His Kind of Love

The story in many ways was frustrating as well as sometimes unbelievable. There were too many secrets here that had no need to even be secrets. Joel is young...somewhere in his early twenties...much younger than Gaberial who was somewhere in his mid-thirties... but age wasn't the problem. I have no problem with age gap romances, and this wasn't a huge gap by any means. They were both adults and that was all that mattered. People love who they love and if it works for them, it's not my place to judge or care. The main problem here was that the entire fiasco that was bound to happen eventually, could have been avoided if Gaberial had told Joel the entire truth to start with. I didn't care much for Joel's best friend, Althena either. She show more "ruled" his life way too much and he happily depended on her to do so. I knew when Joel and Gaberial's family relationships were explained early in the story what was going to take place the longer that Gaberial waited to have the important "talk" with Joel. In spite of all that it had some really good twists, the characters of Joel and Gaberial were interesting, and they certainly were perfect for each other....in spite of the age difference. I loved reading about the things that Joel collected...old records, old books, and old Bible's. He had a Bible that was 200 years old. He loved reading about family histories. The author could have based the entire story on what made Joel and Gaberial special as people as well as to one another and left Joel's toxic, money hungry mother and stepfather out of the story completely and probably earned the story another half-star. I have the second and the third book in the series. Hope there isn't as many secrets hidden in the remainder of the series. show less

Joel is a young, gay man who has been estranged from his family, and living on his own. He doesn't really date, and has very few friends. He cherishes old, forgotten things like old family Bibles and old records. What he really, really wants is to have someone who will take cherish him the way that he cherishes all those other things.

Gabriel is more than willing to be that person, Joel just doesn't know it yet. Gabriel has spent years watching and watching over Joel and he has plans for Joel, plans that are ripening. He just wants Joel to be happy, and he's sure that he can be the one to make him happy.

I really enjoyed the story. Well written, with good characters. I like Joel a lot. I sometimes liked Gabriel and sometimes hated him. show more That can be a sign of a well-written character, right? He does kind of cross the line into creepy stalkerman sometimes, and that is not so OK, and the times I didn't like him all that much. Overall though, good book. show less

Love

Gabriel wanted to care for Joel forever after seeing him just once, only Joel didn’t know it. Can two people who met under such unusual circumstances make a life together?