Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Torn
AUTHOR: Rick R. Reed
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 202 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2019
BLURB:
Ever been torn between two lovers? That’s Ricky Comparetto’s problem.
It’s 1995, and Ricky is making his very first trip across the pond with his best friend. Ricky, hungry for love and looking for it in all the wrong places, finds it in the beach city of Brighton. His new love has the curious name of Walt Whitman and is also an American, which only serves to make him sexier and more intriguing. By the time Walt and Ricky part, promises are made for a reunion in Boston.
But the course of true love never runs smooth. In Chicago Ricky almost immediately falls in love again. Tom Green is a sexy blue-collar beast with the kindest heart Ricky has ever run across.
What’s he to do? With a visit to the East Coast on the horizon and a new love blossoming in Ricky’s home of Chicago, Ricky truly is torn.
REVIEW:
Before I get started, as I was reading this, I came across a passage about a car accident that had a death because the driver was an alcoholic and drunk. The passenger survived. Now, that is all that’s really said. It’s not described in any detail, but it can take the slightest thing to trigger sometimes, so if this is something that triggers you, please be careful.
Now. When I first read this blurb, I wasn’t quite sure how I was going to like it. The whole two lovers thing, and them not knowing about the other…I wasn’t sure if I was going to be happy with that. Now before anyone gets upset, that is NOT a judgement on anyone who has two lovers or in an open relationship or anything of the sort. At all. It was more of, it felt like cheating to me. If that makes sense.
Anyway! I’m glad I did read this. It was so dang funny off and on, and made me remember a long ago friend that I had like Ricky’s. When you read, and you really need to, you will see what I mean. I think we all have that one friend where we can be ourselves with and most times it sounds like we have each other or something from all the smartassness being thrown about lol. Funny part is, it sounds like me and my kid most days lol.
So Ricky and his friend decide to take a trip to England. Ricky has always wanted to go and his friends is homesick for England, so away they go. They stay with friends of his friend or at place where they can get in fairly cheap and enjoy life. While there, Ricky meets an American name Walt Whitman, (I know right?) and it’s the start of a very passionate affair. But all good things must come to an end. But they decide to meet again. Ricky will travel to Boston to see Walt and they will go from there. But things change quicker than Ricky expects. When he gets home, after being very sick for a bit, his friend decides they need a night out and Ricky meets Tom. It becomes a quick love affair as well. But things are getting serious and fast. Before Ricky knows it, Walt is calling him to come to Boston and Ricky has to figure out how to tell Tom. When he gets to Boston, it starts off ok, but Ricky is finding himself in a pickle. Who does he really want? Who’s his heart really with?
I guess never having been in that kind of situation, I don’t know what I’d do. I do know, I’d feel guilty as hell. As Ricky did. But when it comes down to it, Ricky was thinking with his dick first in both occasions. So after getting to know both a bit better, he had to decide where his heart really did lie. Sometimes it takes the time for the fog of lust to clear before we can think straight.
But what made this book for me, was without a doubt, Ricky and his friend. And I’m not even mentioning his name, because that’s a fun part of the book as well. But the sparked off each other. They had those types of personalities where they could insult the crap out of each other, but it was in fun and love. Because when the chips were down, they were there for each other as soon as they could be. Without question. But I love those kinds of relationships. Those friends where you can just totally let your hair down and let it rip. It’s freeing and so fun. And I adored them.
It’s a good book. I’m so glad I got the chance to read it. It made my night. I hope you guys have fun with it as well.
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