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A review by kaje_harper
Eddie: Grime Doesn't Pay by Z.A. Maxfield
5.0
I liked this book even more than the first one in the series. Eddie is a great guy, with hidden vulnerability. I loved the unexpected sexiness of Andrew, and his confidence. These guys are really good together, and the heat just simmered off the page when they began kissing.
Andrew's father has been alone, and lost his bookstore to the online monopoly, but he has enough money to live on. What Andrew didn't realize was how adrift his father felt, without the work he spent his life on. Until one day Andrew arrives to find his father and his childhood home in a bad state.
Eddie is glad to be able to offer the man he's coming to care about a cleaning service he knows well, his professional approach to the problem of a house full of junk, but sometimes professional comes across as impersonal. Finding a balance that is supportive but not too much, can be difficult. And Eddie has his own secrets which are more deeply entrenched than he realizes.
The unpleasant hazards of growing old affect more than one secondary character, and hit home for me, although they are not overplayed. The secondary characters are well done (and I look forward to what appears to be the set-up for the third book.) This was one fast, smooth read with realistic men, hot sex, and a low-angst but interesting plot.
Andrew's father has been alone, and lost his bookstore to the online monopoly, but he has enough money to live on. What Andrew didn't realize was how adrift his father felt, without the work he spent his life on. Until one day Andrew arrives to find his father and his childhood home in a bad state.
Eddie is glad to be able to offer the man he's coming to care about a cleaning service he knows well, his professional approach to the problem of a house full of junk, but sometimes professional comes across as impersonal. Finding a balance that is supportive but not too much, can be difficult. And Eddie has his own secrets which are more deeply entrenched than he realizes.
The unpleasant hazards of growing old affect more than one secondary character, and hit home for me, although they are not overplayed. The secondary characters are well done (and I look forward to what appears to be the set-up for the third book.) This was one fast, smooth read with realistic men, hot sex, and a low-angst but interesting plot.