Choices and Changes
Choices and Changes wasn't exactly what I expected and I was both surprised and pleased with how good it was. I expected something like [b:Plan B|17156198|Plan B|S.J.D. Peterson|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1355908541s/17156198.jpg|24121414] with the "straight" protagonist struggling with his attraction and trying desperately to deny it while at the same time using the other MC. (I liked that book a lot but the straight character angered me to no end.) This was so not the case here. Both men were mature about what was happening. It was difficult for both of them and they took it extremely slowly, but neither played mind games with the other, neither pretended to be something they weren't or made promises they couldn't keep. As a result, I loved both of them. I really loved how Bo (has that name been used to death in M/M romance or what?) never blamed anyone else or claimed that Erick was an anomaly and he wasn't gay at all. He acknowledged that something had to be latent within him, that he had to be bisexual at least, because people don't just decide to start loving their same gender overnight.
When the darkness from their pasts come to light, I cried, and I liked how Erick's history fit into the story and how it explained why he was in a relationship like this. The whole thing was beautiful and mature and I'm in love with the two boys. They go right up there on my list of Favorite Gay Couples in M/M Romance.
Oh, and God that cover is hot.
Happy ending? Yes, strong HFN, which fits in this realistic and believable story.