Review: Not as brainy as I would have liked...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
I am sorry to say that I found the character of Nick (or Nicholas) just annoying.  He just did not feel like a 36 year old man to me.  If he had been 28 his lack of relationship skills and his general lack of people skills might have been okay for me,  but for a person to be on the planet 35 plus years and have worked so little out - well it just made me sigh.  About 3/4 into the book he says of Henry "His Jaguar-blue eyes were so beautiful,  the message in them compelling - even though I of course couldn't decipher it to save my life."  And he really couldn't.  He was clueless and not in the charming cute way.I also had some trouble with the time line,  the boys have one hot and heavy date and then there's apparently lot of phone sex and relationship building that is only alluded to,  time moves on, or doesn't and I'm not quite sure how long they have known each other.  Henry was the more interesting character for me, but because it was told mainly through Nick's POV and Nick is so unaware,  a lot of Henry's needs and motivations are not always clear.  And then there is a huge side issue that comes to a head at the end of the book but then, suddenly we are at the epilogue and the side issue is left with no closure or mention.I finished the book,  so it gets an automatic 3 stars,  but I found it had serious flaws and I won't reread.