Review: Family - they can lift you up or let you down.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
I like the love story of Devin and Jesse.  They have been together for four years and are celebrating Christmas together.  They met in front of a Christmas tree at a party.  Devin's ex was outside with Devin's replacement and he wasn't going outside.  Inside in front of the tree was Jesse who was heartbroken that he wasn't spending Christmas at home with his family.  They started with a hug, moved on to a kiss and it was happily ever after from there.  Devin loves Jesse, he is Devin's family. Jesse loves Devin and he loves his family and is happy to share.  It took Jesse's Mom some time to adjust to him being gay and involved with a man who is older...well a man really.  But the family end up welcoming Devin into their fold.  Except Jesse's Mom had a child at 16 that she gave up for adoption and he is back, a big Marine who is not gay.  Gayle (Devin's Mom) asks Jesse to keep Devin away on Christmas Eve, and don't talk about being gay...just to make sure Sam isn't upset with his new family.And at that point the family lose me.  The Dad backs up Gayle and Devin is kept out of the family celebration.  Jesse is forced to go along with it because Devin doesn't want to lose the only family he has.  What a horrible thing for a Mom and Dad to do.  That just made me so angry I had to concentrate on the rest of the story.  Devin and Jesse's love story was sweet and for that I enjoyed it.The writing is good and I felt pulled into the story.  But I like a bit of vengeance with my coffee and in that I was thwarted.