Review: Fun characters and high drama
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
Reviewed by J9for TheRomanceReviews.comAFTER THE RAIN is a good follow up to a stellar book one. The characters are authentic and their romance compelling. I also loved the setting of a rainy camping trip in the Pacific Northwest.Logan is finally ready to act on his gay attractions but he never thought French-Canadian Henri would push his buttons quite like he does. Henri is tired of having bad boyfriends and his last left him fearing intimacy. When Logan and Henri get roped into being tent-mates on a camping trip, they won't be able to avoid each other--or their attraction.I really liked both these characters. Logan is young but ready to grab what he wants in life and that includes a boyfriend. I loved how his desire for Henri was a balance between sexual and emotional. Henri was more complicated than Logan. At times I disliked his cool, sarcastic nature, but then readers, and Logan, see how it's his protective shell against a world that's taken advantage of him. Watching these two men circle their attraction was compelling romance with lots of high drama.Henri and Logan's friends are the couple from book one so I adored getting to see them again. The camping trip they all go on provides a good setting. Henri and Logan are tent-mates so they have to be together and this forced intimacy is the catalyst for their relationship development. I also liked that this little novel didn't end when the camping trip did but continues to follow Henri and Logan as they decide the next steps in their relationship.AFTER THE RAIN is an above average MM romance that fans of the genre should read for its fun characters and high-drama romance.