As far as my infatuation goes with M/M romance, Cardeno C.
is definitely one of my preferred authors from a potentially very small list –
so far. He always manages to do very
sweet without being overly sickly.
This book is the first in his ‘Home’ series of novels, but
as is quite often the way with me I didn’t happen to read them in that
order. Book three was the one that
caught my eye, the book about Ben and his struggles to maintain the lie that he
is straight and not gay, and not madly in lust with Micah Trains, a gay lawyer
working at the same law firm as he is.
Woven through that story was a number of other - dare I say it - even
more interesting characters, which as it turns out, each has their own tale out
there, so I decided to give the series a try.
I enjoyed getting to know both Clark and Noah, especially
the latter because he could appear to be so much more abrasive than any
character I have previously come across and then subsequently developed a sort
of protective empathy for. I liked his
self-acceptance, the fact that he knew who he was right from a young age and
never fought it. I liked Clark’s
patience, his caring nature, his common sense and his responsible maturity.
What I didn’t like was the one lapse that precipitated
everything that basically went on in this story. While I know people do foolish things (me
included) and Ben is enough to drive any sane person a little nutty by the way
- but, hell, this was just downright arrogant and extremely stupid and more to
the point, completely out of character for Noah. It wasn’t like at this stage in his life he
was still a kid and trying to outrun the impending disapproval of his
close-minded parents by rebelling and causing his family pain. He was a sensible, if sometimes still a
little volatile man and deeply dedicated to Clark, his partner. I just really didn’t see this event as
realistic. But then who am I to judge,
people are fellable.
As always with Cardeno C. the story had a happy ending and
that’s not a spoiler – this is romance after all, and in this case, I was extremely
grateful for it because they seemed eminently deserving. Through the trials that were the consequence
of another person’s interference, the couple managed to only grow closer and
more caring of each other.
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... and here's a few thoughts on the book that started the series for me:-
Just What the Truth is by Cardeno C
This
is book three of the ‘Home’ Series by Cardeno C and was the one that caught my
eye, the book about Ben and his struggles to maintain the lie that he is
straight and not gay, and not madly in lust with Micah Trains, a gay lawyer
working at the same law firm as he is.
Ben’s
story was amusing, troubling, annoying and lovely – Micah Trains (and I say
Micah Trains because more often than not that is how Ben thinks of him. He’s not just Micah but ‘Micah-Trains’ all
sort of rolled together like one long first name. Perhaps Ben was channelling his love for
Boston Legal – Denny; Denny-Crane???) - Anyway, Micah Trains proved to be the
epitome of patience. Honestly, Ben is
lucky I’m not a dude and the object of his affections; sometimes I really
wanted to do a Noah all over him and hit him upside the head for the fool he
was making of himself and the consequent trampling he was doing all over
someone else’s feelings with his immature, self-absorbed behaviour – that was
until he sorted himself out and then it was a hell of a sweet story with the
inevitably happy ending…
«««1/2
Sydney Whyte
Rating Chart
«……………….A no goer
««……………Alright, but not a re-read
«««………..Liked it
««««…….Loved it
«««««…Amaze-balls – ticks all the boxes!!!
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