Scan barcode
A review by karentje
Burden by K.C. Wells
4.0
Another very competently written and thoughtful love story by K.C. Wells. I loved the great set of secondary characters that our MC’s had to fall back on.
Despite our MC’s already knowing each other through the events in Debt (first book in the series), the story builds quite slowly with Randy and Jesse going the friendship route first. Of course with Randy not yet out (or fully aware), there doesn’t seem to be a possibility for a romantic connection.
I didn’t much care for Jesse’s avoidance tactics, even less his timing, though I understood the fears and worries that drove him to it. He might have made more of an effort to be open with Randy instead of going for a great escape. For all the time they’ve taken to become friends, they then go full speed ahead from a cautiously expressed romantic interest to love with Randy especially going above and beyond for his younger lover.
This was a gripping, sweet slow-burn romance. For me personally though, it felt a tiny bit lacking in the joyful magic of discovery and falling in love that would have lifted it to an even higher level. Randy and Jesse have a lot of issues to overcome and as a result not as much time to simply revel in their new-found relationship.
Despite our MC’s already knowing each other through the events in Debt (first book in the series), the story builds quite slowly with Randy and Jesse going the friendship route first. Of course with Randy not yet out (or fully aware), there doesn’t seem to be a possibility for a romantic connection.
I didn’t much care for Jesse’s avoidance tactics, even less his timing, though I understood the fears and worries that drove him to it. He might have made more of an effort to be open with Randy instead of going for a great escape. For all the time they’ve taken to become friends, they then go full speed ahead from a cautiously expressed romantic interest to love with Randy especially going above and beyond for his younger lover.
This was a gripping, sweet slow-burn romance. For me personally though, it felt a tiny bit lacking in the joyful magic of discovery and falling in love that would have lifted it to an even higher level. Randy and Jesse have a lot of issues to overcome and as a result not as much time to simply revel in their new-found relationship.