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Artistic Appeal (2011)

by Andrew Grey(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

series

Art Series

review 1: This story picks up just a few months after Legal Artistry ends and continues to tell the story of the return of The Woman in Blue and the men whose lives she brings together.Brian has taken over as lead attorney from Gerald, but that's not the only big change in his life. After admitting to his friend about the end of his marriage and the fact that he is gay, Brian is trying to rebuild his life and care for his young daughter. Having Dieter and Gerald as friends has helped make the transition easier. While attending a Christmas party at their house he meets a man that he can't seem to get off his mind.Nicolai has become close friends with Dieter while repairing some of the paintings that have been returned to him. He needed the work but more importantly he needed the frie... morendship. After the end of a long term relationship that left him floundering because of how much he depended on the man he needs the interaction with other people to gain his life back. Being deaf doesn't make things any easier.I appreciate an author that takes the time to develop a relationship between his characters, it makes for a much more realistic read. The feelings between Brian and Nicolai were authentic and made me believe in them as a couple. Things aren't easy and they both have outside influences that make them being together something they both have to work at.I understood Nicolai's hesitation over becoming involved to deeply with someone again. To depend on someone and have them just leave you is devastating to anyone. But add in his deafness and having it effect his ability to communicate with possible clients, which threatened his livelihood had to be so much more.Brian's reluctance stemmed from a very real fear of his family's reaction and his ex-wife's. Not to mention starting any kind of new relationship with a child that has just gone through the trauma of a divorce living with you. Introducing Nicolai to his daughter was an honest concern. I loved that Brian and his daughter took sign language classes. The addition of the trial and the emotion that is created from that kept the story line flowing. The only real criticism I have is that Brian's daughter acts so much younger than her stated age that I wanted to "read" her younger. But what it comes down to is can two very different people with so many outside distractions build a relationship in spite of those obstacles.This is another great addition to the Andrew Grey book list and I for one can't wait to see what he has for us next.
review 2: This was a great follow-up to the last book. I enjoyed the way the Woman in Blue case didn't achieve closure in the previous book and Brian is tasked to fight the appeal in this book. Brian Watson is a senior partner in the firm where Gerald Young (from the last book) is a junior partner. After deciding that the case was becoming too personal, Gerald steps down from the fight to bring the Woman in Blue home and Brian takes over. Brian is recently divorced after an unhappy marriage and has a wonderful daughter, Zoe. Brian is a great father and tries to make up for his ex-wife's lack.When he meets Nicolai at a party hosted by his good friends Gerald and Dieter, he is instantly drawn to the deaf man. Nicolai has recently regained his independence after a long-term relationship and he's reluctant to lose any of that hard fought independence.I really liked Brian and Nicolai and am impressed that Andrew Grey continues to create such likable characters book after book in this series. This book had a good amount of plot to keep me interested and it did a great job integrating into the overall series. less

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