Given the Circumstances
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00GH33TRA
Publish date: November 6th 2013
Publisher: Kindle Direct
Pages no: 260
Edition language: English
I love epic romances and this was definitely an epic romance. Brian and Roger meet in college, both star athletes, one in baseball , the other in football, and become fast friends. Roger is in the closet, a necessity for an athlete hoping to go pro, and Brian is straight. So much happens along...
I enjoyed this book, but it didn't WOW me. I'm from the south and down here we take our college football seriously. So this book was fun to read, but I just didn't feel it, the thing between Roger and Brian. So yeah. Enjoyable, but no Wow.
I like the way the author executed the story. The varying POVs made the story well rounded and kind of let us experience the varying emotions and thoughts of all the characters. It was fun learning about the characters and kind of sharing their experiences. Reading about Roger as a child, his father...
It was entertaining and held my interest. But I asked myself afterwards, why I liked reading it. It was a little too much about physical perfection as the foundation for love. Brian didn't have much else going on for him imo. I never had the impression that he was such a great person. Mostly he ...