enthusiasm for performing for Toby....The big dance at the end was described in vividly hot detail & was just amazing. *fans self at the memory*There are secondary characters that are very engaging & do more than just be a sounding board for the main characters. I liked them just as much as Rain & Toby. I wanted Lucas, Tammy & Simon to get happy endings too.Now I have to mention another thing I loved about this book was the humor because there is a lot of it popping up to lighten the story....The next time my kids are watching Shaun the Sheep I will probably be laughing & it won't have a thing to do with the show.And yes, there was a bad guy I was making vicious out loud torturous plans for but my husband was working so his delicate ears weren't harmed this time