Review: Darkside indead but there is Light
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
I received a free copy of this book by the author for an honest review.Rating really like 4.5 starsOh wow I need a shot of Stoli or maybe therapy :-). Man what a well written story with such a hard subject matter. Ms. Spears you did a wonderful job of introducing us to Trey Grey.I don't know how many times my heart broke and my stomach flipped while reading this story and yet I couldn't put it down. Trey Grey is a victim and a survivor who struggles every day to maintain a balance between college student and male prostitute. If that's not stressful enough he has to deal with his OCD, aversion to semen, and vivid nightmares from the worst times in his life. And despite all of that he finds love and the path to healing.I really liked how Ms. Spears let us get to know Trey before introducing his love interest. We go to see Trey on his job, at school, and socializing. We went through his nightmares and the effects they had on him, and we saw how his OCD manifest itself and the harm Trey causes himself because of it. You're a good 25% into the book before Trey and Justin even meet. This made me feel every bit of the nervousness and fear that Trey had for starting and being in a relationship with Justin.Justin is very strong in his own right. He has his own insecurities, mental issues, and past demons that he has to deal with. Despite all of that he still loves Trey and wants to be with him and support him. Even after witnessing and being victim to some of Trey's nightmares. Justin finds his own way to deal with Trey's problems by painting them giving Trey a visual of his pain. Which I think in a lot of ways really helped Trey heal, just a little.My favorite part of the book was when Trey confronts the father and son in the parking lot because he just knows from looking at the little boy what's going on. Trey gives the father a piece of his mind and in my opinion, the little boy hope!Now if we could just gather up all the Willies of the word and have a mass execution I think I might feel just a little bit better...Soapbox: There are millions of people silently suffering all around us from sexual abuse to mental illness if you can help then help if not then at least don't judge.Oh and I'm so looking forward to the second book...