~3.5~

Sean returns to Mount Hope following an amicable divorce. Sean has always suspected he's gay, or at least bi, and is quick to agree when the sexy chef at the local diner invites him in for a shower. I mean, why bother with drinks when you can just whip your dick out, amirite?

Denver doesn't want to play games. He's attracted to the ginger firefighter and figures a fling would be fun. When Sean tells Denver it's his first time with a man, Denver is none too happy. I found it weird just how pissy Denver was about this, basically shaming Sean and accusing him of using Denver to experiment.

We're introduced to other characters: Sean's parents, Denver's friend Tammy at the diner, other first responders, and Sean's three best friends, one of whom just lost his husband.

Sean moves in with his widowed friend to help out financially and emotionally. The friend has four children, three of whom are teenagers, who are miraculously well-adjusted and cheerful considering they're all former foster kids and their father recently died.

I'm a widow and have done my fair share of individual and group grief counseling, and that entire situation rubbed me the wrong way. The lack of tears, trauma, anger, acting out struck me as simplistic and unbelievable. Plus, it was strange how much supervision three teenagers (13, 16, 18) required - you have four grown men doing everything for these kids.

I mention all this because it's a huge focus of the story and almost overshadows the relationship, which is nothing special. The sex was fairly bland, and I never really warmed up to Denver.

I also thought it was weird how Sean's son showed up at the end, acting all homophobic, why even introduce him at that point.

Also, the "epilogue" is once again told from the perspective of a secondary character. An epilogue is by definition "a section ... at the end of a book or play that serves as a ... conclusion to what has happened; a final or concluding act."

Write what you want but call it a bonus scene, a teaser, a prologue, NOT an epilogue. It's not a fucking epilogue if it begins another story ffs.

I'm super salty about this as you can tell, but I'm so over that bullshit.

The extra half star is because Albert is a strong writer, and I think this series has potential.cops-fireman m-m36 s12 comments ~Nicole~836 322 Read

DNF

Boring flavorless porn with 2 boring and unlikable characters.
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