Review: Almost As Good As Her Others
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2013
I have so enjoyed this author's writing, that I pre-ordered this one and was excited at seeing it simply show up in my Kindle list.However, I can honestly say that it's just not as good as the others - at least, it wasn't for me.Most M/M Romances follow a certain script, usually one man more in love with the other, at first, some kind of illness or injury or attack that makes one realize how important the other one is to them, avoiding the "love" word until the final pages of the book - let's be honest, it's a tried-and-true formula.This book was another go at the formula with some notable exceptions. The lovers were 37 and 40, rather than 21 and 25. They were hardly idealized - one has acne pits on his face, and the other doesn't like to take his clothes off when he has sex. The illness was that of one lover's mother, not of the lovers themselves, and it was, trust me, seemingly interminable. The crisis is (as it often is), one lover pushing away the other one because he didn't want to hurt him/lose him/commit, etc. The sex is mercifully brief.However the story drags badly. The bulk of the book revolves around the extremely depressing details of the mother's illness and dementia and I promise you, you'll wish she'd passed away quietly in her sleep before you get to the last pages. The ending is too facile, the HEA forced, sudden and not particularly moving.And, by the way, the one lover's "older and wiser" sister is not wiser, just stunningly annoying.So, although I do recommend this author highly, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this book.