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A review by librarianpeter
No Holding Back by Kate Evangelista
3.0
This was a very quick read. Mostly because I was sucked in.
This is part of a series but I only picked this one up and I feel that I missed some things. Even so, I enjoyed it. I've always loved the storylines where two best friends are inseparable but one is madly in love with the other and the other person doesn't know or realize it until later on and realizes they are in love with them too. This was the case with Preston and Nathan. Nathan has been in love with Preston (his best friend) for as long as they've been friends. Preston however has nothing but swimming in his mind and is aiming for the best of the best with Nathan as his own personal cheering squad. Little does he know that Nathan harbors a love so strong for him that it overwhelms him at times. Finally willing to admit his feelings to Preston, Nathan kidnaps him and takes him on a European vacation in order to get his mind off swimming and his impending acceptance into an elite swimming team but along the way numerous times when Nathan is going to confess, Preston either unknowingly does something stupid or Nathan chickens out. Classic. All it takes is coming down ill while planning the social event of the season and a pot brownie for things to finally come to a head and for things to come to light.
Reviews for the other books in the series characterized Nathan as a hoot but I didn't get it in this book. I just got that he was a lovesick fool which I can totally sympathize with. Preston was perfectly characterized as beautiful but hopelessly oblivious to anything but swimming but when he got his head out of his a**, I liked him even more.
All in all not a bad book. Just don't do what I did and read the whole series. At least you'll know who the other supporting characters are...
This is part of a series but I only picked this one up and I feel that I missed some things. Even so, I enjoyed it. I've always loved the storylines where two best friends are inseparable but one is madly in love with the other and the other person doesn't know or realize it until later on and realizes they are in love with them too. This was the case with Preston and Nathan. Nathan has been in love with Preston (his best friend) for as long as they've been friends. Preston however has nothing but swimming in his mind and is aiming for the best of the best with Nathan as his own personal cheering squad. Little does he know that Nathan harbors a love so strong for him that it overwhelms him at times. Finally willing to admit his feelings to Preston, Nathan kidnaps him and takes him on a European vacation in order to get his mind off swimming and his impending acceptance into an elite swimming team but along the way numerous times when Nathan is going to confess, Preston either unknowingly does something stupid or Nathan chickens out. Classic. All it takes is coming down ill while planning the social event of the season and a pot brownie for things to finally come to a head and for things to come to light.
Reviews for the other books in the series characterized Nathan as a hoot but I didn't get it in this book. I just got that he was a lovesick fool which I can totally sympathize with. Preston was perfectly characterized as beautiful but hopelessly oblivious to anything but swimming but when he got his head out of his a**, I liked him even more.
All in all not a bad book. Just don't do what I did and read the whole series. At least you'll know who the other supporting characters are...