Review: So much fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
'Bad Company', the first book in K.A. Mitchell's series 'Bad in Baltimore', was, interestingly enough, also the first book I had the pleasure of reading by this author. A friend recommended the author and this series and I was so glad she had when I finished reading Nate and Kellan's story. If you are anything like me (goddess help you), take the warning in the description to heart. I almost choked myself when I snorted water up my nose from laughing so hard.I couldn't help but adore both Kellan and Nate right from the beginning. Kellan is everything I'd love to despise, wealthy playboy with not a care in the world, except something about him really tugged at my gut. It might've been my maternal instinct ‘cause he needs taking care of more than anyone else I've ever seen. Nate, on the other hand, desperately needs to loosen up and laugh a little more. Nate is too serious, although it's a good thing he's as responsible as he is or this partnership would've ended up in the crapper right from the start. Of course, it could've easily ended up there anyway since Nate and Kellan hadn't seen each other in fifteen years and Nate was never going to forgive Kellan for outing him in high school and allowing the popular kids to torment Nate. The fact that Kellan's very powerful father stole an energy drink formula from Nate's father and used it as his own, sending Nate's family down the river, didn't help this situation except giving Nate a motive for revenge."No. Gay is what I am. It's not something you decide to wear for a while and then throw it out when you're done."Oh, the flames practically jumped off the pages after just three days of Kellan living at Nate's, and nothing had happened. Well, not sexually, anyway. This is probably the most interesting book I've read, to date, that involves a straight man finding his inner gay. The internal dialogues Kellan has with himself are intricate and complex in a way I haven't experienced before. The fact that Kellan finds his perfect-for-him job as a music therapist at nursing homes in the area made me ecstatically happy. Why? Because it's so obvious from the beginning that there's so much more to Kellan than wealthy, happy-go-lucky, playboy, and he just needs to re-discover that part of himself. By the way, I'm stating for the record that Kellan's dad is the biggest homophobic, bigoted Neanderthal I've read about in a while. He's one of those people that will crush anyone he thinks is in his way and, frankly, he nauseated me. However, watching Kellan grow up and deal with daddy dearest was refreshing.This book was even better than I had hoped. It was a new look at an old plot, so to speak, and it worked very well. Nate is wonderful as the control freak and Kellan just jumped off the pages in all his glory. Eli as Nate's friend and co-worker was amazing and I'm looking forward to reading his story. This is a great read that I'm adding to my favorites. Thank you, K.A. for bringing these men to light.