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A review by fabi_g
Finding North by Carmen Jenner
5.0
I am having the hardest time putting this review together. 4.5 stars for me for this friends to lovers + second chance romance + gay for you story. Two of those tropes are not in my favorites category but it didn't seem to matter in this story. Even the switching from present to past and back again, which often annoys me, simply fit here.
It started out hot, hot, fan-needed hot.
Will and North are two extremely alpha males whose banter is non-stop action. The ribbing and snark remind me so much of a couple I know, long time friends of mine. You'd think they were enemies as much as they snap at each other, but their love is stronger than any I've seen.
So I'm sitting back, enjoying the hell out of this book. Then, just when I had the AC turned way down, the fans blowing and my squirming under control, ready for more smoking hot scenes, it turned scarily raw and heart-breaking.
We are witness to extreme homophobia, total animosity, hate crimes, abuse, cruelty, and FEAR. Afraid, beat down, feeling worthless, North throws all their years of friendship away and shatters Will's heart.
I highlighted over half the book. There are so many poignant scenes and quotes. So much truth presented in raw language. It is a shocking portrayal of how wrong society can really go when it thinks it has good intentions.
Beautiful and gripping, tummy-turning, heart-stopping rawness, is what this book delivers. It left me happy, but completely wrung out.
It started out hot, hot, fan-needed hot.
"Holy shit," he says, when he recovers. "Where the fuck did you learn to do that?" .......... "Will?" North says. "What?" I groan, mimicking his sleepy annoyance to a tee. "I'm gonna need to borrow that magazine..."
Will and North are two extremely alpha males whose banter is non-stop action. The ribbing and snark remind me so much of a couple I know, long time friends of mine. You'd think they were enemies as much as they snap at each other, but their love is stronger than any I've seen.
So I'm sitting back, enjoying the hell out of this book. Then, just when I had the AC turned way down, the fans blowing and my squirming under control, ready for more smoking hot scenes, it turned scarily raw and heart-breaking.
We are witness to extreme homophobia, total animosity, hate crimes, abuse, cruelty, and FEAR. Afraid, beat down, feeling worthless, North throws all their years of friendship away and shatters Will's heart.
"I don't get to say shit about who he sleeps with because I'm not man enough to front up and claim him as my own."
I highlighted over half the book. There are so many poignant scenes and quotes. So much truth presented in raw language. It is a shocking portrayal of how wrong society can really go when it thinks it has good intentions.
I dream of a life where things are very different between us, and him wrapping his arms around me as we slept doesn't have to be dirty or secret or shameful---it's just love, comfort and companionship, and it's beautiful.
Beautiful and gripping, tummy-turning, heart-stopping rawness, is what this book delivers. It left me happy, but completely wrung out.