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A review by isalaur
Reveal by HJ Welch
5.0
I just love this series! I need to go back and read from season one because I really love Hidden Creek and want to move there!! I especially love the references to previous couples and people you just know are going to feature in future books. I can’t imagine the work in maintaining the bible for this series among so many different authors!
This book features Jason and Channing in what begins as a fake boyfriend situation that, as they usually do, turns all too real. Jason works for NASA and feels that he doesn’t fit in with his colleagues and not just because he is gay. At a department retreat held at a ranch in Hidden Creek he is continually the object of ridicule by one particular co-worker. This comes to a head when Channing, who was friends with Jason when they were children, overhears Jason getting abused in the grocery store. He realizes that Jason has invented a non existent boyfriend in an attempt to shut up the obnoxious colleagues and jumps in to become said boyfriend.
Things escalate from there as the awful colleague continually tries to humiliate Jason. Channing comes to the department retreat as Jason’s boyfriend and much to Leroy’s (the jerk) dismay things go well, the boss is impressed and the other people there accept them. Meanwhile Channing realizes his feelings for Jason are becoming real.
The crisis is easy to see coming and you kind of wonder why Jason and Channing aren’t more aware. The blow up is heartbreaking on several fronts. It really annoyed me that Leroy has been allowed to get away with his behavior…it just doesn’t seem realistic in today’s work environments. I wanted someone to stand up to him and was really disappointed no one did. Even when Channing calls out his behavior no one, boss included, responds.
The resolution is really nicely done and life affirming. There is a nice sense of acceptance that runs as a theme through these books and it doesn’t seem like a pipe dream kumbaya kind of thing but rather an imagining of a better place that we all could get to. Hidden Creek is the future we all hope can happen.
*I voluntarily read an ARC and this is my objective review.*
This book features Jason and Channing in what begins as a fake boyfriend situation that, as they usually do, turns all too real. Jason works for NASA and feels that he doesn’t fit in with his colleagues and not just because he is gay. At a department retreat held at a ranch in Hidden Creek he is continually the object of ridicule by one particular co-worker. This comes to a head when Channing, who was friends with Jason when they were children, overhears Jason getting abused in the grocery store. He realizes that Jason has invented a non existent boyfriend in an attempt to shut up the obnoxious colleagues and jumps in to become said boyfriend.
Things escalate from there as the awful colleague continually tries to humiliate Jason. Channing comes to the department retreat as Jason’s boyfriend and much to Leroy’s (the jerk) dismay things go well, the boss is impressed and the other people there accept them. Meanwhile Channing realizes his feelings for Jason are becoming real.
The crisis is easy to see coming and you kind of wonder why Jason and Channing aren’t more aware. The blow up is heartbreaking on several fronts. It really annoyed me that Leroy has been allowed to get away with his behavior…it just doesn’t seem realistic in today’s work environments. I wanted someone to stand up to him and was really disappointed no one did. Even when Channing calls out his behavior no one, boss included, responds.
The resolution is really nicely done and life affirming. There is a nice sense of acceptance that runs as a theme through these books and it doesn’t seem like a pipe dream kumbaya kind of thing but rather an imagining of a better place that we all could get to. Hidden Creek is the future we all hope can happen.
*I voluntarily read an ARC and this is my objective review.*