Publisher:
Dreamspinner
Press
Published: March 24, 2014
ISBN: 978 1 62798 782 0
Genre: Erotic Romance M/M
Book
Format: E-book
Obtained
via: Publisher
Reviewed
by: Helena Stone, helenastone63@gmail.com
Rating:
3.5
This
is a ‘Bay Area Professionals’ book.
I do like a book that starts right in the middle
of the action, and ‘Fractured’ certainly does that. The very first thing the reader
encounters is poor Roque – Ro - Celdran being beating into a pulp not knowing
what has provoked the attack and unable to adequately defend himself.
The beating leaves Ro with severe damage to his
mouth and teeth which brings him to Lance Roberts’ surgery and the free dental
care he so desperately needs. From the moment the two man meet there is an
attraction between them. While both of them try to deny it to themselves for a
while, it isn’t long before they are spending more time together and not much
longer before they act on the irresistible pull.
Both Lance and Ro have issues they’d prefer not
to share. Lance tries to hide his ODC from the man he’s attracted to, afraid
his compulsive need for order will scare the other man off. Conscious that Ro
is as much of an alpha as he is, Lance also decides against sharing his need to
dominate with Ro. Ro has things he’s ashamed of as well and fails to mention
that he has been supplementing his income by working as a submissive in a BDSM
club. He doesn’t believe in BDSM or that it could ever be a viable life-style
or relationship choice and has no interest in ever exploring it further. Ro
also fails to mention his troubled twin brother Tony and the huge chip his has
on his shoulder about being Latino.
The slow emergence of their secrets initially
only brings the two man closer together. But when everything Tony has done
comes back to haunt Ro, the time for secrets is over. And even full disclosure
might not be enough to safe the relationship between these two man who thought
they’d at last found what they’d been looking for all along. Even without the
secrets they are still two dominant males wanting to control their counterpart.
A delicate and surprising balance will have to be found.
There were quite a few things in this book I
really liked. It was refreshing to read a book in which the two main characters
were equally flawed and needed each other to the same extend. The issues
between these two men and the secrets they wanted or needed to keep made
perfect sense and added interest to the story. I also really approved of the
fact that the conflict in this book was not drawn out. I do prefer a story in
which a problem is dealt with rather than allowed to linger on for chapters on
end. And most of all, I loved how these two dominant man managed to find a way
to make their relationship work. I adored the give and take between them, with
both Lance and Ro willing to give themselves to their partner in ways they’d never
considered before.
I did have one issue with this book though. 52%
into the story there’s a huge ‘for-telling’ of what’s to come. I had no
objection to knowing that trouble lay ahead – I had known that since the start
of the book. Nor did it bother me that I those few lines revealed who would be
the cause of the problems – that had been clear from the start as well. I
didn’t like that the exact from the problem would take was spelled out in
detail nor the way in which it was described in those few line. In fact this
frustrated me so much that I had to put the book down and walk away from it and
found myself reluctant to pick it up again. And that was a shame because up
until that point I had loved the story and was really invested in the
characters and their journey.
This was an interesting story that would have
been better if it the author had been a little bit stingier with the
information she shared with the reader, or had timed that sharing differently.
Overall though, I loved spending time with Ro and Lance and enjoyed their
torturous road to happiness.
This is an objective review
and not an endorsement of this book.
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