Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: 959 Brenton Street
SERIES: Men of Falcon Pointe #1
AUTHOR: Thianna Durston
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 200 pages
BLURB:
Trent Farnsworth moves to Falcon Pointe to get as far away from his controlling family and religion as he can. While his conservative upbringing makes it hard for Trent to admit he’s gay, he accidentally outs himself in front of his four new roommates. None of the men living at 959 Brenton Street are what the world would consider normal, but all four accept him for who he is. And when Trent falls for his much older landlord, Dr. Cory Venerin, he’s as surprised as anyone, but discovering Cory feels the same makes Trent realize he’s truly in the right place at the right time.
Until he tells his family he’s gay. His father uses any resource at his disposal to destroy him, including Trent’s love for Cory. As his father schemes to send Trent to a hospital whose sole purpose is to rip the gay out of him, Cory battles to save not only Trent—but also the possibility of a future together.
REVIEW:
This was a strange one but not bad strange, just strange strange. This is my first Thianna Durston book and I did like the way she writes and I will read other stories because I did like where she went with this one. What I found strange was the discipline based household concept. I guess it was just hard for me to take the sexual side out especially since Cory and Greg were cousins. It was weird knowing Cory spanked Greg and it wasn’t sexual. But I got over it and did like the story.
Trent Farnsworth is a good little Mormon boy but he’s struggling living a wholesome Mormon life because he wants more than anything to be free from the weight of his family’s beliefs. Now on his own miles and miles away from his family and going to college he feels the taste of freedom and he loves it. He spreads his wings and does his best to try and find his true self and he gets some help from his amazing roommates.
Cory Venerin owns the house Trent is living in with his 3 other roommates. He’s significantly older, a doctor and the complete opposite of religious. He also runs his house with a wooden paddle.
The chemistry is a slow burn between Cory and Trent. The attraction is there but it doesn’t smolder until a good ways into the story. I have to admit I was very antsy waiting for this to happen. These are good men and I really just wanted them to get there happy ending.
There are a lot of heavy layers to this story. It has a lot of Mormon ideology, homophobia, daddy issues, sexuality issues, cross dressing, etc so go into this knowing it does get heavy at times.
Overall, I enjoyed this story and I would be interested in reading more about these amazing characters. Recommend.
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