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whitneydr 's review for:
Where Nerves End
by L.A. Witt
Synopsis: Jason goes to Michael’s acupuncture clinic to relieve pain in a shoulder he injured years prior to the start of the novel. Both he and Michael are in dire straits financially, so Jason suggests a roommate situation. Cue Jason’s lust-angst from there.
Meh. This wasn’t the best I’ve read from L.A. Witt, but it wasn’t terrible. Perhaps I wouldn’t have liked it as much if I spent the $7.00 price instead of using my free All Romance eBooks code (the one you get every 10 books you buy).
Side note: Does anyone else think Amber Quill’s prices are bit high? I guess they would be on a third-party site, but ARe is just so convenient. But I digress….
Jason and Michael are both forgettable characters. There was nothing really distinguishing about them, especially Michael since this novel was in Jason’s first person POV. Sad really, because I thought Michael had a much more compelling story to tell considering he was a deeply closeted man with a kid and an ex-wife. I would’ve very much liked to see Michael’s thoughts and feelings being attracted to a man (Jason) and finally wanting to do something about it after 20 years of denying who he really was. I would’ve liked to see how him picking up his first one night stand went for him. Probably with a lot of trepidation.
Jason, a floundering businessman with a bum shoulder, had a lot of bad things happen to him prior to the start of the novel: he got dumped and was left to take on a mortgage by himself and he lost his business partner due to their failing business venture. On top of that stress, he lives in constant pain. That all sucks, it really does, but I never really cared at all about Jason as a character. I felt his back story hindered the developing relationship between him and Michael.
And while we’re on that subject, as quick as Jason fell in lust with Michael and as quickly as they moved in together, it took an awfully long time for them to even get together. Way over halfway through the book. Even then, they spent more time apart then together due to Michael’s understandable reservations. I would’ve liked to see more “near-misses” and mix-signals, something that indicated Michael’s interest from the beginning. He brings a guy home randomly and it’s because he wanted to make sure. Again, something that could’ve been shown through Michael’s POV or, at the very least, through his actions toward Jason.
In conclusion, I didn’t love nor did I hate it. Will I read it again? Probably not. I’ve loved LA Witt’s other works, but this is was just a miss for me. This was an okay interim book to read while I impatiently wait for the second installment of her The Given and the Taken series (which comes out July 22!!!).
Giving this book 3 out of 5 stars.
Meh. This wasn’t the best I’ve read from L.A. Witt, but it wasn’t terrible. Perhaps I wouldn’t have liked it as much if I spent the $7.00 price instead of using my free All Romance eBooks code (the one you get every 10 books you buy).
Side note: Does anyone else think Amber Quill’s prices are bit high? I guess they would be on a third-party site, but ARe is just so convenient. But I digress….
Jason and Michael are both forgettable characters. There was nothing really distinguishing about them, especially Michael since this novel was in Jason’s first person POV. Sad really, because I thought Michael had a much more compelling story to tell considering he was a deeply closeted man with a kid and an ex-wife. I would’ve very much liked to see Michael’s thoughts and feelings being attracted to a man (Jason) and finally wanting to do something about it after 20 years of denying who he really was. I would’ve liked to see how him picking up his first one night stand went for him. Probably with a lot of trepidation.
Jason, a floundering businessman with a bum shoulder, had a lot of bad things happen to him prior to the start of the novel: he got dumped and was left to take on a mortgage by himself and he lost his business partner due to their failing business venture. On top of that stress, he lives in constant pain. That all sucks, it really does, but I never really cared at all about Jason as a character. I felt his back story hindered the developing relationship between him and Michael.
And while we’re on that subject, as quick as Jason fell in lust with Michael and as quickly as they moved in together, it took an awfully long time for them to even get together. Way over halfway through the book. Even then, they spent more time apart then together due to Michael’s understandable reservations. I would’ve liked to see more “near-misses” and mix-signals, something that indicated Michael’s interest from the beginning. He brings a guy home randomly and it’s because he wanted to make sure. Again, something that could’ve been shown through Michael’s POV or, at the very least, through his actions toward Jason.
In conclusion, I didn’t love nor did I hate it. Will I read it again? Probably not. I’ve loved LA Witt’s other works, but this is was just a miss for me. This was an okay interim book to read while I impatiently wait for the second installment of her The Given and the Taken series (which comes out July 22!!!).
Giving this book 3 out of 5 stars.