Review: As always from Andrew Grey, a very sweet read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2011
4.5 out of 5 stars. I read/listened to (thank you, Kindle TSP!) this story on a road trip and enjoyed it thoroughly. I really appreciate Andrew Grey's sweet voice - his simple and straightforward approach to storytelling, and the way he makes me fall in love with his characters. This book was no exception, and I'm now well on my way through the sequel.VERY MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW (probably not really spoilers, but just to be safe):Darryl Hanson is a restauranteur whose success in his business is not mirrored in his private life. He went through a harrowing experience as a result of being caught in the act with a close friend when he was an older teenager and, as a result, is more than a bit gunshy when he falls hard for a MUCH younger man (Billy). Darryl hires Billy to work as a part-time server in the restaurant and nothing is ever the same again for the older Darryl.As always, I was moved to tears by the plight of at least one of the author's characters - in this case, the stalwart Billy, who is struggling to survive and feed his younger brothers after the death of their parents. Billy would gladly risk everything to protect the twin boys, and the confrontation with Darryl when Darryl believes Billy is stealing from the restaurant was heartbreaking.There is a plot twist about halfway through the book which makes for an interesting read. If there is any fault to be found in this book, it is that the resolution was just a bit too pat for me. I was, of course, happy for the HEA and the resolution to the twist. Maybe I'm just too jaded for my own good, but I felt as though everything fell into place far too easily.As always from Andrew Grey, a sweet, heartfelt read that warmed my heart. At the end, I felt a bit like I feel at the end of a Disney movie - fuzzy all over, then back to reality.