Title: Blue
Author: D.P. Denman
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Award winning author DP Denman writes character-driven contemporary romance about gay men. Her stories are real and intense, but resolve in endings that make people want to read the book all over again. She lives among the moss and trees of the Pacific Northwest with a rambunctious pair of fur babies.
In her spare time, she is a dedicated LGBTQIA rights activist with a special focus on the thousands of rejected and abandoned kids who end up on the street every year. To support the cause, 25% of the royalties from every book go to LGBT charities.
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ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review. Reviewed by JLoves2Read from Alpha Book Club and Jessewaves Reviews.
ALPHA BOOK CLUB REVIEW
Title: Blue
Author: DP Denman
Publisher: North Shore Press
Date: 9/25/2015
Stars: 3.5
Heat: 3 uncomfortable flames
BLURB
Long before he was a successful songwriter and black-belt badass, Blue was a survivor of an ultimatum that cost him everything.
It was supposed to bring a new beginning, a new life. Instead, it left him near death with nothing to rely on but the kindness of a stranger. Hostile and headstrong, Blue needs a calmer influence to balance his fury. Someone to save him from himself.
Brady’s life was quiet and orderly until fate sent him a blue-eyed hurricane. Bursts of temper and flashes of despair batter his efforts to calm the storm in a man he doubts he can tame. One drowning in the wreckage of his past.
With a head full of lies and a body full of scars, Blue must work to rebuild his life with the help of a man determined to prove sometimes trust is worth the risk.
Blue features one of the most popular characters from the Saving Liam saga! Destined for greatness, he reveals the past that made him the scarred bad boy readers love.
It was supposed to bring a new beginning, a new life. Instead, it left him near death with nothing to rely on but the kindness of a stranger. Hostile and headstrong, Blue needs a calmer influence to balance his fury. Someone to save him from himself.
Brady’s life was quiet and orderly until fate sent him a blue-eyed hurricane. Bursts of temper and flashes of despair batter his efforts to calm the storm in a man he doubts he can tame. One drowning in the wreckage of his past.
With a head full of lies and a body full of scars, Blue must work to rebuild his life with the help of a man determined to prove sometimes trust is worth the risk.
Blue features one of the most popular characters from the Saving Liam saga! Destined for greatness, he reveals the past that made him the scarred bad boy readers love.
REVIEW
I am not entirely sure how I feel about this book. I am unfamiliar with the Saving Liam Saga and this is my first book by DP Denman. Overall, this is a story about a college age guy who is struggling to overcome severe trauma, both mental and physical trauma. Blue, Meets Brady by chance when he literally collapses in Brady's backyard. From that moment on Brady is saving Blue, saving him from repercussions of what has happened to him and saving him from himself. Blue is not always the most grateful and at times he is downright a temperamental brat - however, with what he has been through I think he deserves some leeway. My problem with this book is the romantic relationship between Blue and Brady. I really don't want to say too much as it will give the story away.. But the relationship feels unhealthy to me especially as Blue deals with his depression and then when they start adding sex in the mix, it really turned me off.
Readers should be warned this book deals with multiple trigger subjects including: rape, degradation, humiliation, gay conversion therapy camps, physical trauma, suicide, depression, cutting and PTSD - it is not a book for people who may be affected by those subjects.
Overall I am giving this story 3.5 stars rounded up to a 4 star, maybe it just wasn't something for me.
Quotes
“A different perspective won’t make any of this better. It’ll still be bullshit I don’t want to deal with.” “Life is littered with bullshit you don’t want to deal with. It’s a permanent part of the human condition.”
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