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A review by a_reader_obsessed
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
4.0
4.5 Stars for Darian!!!
There’s not going to be much for me to add to the multitude of reviews out there singing this book’s praises, and it’s quite obvious what I loved most in this book.
What I will say is that for my first Alexis Hall, I call this a definite win.
Ash is a complex character, one weighed down by mental illness that he’s so acutely aware of. He knows his limitations, he knows his faults to a sobering degree and for most of the time, he's just barely surviving the darkness that envelops him despite some great and not so great efforts to bring order to his life. He wants to feel better, he wants to be better but always, that’s easier said than done.
Enter Darian, who’s a bit rough around the edges when compared to Ash’s air of refinement. He may be the complete opposite of Ash and seemingly all sorts of wrong but really, he is the perfect fucking rainbow to Ash’s doom and gloom cloud. A truly delightful memorable character who can easily be dismissed for his surface glare but has so much more depth, warmth, and layers, and I absolutely adored him.
So yes, Ash is inevitably an ass but he pretty much redeems himself and again, Darian is the shining light of this book and in Ash’s life. The writing is eloquent and descriptive, capturing the real anxieties and fears and insecurities that make up all of who Ash is, and in turn makes you “bedazzled” by Darian’s infallible, kind, optimistic nature, where you know Ash never had a chance of resisting and really, neither did the reader. This was full of emotions and heavy issues but equally balanced by the wry humor and some decent sexy. Alexis Hall still intimidates me to no end but I’ve got my feet wet, and I’m not backing down from future reads!!!
There’s not going to be much for me to add to the multitude of reviews out there singing this book’s praises, and it’s quite obvious what I loved most in this book.
What I will say is that for my first Alexis Hall, I call this a definite win.
Ash is a complex character, one weighed down by mental illness that he’s so acutely aware of. He knows his limitations, he knows his faults to a sobering degree and for most of the time, he's just barely surviving the darkness that envelops him despite some great and not so great efforts to bring order to his life. He wants to feel better, he wants to be better but always, that’s easier said than done.
Enter Darian, who’s a bit rough around the edges when compared to Ash’s air of refinement. He may be the complete opposite of Ash and seemingly all sorts of wrong but really, he is the perfect fucking rainbow to Ash’s doom and gloom cloud. A truly delightful memorable character who can easily be dismissed for his surface glare but has so much more depth, warmth, and layers, and I absolutely adored him.
So yes, Ash is inevitably an ass but he pretty much redeems himself and again, Darian is the shining light of this book and in Ash’s life. The writing is eloquent and descriptive, capturing the real anxieties and fears and insecurities that make up all of who Ash is, and in turn makes you “bedazzled” by Darian’s infallible, kind, optimistic nature, where you know Ash never had a chance of resisting and really, neither did the reader. This was full of emotions and heavy issues but equally balanced by the wry humor and some decent sexy. Alexis Hall still intimidates me to no end but I’ve got my feet wet, and I’m not backing down from future reads!!!