Review: Love overcomes everything ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2012
At its heart, Compulsion is about two scared men, one hiding away from a traumatic past and the other going through the motions of life, drawn to each other despite their fears.Through the bulk of the story, London maintains a mystery surrounding Seve Nunez and whether he is aware and/or involved in the shady side business the Medina Group is rumored to have. London feeds this mystery with care and precision, using Max Newman's doubts, the concerns of his friends, and the self-contained arrogance of Seve Nunez himself. The reader isn't sure WHO to believe until closer to the end, and boy does that climactic scene pack a wallop!The sex is frequent (though not always given a scene) and hot. It was beautiful to watch these two men grow closer to one another, struggling to move forward through everything thrown against them. By the end (and the aforementioned climactic scene), I was really rooting for them, pushing for them to just give in to their passion for each other and stop the denial they insisted on wallowing in.My only quibble, and it IS small, is that I wish I would have gotten to see the ending carried a bit further than it was. I have no problems with (semi-) open-ended books, but I felt they had finally pushed past their doubts and insecurities and had finally realized what they needed to do to be with each other, and I wanted to get the cherry on top of the story and see them enjoy each other without restraining their passion and love.This is definitely going on my re-read shelf.