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A review by red3horn
In The Absence of Light by Adrienne Wilder
5.0
Usually when life gets in the way of me reading a book and I have to take long breaks from it, I forget a few details and struggle to get back in the story. Life got in the way of me reading this but I never forgot a single thing and picking up where I left off was easy. Like riding a bike, or Morgan riding a bike but not like driving, tying shoes or knowing left from right.
This was a beautiful story. Morgan is easy to fall for the minute you meet him and when he thanks Grant for the cock block, you know this guy will be special. Special does not cover who Morgan is at all. He is extraordinary and had the most beautiful dirty mouth not to mention, the boy is bendy. Like SUPER bendy and yeah, that bit of information and a certain scene is locked in my memory for research.
Grant... oh you beautiful man, you. I adored Grant. His reasons for moving to the small town weren't the best but I loved this story. I will say when Jeff first shows up and we get the whole FBI deal, I wanted it to go away but when I took a break from reading, I realized we needed it. We needed to SEE the man Grant was and now is and how far he will go for Morgan. We needed to SEE and not be TOLD that Grant will go that extra mile, he will make mistakes as he learns Morgans way and falls in love with the gorgeous man who can see and hear light. We needed to SEE it and while it seems a bit off with the story, it was Grant's story and I liked the way it played out. Because we SAW it.
The towns people of Durstrand are the best side characters who make me laugh with their requests for autographs and cows who like drive in movies. They were great with their interest and approval of Grant and Morgan, which made their romance that much sweeter. And it was, it was sweet, romantic, heartbreaking, fuckhot and just lovely.
It was hard, I admit, to see how this relationship could work when I read the blurb but Morgan was well written and as the highlights on the book and others' reviews have said, Morgan is a normal man with a mental condition, not a mental condition who is a man and once you get that, and you get it early on, you can easily see these two falling in love and how it will all work. Goodness. I really loved this book. I loved every bit of it and it warmed my heart in so many ways.
I loved that Morgan was Autistic and the edge it gave him. I loved that he saw Grant like no one else had and gave him small moments that he gave to no one else. I loved how he focused to create light, the mature way he handled himself and his life and I pity the fool who wants him to count toothpicks or ask about the weather. Morgan was a delightful, charming, funny and pure character. He was a joy to read.
I will stop gushing now. That end was picture perfect and so very much Grant and Morgan and the set up of Jeff's book? Will we be getting that? I would love to see Jeff meet the father of the man he is giving a ride to. *whistles* Ooh Jeff, you deserve to fight for love and I am sure you will fight for it and dammit, I wanna watch it all since I did like you in this, even at the end, I liked you...
This was a beautiful story. Morgan is easy to fall for the minute you meet him and when he thanks Grant for the cock block, you know this guy will be special. Special does not cover who Morgan is at all. He is extraordinary and had the most beautiful dirty mouth not to mention, the boy is bendy. Like SUPER bendy and yeah, that bit of information and a certain scene is locked in my memory for research.
Grant... oh you beautiful man, you. I adored Grant. His reasons for moving to the small town weren't the best but I loved this story. I will say when Jeff first shows up and we get the whole FBI deal, I wanted it to go away but when I took a break from reading, I realized we needed it. We needed to SEE the man Grant was and now is and how far he will go for Morgan. We needed to SEE and not be TOLD that Grant will go that extra mile, he will make mistakes as he learns Morgans way and falls in love with the gorgeous man who can see and hear light. We needed to SEE it and while it seems a bit off with the story, it was Grant's story and I liked the way it played out. Because we SAW it.
The towns people of Durstrand are the best side characters who make me laugh with their requests for autographs and cows who like drive in movies. They were great with their interest and approval of Grant and Morgan, which made their romance that much sweeter. And it was, it was sweet, romantic, heartbreaking, fuckhot and just lovely.
It was hard, I admit, to see how this relationship could work when I read the blurb but Morgan was well written and as the highlights on the book and others' reviews have said, Morgan is a normal man with a mental condition, not a mental condition who is a man and once you get that, and you get it early on, you can easily see these two falling in love and how it will all work. Goodness. I really loved this book. I loved every bit of it and it warmed my heart in so many ways.
I loved that Morgan was Autistic and the edge it gave him. I loved that he saw Grant like no one else had and gave him small moments that he gave to no one else. I loved how he focused to create light, the mature way he handled himself and his life and I pity the fool who wants him to count toothpicks or ask about the weather. Morgan was a delightful, charming, funny and pure character. He was a joy to read.
I will stop gushing now. That end was picture perfect and so very much Grant and Morgan and the set up of Jeff's book? Will we be getting that? I would love to see Jeff meet the father of the man he is giving a ride to. *whistles* Ooh Jeff, you deserve to fight for love and I am sure you will fight for it and dammit, I wanna watch it all since I did like you in this, even at the end, I liked you...