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A review by shandra
The Road Home by Brad Vance, Elsa Winters
5.0
Everyone Should Take The Road Home
Road trips can be Heaven or Hell depending on the company you're keeping; The Road Home by Elsa Winters and Brad Vance was a trip straight to the pearly gates for me. Nick is instantly a character I could relate to with his Everyman charm to go along with his determination to prove he is more than the product of a broken foster care system while Andrew starts out as untouchable as his exterior perfection encourages Everyman Nick to believe he to be yet the journey to discovering him as a person? I loved being able to take that trip with Nick. It was a nice, fun drive to follow along with him as he tried to figure out what kind of man Andrew really was, who he really was, what made him tick, and, most importantly, what made him choose Nick over all the others who'd failed to impress him as a working partner.
Coming from a background in emergency medicine myself, I loved the way their life as an EMT/Medic team was never glorified yet never exploited with gory descriptions of things medics see in the field either. My favorite line was actually Nick thinking when he was asked "What's the worst thing you've ever seen working as a medic?" and his response was "The look on the person's face when I tell them the worst thing I've ever seen working as a medic." It's absolutely true. People want to see the glory of the roles of the men and women who do these jobs; most don't want the details because those destroy the fantasy.
A lot of the journey on The Road Home involves Nick learning to accept he's allowed to want, to love, to have when he's used to being told 'no' to every request because of growing up an orphan in the foster care system. His slow understanding of Andrew's humanity makes the trip all the more poignant when he realizes that he's not the only one who is afraid to want, to love, to try to have something or someone of his own. I especially loved seeing Andrew reveal insecurities Nick never would have imagined a man like him -a man who comes from money, education, privilege, with a great body and god-like looks to match- to harbor inside himself.
They're both very real men which I deeply appreciated.
A lot of the story is very storybook-style romance, certainly, but I still rank The Road Home a perfect five-star-read because sometimes a person needs a storybook ending which this trip finishes on in spades. It's hot, sexy, poignant, and perfect to fill the needs of anyone looking for a friends-to-lovers romance in the M/M genre. I was given a complimentary copy of this book which I voluntarily chose to review; I loved the book enough to know I will want to read it again so I purchased a copy to add to my permanent library. I hope you decide to go on The Road Home with Nick and Andrew. I loved the trip and sincerely hope you do too.
Road trips can be Heaven or Hell depending on the company you're keeping; The Road Home by Elsa Winters and Brad Vance was a trip straight to the pearly gates for me. Nick is instantly a character I could relate to with his Everyman charm to go along with his determination to prove he is more than the product of a broken foster care system while Andrew starts out as untouchable as his exterior perfection encourages Everyman Nick to believe he to be yet the journey to discovering him as a person? I loved being able to take that trip with Nick. It was a nice, fun drive to follow along with him as he tried to figure out what kind of man Andrew really was, who he really was, what made him tick, and, most importantly, what made him choose Nick over all the others who'd failed to impress him as a working partner.
Coming from a background in emergency medicine myself, I loved the way their life as an EMT/Medic team was never glorified yet never exploited with gory descriptions of things medics see in the field either. My favorite line was actually Nick thinking when he was asked "What's the worst thing you've ever seen working as a medic?" and his response was "The look on the person's face when I tell them the worst thing I've ever seen working as a medic." It's absolutely true. People want to see the glory of the roles of the men and women who do these jobs; most don't want the details because those destroy the fantasy.
A lot of the journey on The Road Home involves Nick learning to accept he's allowed to want, to love, to have when he's used to being told 'no' to every request because of growing up an orphan in the foster care system. His slow understanding of Andrew's humanity makes the trip all the more poignant when he realizes that he's not the only one who is afraid to want, to love, to try to have something or someone of his own. I especially loved seeing Andrew reveal insecurities Nick never would have imagined a man like him -a man who comes from money, education, privilege, with a great body and god-like looks to match- to harbor inside himself.
They're both very real men which I deeply appreciated.
A lot of the story is very storybook-style romance, certainly, but I still rank The Road Home a perfect five-star-read because sometimes a person needs a storybook ending which this trip finishes on in spades. It's hot, sexy, poignant, and perfect to fill the needs of anyone looking for a friends-to-lovers romance in the M/M genre. I was given a complimentary copy of this book which I voluntarily chose to review; I loved the book enough to know I will want to read it again so I purchased a copy to add to my permanent library. I hope you decide to go on The Road Home with Nick and Andrew. I loved the trip and sincerely hope you do too.