Review: updated review
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
** Update to review on 1-21-14 from 2 stars to 3 stars. After reading the second book in this series, I think I have a better understanding of what the author is trying to convey with her words **Pete is a paramedic working the mean streets of Chicago. Long and unpredictable shifts coupled with dangerous calls that sometimes leave him battered and bruised leave his boyfriend anxious and jittery. He met the super shy street artist, Ash, through their mutual friend Ellie. What started out as a roommate arrangement quickly grows into more based on an intense mutual attraction. But Ash’s past is shrouded in darkness and mystery that threatens their already volatile relationship.What is perceived as secrets and lies slowly unravels as a darkness in Ash’s past that he’s tried hard to bury. This secret has caused something within Ash to break, mentally, sort of like self preservation. He can’t really remember the memory, only the voice, the same voice that sends him spiraling out of control for no apparent reason. Can Pete piece together the seemingly random clues and help Ash not only face his past, but come to terms with it, before he loses him inside his warped mind forever.I had high hopes for this book and anxiously awaited its release for weeks. The story started out on a high note, and I enjoyed getting to know Pete and Ash at the start. I soon became frustrated with Pete constantly assuming things, but never really talking to Ash, they’d just fall into bed every five minutes as if that were the answer to everything. Don’t get me wrong, these two had some serious steam, but at times it weighed down the story. I thought I could see where the author was going with Ash’s story early on, and in the end I was partially right. It was so aggravating and long winded that by the time what should have been an “oh my god” moment came along, it was more like “it’s about damn time you clued me in”.This is a rare novel that should have been a novella, I could have done with the condensed version or the foot notes. Sorry guys, I tried really hard to like this one, but it just fell flat in the end for me.*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through MM Good Book Reviews *[...]