Reviewed by Louisa
TITLE: Closets Are For Clothes 
SERIES: Dream On #1
AUTHOR: Addison Albright
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 136 pages
RELEASE DATE: 24th February 2018
BLURB:
Mike’s life is carefully compartmentalized. He’s deep in the closet to his family back in Kansas, but lives life honestly and openly in Austin. He’s unnerved when Wes, his old university crush, turns up at his door in answer to a roommate advertisement, but quickly sees the potential…benefits of the arrangement. Wes has never doubted nor denied his sexuality. With the support of his family he’s an out and proud LGBT activist.
On the scale balancing his self-esteem on one side, and the love of his family on the other, Mike has to decide which weighs more. Is Mike being fair to his parents by not giving them the chance to know his real self? When the delicate balance of his life is disrupted, he decides he’s tired of living a lie. Will Wes understand his concerns, or will their fledgling relationship crumble under the strain of Mike’s uncertainty?
NOTE: Closets Are for Clothes is a from-the-ground-up comprehensively rewritten and reedited version of A Dream Come True (published by Addison at Torquere Press in February, 2009). While the theme of the original story is the same, and many important scenes will be recognizable, the way the characters deal with important events is handled differently than in the original story and much of the story’s backdrop and side characters have changed. Beyond converting the story from an alternating 3rd-person POV to being told entirely from Mike’s 1st-person POV, this is a significantly changed retelling of the story.
REVIEW:
Closets Are For Clothes was a fairly short, easy read. It is told from the POV of Mike. Mike is in the closet and moved away from home so he could be out and proud. When he becomes Wes’ boyfriend he decides he has to go home and tell his family about himself.
All of the drama in the book comes from Mike’s anxiety and happens mostly in his own head. Their isn’t any other real tension in the book, which does make it a pleasant read. However this also does make it a fairly predictable story.
My biggest issue with this story is that lots of it was very preachy. Being homophobic is bad. Which I was well aware of before reading a book about two men falling in love. I really felt like I was being told over and over that people should be tolerant. It put me off for much of the story.
The characters are good. I really liked Mike’s brother. He was funny and I enjoyed all of the time he was on the page. Mike’s friends were good too, but I wish we had more interaction with them. The ending of the story was a good set up for book two, though this was a happy ending with no cliff hanger. You also get a bonus chapter of book two at the end.
Overall, this was a cute story. And an easy read. I enjoyed it for the characters and it being a nice happy book.
RATING: 
BUY LINKS: