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Bottled Up (2009)

by Andrew Grey(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1615810196 (ISBN13: 9781615810192)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

series

Bottled Up

review 1: Grey wove a seamless tale out of a handful of characters and their separate traumas—past or present. The central characters are Sean, the owner of a new business (a wine shop), and a young boy, Bobby, who has been living on the streets. Not to forget Sam, a really hot cop (the love interest ☺). As the story moves along, the characters reveal more layers, and their stories twine together in unexpected ways. Before the end I came to admire them each for their own brand of courage and love. A good book.
review 2: One of the things I’m coming to realize and enjoy about this author’s books is the lack of angst and conflict between the main characters in their relationship. Once the relationship begins to form, it generally grows and gets stronger. The test... mores tend to come in the form of outside influences causing angst, but not resulting in lots of doubts or misunderstandings between the protagonists. I found this theme did apply in this wonderful story as well.The character development was awesome in this book. Starting with Sean, I wanted to nominate him for man of the year or something! He was incredibly strong and balanced despite having survived an extremely traumatic event as a young adult. Perhaps partly due to his own experiences, he was the perfect person to come into Bobby’s life. The way that Sean jumped in to rescue Bobby, the way he loved him without question, the way he adapted to a father figure role, and the way he proved to be a steady anchor when Bobby had experienced nothing but turmoil – wow, nothing but respect for him! Regarding Sam, I thought it was totally endearing how he visited Sean’s store and kind of hung in the background for quite a while until Sean was available before making a move. The way that Sam finally asked Sean out and the little secret associated with it made me love him in an instant! He had to be one of the most patient men I could ever imagine. He supported and encouraged Sean once he found out about his troubled past, and when it came to having to deal with an instant family in the form of Bobby, Sam never once complained and loved becoming a second father figure. Bobby was also great. I felt the doubts, joy, anticipation, hope, fear and myriad of other emotions he projected in the story. He almost seemed too good to be true and I was a little surprised that his only “acting out” so to speak was in the form of doubts about being rejected or abandoned again vs. causing trouble. I admire some of the challenging topics this author tackles in his stories and this one was no exception! He made everything feel and sound very realistic. I’m really looking forward to reading the rest of this series!!! less

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