A review by dithkusu
Endless Stretch of Blue by Riley Hart

3.0

I think reading this solidified for me that this author's writing style doesn't click with me, a lot of the time. I like the characters and premise of the books I've read of theirs so far, for the most part, but something about the writing style just puts me at a distance from connecting to the story, and I find that I breeze through the story in a more clinical detached manner. This feature was more prominent here for me than other books somehow. The writing style is too tell and not show for my taste- there are a lot of declarations about how "they both connected through the experience of shared trauma. trauma they wouldn't ever let anyone else see.", this kind of narration. The sex scenes and love bonding moments also just don't resonate with me. So overall this was well done enough, nothing egregious and even has a sad background story that the couple initially connects through- but wasn't amazing and was the epitome of meh. I did objectively appreciate the premise of Enzo the rougher carpenter and Damon the suit hospital manager guy bonding over their shared trauma and survivor's guilt of losing a sibling in a tragic club fire, and them both getting into a relationship with a man for the first time, their coming out to their respective families.

NOTE: I have enjoyed more of this author's books more than others. Looking back I really did like the first two Blackcreek series stories more than the others I've read of them so far, but mostly my impression is that generally the writing style doesn't do it for me most of the time, not sure why. It's hit or miss with me.