Review: I fell in love with Vince & Trey as they fell in love with each other
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2013
First, let me just say this book is actually 4.5 STARS.  I'm dropping half a star because I didn't care for the switching of perspective between first person and third person depending on which character was taking center stage.  I prefer that the authors pick one or the other and stick with it throughout the book.Other than that, I really loved this story.What sets "Family Man" apart from other books I've recently read is the pacing of the romance.  And it is indeed a TRUE ROMANCE.  The authors let us experience these characters as fully realized human beings with strengths and weaknesses, secret dreams, desires, and worries.  Vince is a mature man, thrice divorced, and finally willing to acknowledge his true sexual orientation.  In doing so, he allows himself to find happiness in a relationship for the first time in his life with a beautiful, loving man who accepts him and makes him feel complete.Trey is a young man struggling with a false sense of normalcy in his life because of an unpredictable alcoholic mother.  He has so much pressure on him between working multiple jobs, trying to finish up his college degree, and caring for a family member with an insidious addition.  When he has the good fortune of running into Vince at a bar one night, he has no idea what a wonderful, supportive man he is about to become involved with.  Vince is kind and loving and a rock for Trey during multiple crisis involving Trey's mom.Allowing this romance to evolve over a lengthy period of time, allowing these characters who were each actually new to gay physical intimacy to take sex slowly, was refreshing to read.  It, in turn, allowed the audience to become fully invested in these men and their lives.  I so wanted them to have a beautiful HEA.  That Vince's big Italian family could be a part of that was icing on the cake.If you wanna read a thoughtful romance, and are accepting of the fact that love comes in many forms, this is the book for you.