Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: The President’s Husband
AUTHOR: Michael Murphy
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 220 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2016
BLURB:
When an assassin’s bullet strikes his predecessor, Grayson Alexander becomes the first openly gay President of the United States and his husband, David Hammond, becomes the first openly gay First Husband. With their world turned upside down, David relies on his career as a medical school professor and ER doctor to keep him grounded. But his decision to keep working ruffles feathers from day one.
Gray throws himself into learning everything he needs to know to be President, especially a liberal president surrounded by a conservative cabinet and staff. Even though he puts in outrageous hours working and traveling seven days a week month after month, he’s happy. But David has trouble coping with Gray’s new job requirements. He can’t help but feel abandoned by his husband of ten years.
When Gray asks for his help with a public-health crisis, David obliges, but he is furious about what happens once the emergency passes. When they learn that the President’s staff has manipulated them both, they wonder if their relationship can survive the White House.
REVIEW:
Hmmm….ok, I really enjoyed the first like 30% of this story. So much so that I found it hard to put down. Then it started getting super repetitive. I mean it was the same argument over and over and over…like 3 or 4 times. And it wouldn’t be so mad if it was just a mention of an annoyance but these were long drawn out conversations of essentially the same thing over and over again. And while I totally sympathized with David and totally understood his frustrations he was damn whiny. I do however like this author and overall I did like the book aside from the repetition it was enjoyable and held a topic I very rarely read about, politics.
David and Gray have been married for 10 years. A widely successful couple; David a doctor and Gray a Politician, watch their lives change drastically when Gray is placed in the Presidential role after the current President is assassinated. Not prepared to be the President Gray throws himself into the role, giving 110% of his time while continually neglecting his husband.
David, understandably gets fed up and leaves Gray to his job and to figure out his priorities. Along the way Gray continues to listen to advisors who do not have his best interest at heart and vie to keep Gray and David separated.
This leads to emotional tug o’ war and understandable hurt feelings on both parts. Like I mentioned there’s lots of repetition in the story but the writing is good and the author was able to take a subject like politics and make it interesting for me.
I didn’t hate this story but I didn’t love it either…it was good and a little different.
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