Review: Sweet characters, one of whom has an unusual personality trait
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2012
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating: 8/10PROS:- The characters' initial interactions are very tentative, and it's clear right off the bat that they've had a rocky past. The way that they proceed so cautiously is sweet and sad all at once, but it's obvious that they care deeply for each other.- Because the guys have been friends for such a long time, they have a lot of intuitive knowledge about each other. So we get to see them struggling with the types of things that emerge in new relationships as well as functioning in some ways as though they've been together for years. It's an interesting combination.- I always enjoy reading about characters with unusual personality traits or disabilities. And Emerson has one that I've never encountered before in this genre.- I was worried that the guys would go the entire story before admitting that they're in love with each other. But the admission came much earlier than I expected it to, and I was glad that the story didn't turn into one of those "two ships passing in the night" type of things.CONS:- Flashbacks are woven in with the current occurrences without any outward indication that they're flashbacks. I was about a third of the way into the story before I realized that that was what was happening--that the conversations that seemed so isolated and out of place were past conversations rather than present ones.- I like that the story doesn't just sweep Emerson's emotional/psychological condition under the rug once it's revealed. I felt that it could have been addressed a little more, though: in one chapter he's almost incapable of functioning, and in practically the next he's overcoming the disability in a big way (although he is admittedly still struggling).Overall comments: This is a sweet story, and I loved reading about a character who struggles with an unusual but real disability. The story has a few bedroom scenes--the right amount, I thought, for its length--and they're passionate and sexy and hot.