Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Road to You
SERIES: Beyond the Cove #5
AUTHOR: Jaclyn Quinn
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 209 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 8, 2020
BLURB:
Parker Wilson has the life he’s always wanted: an apartment in Brighton Pier, amazing family and friends, and a job he loves. With the invitation to his childhood best friend’s engagement party, the safe haven he’s created around himself is soon flooded with memories of the past. The roadblock he’s taken years detouring soon becomes a reality he can no longer avoid. After six years, Parker will have to see Sarah’s brother again—the only man he’s ever truly loved.
After running away from the truth and moving to Boston, Jason Maxwell must finally face Parker again—and the guilt he’s felt for leaving Parker all those years ago. After confronting the man who changed everything Jason thought he knew about himself, Jason realizes the miles he’s put between them hasn’t diminished what Parker means to him. Now, with the undeniable way he feels about Parker, Jason is determined to finally make things right.
Can a second chance finally land Jason and Parker on the path to happiness they’ve waited years for, or will they discover the final destination is actually the end of the road?
Trigger warning: This book contains a scene with some violence. It’s suggested to the reader to skip the prologue if this is triggering.
REVIEW:
First of all, read the trigger warning. It is a homophobic beating that is bad. And it’s not the first time for the MC. If this is a trigger for you, please follow the instructions of the blurb and skip the prologue.
Parker has been in love with Jason since he was little. He’s been best friends with Jason’s sister, Sarah for years, and when Sarah moved away for college, he and Jason seemed to get closer as friends. But Parker secretly wished for more. When he was ‘outed’ by a drunk friend on how he felt, Parker just played it off. But another drunken night with Sarah, her fiance, Jason and him, the night ended up being something Parker had dreamed of for years. They may not have went all the way, but for Parker it was everything. Til he woke up and saw Jason gone and a note in his place. Now Parker is having to face Jason again after all these years, with Sarah’s wedding parties and dinners. And it’s all Parker can do not to be physically ill. It still hurts so bad. But he’s let Jason have his wrath and there may be no coming back from it. Even as friends. Because from the butt kicking Jason has gotten from everyone to finally admit things, he wants it all with Parker. But now it’s probably too late. Unless Jason can convince Sarah to help him knock the wall Parker has built up around himself.
I have to say, I totally get Parker and how he feels. And knowing me and how I am, I’d be right there with Parker. I might still love the person, but I’d be slow to forgive. Not that I don’t want to forgive them, but because the hurt is so strong. So I hurt for Parker. It’s hard when you finally open up and tell or show someone how you feel, to only have it thrown back in your face. And not in a good way. But yet I felt for Jason as well. Knowing you’re technically considered straight but being in love with a man. One man. Only one man. It throws you for a loop. At least if he had feelings for some other men or even remotely attracted to another man, it might help, but nothing. So how do you deal with it? And how do you deal with it, if something actually becomes a relationship but doesn’t work out? You could lose the one friend who means everything to you. It’s a hard thing to decide. So I get both sides of the story. And then I felt for Sarah because she was stuck in the middle of these two and wanting to shake them both. If I were her, I think I would have a long time ago. They needed to pull their heads out of their butts and move on, in one form or another.
Second chances don’t always come. So when they happen and if it’s truly meant to be, then you should hold on and never let go. But you have to communicate and learn to forgive, no matter how hard it is. And either move forward together, or forgive and let it go. Because you can’t have it both ways. It makes for a very unhealthy relationship. Thankfully, these two finally got it together. But it doesn’t mean the going was easy or that it’s not going to creep up at times that wonder of if it will happen again and if they were right to trust. But if you truly love someone, you have to not hold things against the other and move forward.
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