Review: Cute story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2013
This review can be found at The Blog of Sid Love.Danny and Malachi have been best friends ever since they can remember. From growing up to coming out, they’ve always been each other’s rock. But best friends is all they’ve ever been even though their feelings have gotten more intense, they’re afraid to lose one another if they confess their true desires. When Danny starts to spiral out of control with booze and twinks, Malachi’s had enough. He might not want to lose Danny over confessing his love but he won’t lose Danny to alcohol either. So when Malachi pushes Danny too hard will he be able to embrace what Danny has to tell him or will he screw everything up before he even has a chance to fully love Danny?This story kind of made me sad. Danny is trying to cope with his growing feelings for Malachi through mistakes while Malachi is standing on the sidelines watching it all happen. I found Malachi to be a quiet presence. He didn’t really have much to say but he’s supportive of Danny and takes care of him. He’s also very stubborn and he doesn’t have issues stating his opinions. His love for Danny is very obvious even if Danny can’t see it himself. Danny is kind of pitiful. He doesn’t want Malachi to know his feelings so he drinks himself drunk every night and takes men home even when they aren’t satisfying. I found both men needed a good smacking and I’m glad that Eli, Malachi’s best friend, finally did it (more or less) but I won’t deny that I still enjoyed their struggles to confessing their feelings.I actually really liked this book but because of its length, there’s not a lot of depth to the story. You briefly get background on both Malachi and Danny but by the end, I still felt like I didn’t know either character. Their love is more told than shown so I didn’t feel this connection they had. One of my biggest problems, though, was that I wanted to smack Malachi upside the head. He pushed and pushed and pushed Danny to pull his head out of his ass and tell Malachi why he was so depressed but when Danny finally does, Malachi’s actions made it seem like what Danny tells him almost disgusts him, which I found really sad because poor Danny thought he was losing his best friend! I just found Malachi’s actions contradictory to how Malachi acts in the rest of the book.In the end, I liked the story because it is a quick, cute read and I have a weakness for best friends yearning for each other. I would have really liked to have this expanded and fleshed out more because I think with a little more meat and character depth, it could be a really good story.