Review: Emotional and heart wrenching...must read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
What can I say? WOW! This book is definitely an emotional roller coaster!I read this in one sitting. I had to get my head screwed back on straight to be able to formulate my words so I could leave this review. I just  wanted  to curl up and sleep last night after I finished. I cried off and on since I started reading the book. I cried so much yesterday that my eyes were raw. I don't mean a little tear here or there, no...I'm talking nasty, ugly, snotty, sobbing, can't-catch-your-breath cries! You are amazing AJ!!!I am going to need aftercare now! Thank you for my trifecta weekend! The only book I have left to read is The Yearning. Doing that now.This is a MUST-READ!!!Duff auditions for a job at Queers Piano Bar. Moonshine is exuberant and lives him from the start. Brad is stoic. He never showed any emotions during the interview or while he listened to Duff play the piano. The next appointment came in and Brad stepped away from Duff leaving him thinking he didn't get the position. Brad told the other person that the job had been filled.The boys take Duff out to Queers to celebrate his new job. Moonshine approaches Duff about trying to get Brad interested in going with him. All Moonshine asked in return was information on Jeenica. Garrett meets Landon at the bar. Jackson, one of the boys, wants Garrett.Brad hasn't felt alive in three years since his partner was killed. Until he met Duff. Duff reminds Brad of Scott.Duff pulled Brad out on the dance floor and Brad laid into him in front of the other staff members mortifying Duff. The description of the scene was great! I could hear Brad's voice bouncing off the walls as I read this part. It seemed so real.Duff rushes off to hide so he can get himself together to leave and never go back. Moonshine is so pissed at Brad and gets in his face.My heart just dropped. I was sitting and crying so hard for Duff.Garrett goes on his date with Landon. Landon wines and dines him and Garrett is floating on cloud nine. Jackson can't stand it because he has feelings for Garrett.Crying again.Brad just asked Duff out on a date. Duff turned him down because he is just trying to be the employee and not date the boss after he was embarrassed by Brad. Brad put his heart into the reason why he wanted Duff to go to dinner with him and Duff reconsidered and accepted.Wow! Their first kiss made my heart flutter.Garrett is being swept away by Landon with all of the expensive trips and dinners. He just can't see that Landon is manipulating him I to always doing things Landon's way. Landon makes Jackson and the boy's nervous.The passion that is building up between Brad and Duff is so beautiful.Argh! Landon is a cad! I just can't stand him!Crying again.Brad takes Duff away for a romantic weekend. Duff wrote a song and sang it to Brad. The song and Duff's voice mesmerizes Brad.While in New York, Garrett questions Landon about his mom and things got out of control and Landon slung Garrett across the room. Garrett got knocked out and Landon left him there. Landon was gone for a couple of hours and as he returned Garrett finally started waking up from being knocked out. Garrett can't remember what happened and Landon tells him he fell and hit his head. Garrett feels like he should apologize to Landon but doesn't know why.Jackson is doing his best to get Garrett to see that he loves him.Landon's music company is offering Duff a music deal but wants him to go back in the closet. They want him way back in the closet. They have a few age groups that they want to target his music to. He is allowed to go home to Brad each night as long as they don't do anything outside of the house.Crying again. My heart is breaking for Garrett. Landon is a jerk!Now that Landon has hit Garrett several times Garrett is slipping into that battered syndrome mentality. He can't see that Landon is the one in the wrong. He is losing his friends because of Landon.Duff landed a three month contract to tour. He wants Brad to travel with him but Brad turns him down because he feels like he just can't leave his business at that time.I was crying so hard.The police finally catches Scott's killer. Brad and Duff return home for Brad to identify him. Brad picked him out and then totally loses it. Scott was Brad's life before he was killed by a homophobic idiot. Grief can make you say crazy mixed up stuff to your loved ones and that is exactly what Brad did. He lashed out at Moonshine and Duff.My tears wouldn't stop flowing at this point.Garrett has a nude photo shoot with Jackson. Landon comes in and demands Garrett get rid of the photos and give Jackson his money back. He demands Garrett go home with him. As Landon is beating Garrett, Garrett still can't see that Landon is at fault.I love Jennica! She is a little spitfire! Marissa is trying to get back into Moonshine's life and Jennica won't allow it.Duff's first single climbs to number one quickly. Duff gets to play at the Grammy's but Landon puts his foot down about him taking a girl instead of Brad. So Brad takes Garrett, who dresses as a woman, behind Landon's back. As Garrett and Brad left early so Garrett could get home and cleaned up, a commotion was happening out front of the theatre. Someone videoed it and released it and Landon comes home pissed. He beats and stomps Garrett so bad. He throws him down the stairs and just left him there and returned to his room. Drake helped Garrett by calling Jackson Jackson and Moonshine to come to the house to get Garrett.Moonshine and some of the boys along with Drake go to Landon at work and storm his office. Moonshine makes demands to Landon and his partners back Moonshine with her requests.There is so much more to this book. You really need to get this book and read it as soon as you can..