I had heard a lot about this MM
serial, a collaboration between two authors, one known to me the other a newbie
to the indie publishing industry. The
comments had me intrigued. It was
obvious people were waiting with bated-breath between each of the six instalments
coming out. So when the first episode
was offered for free I snapped it up and put it onto my TBR list.
I must say, if it hadn’t been for
poor old Will’s crazy-arse mafia-related family this little gem of a tale would
have ended as soon as Will and Patrick woke up.
Thank goodness it didn’t. I
devoured the first book and then went and purchased the entire series.
Will was a man with many
emotional issues, a penchant for drink (well, an all-out alcoholic actually)
and driven to the booze by the obnoxious actions and abuse of the only man he
had loved to that point in his life.
Dumped by Ryan while he was in Vegas - over the phone no less - Will rebounded
literally into the arms of the predatory Patrick and woke up the next morning
with a massive hangover and to find he had married what appeared to be an
insufferable man. Now don’t get me
wrong, Patrick is the one I actually fell in love with.
Decidedly arrogant - he was after
all the preeminent brain surgeon in the world - Patrick was forthright and bald
with the truth, condescending to those who worked under him, gaining enemies left, right and centre, but in fact was just a man lacking in certain social skills. Underneath it all he was just a big softy,
and really rather enamoured of the gentle and soul-tortured Will. He, on the whole, provided all the laughs as
he navigated the quirky town of Healing their ill-fated situation had landed
him in.
Will’s family were definitely a
trial, as they and his friends castigated, manipulated, cajoled, threatened
with guns (well his dad was a gangster, after all) him into the box they had
fashioned for him – to keep him safe, mind, because he obviously couldn’t do
that on his own despite that he was a man running a multi-million dollar
charitable organisation. They knew best
and, of course, in their not so humble opinion it wasn’t the arrogant
Patrick. More fool them. It was a joy to follow Will and Patrick as
they proved them wrong, navigating through their life issues, of which they
both had many, and drawing closer together along the way.
In the end I had but one quibble,
and that being it was of necessity, a little drawn out towards the end - I
mourned Owen’s unwanted and unnecessary advice to Will, knowing it came from a
place of selfishness and jealousy. If
only Will had talked to Jax first to find out exactly what was ‘normal’ – But it
was put out as a serial with all the drama and anticipation of having to wait
for each new instalment to come out – the wait makes every word of each episode
that much more easily devoured; and I didn’t, I read it in one sitting (well
maybe three – there were six books, after all, to the series and I'm not the fastest reader in the world).
It was however, time well spent,
and I know it will call to me again because I do like revisiting old friends
and this strange and weird bunch definitely wormed their way into that
category.
««««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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