Review: Rush by Nyrae Dawn
SYNOPSIS:
For the love of the game.
Brandon Chase has always defined himself by one thing: football. Tough and athletic, he is a great college player who enjoys the hard hits and the sweaty grind of the gridiron. But when Brandon is injured, only one person can help him get back on track-a forbidden love he’s desperately tried to put behind him.
Alec Andrews has never quite forgiven Brandon for walking away when their friendship turned into something more. But he can’t deny help to one of his closest friends. As the two spend the long, hot summer working together, their old attraction comes flooding back.
Now as Alec thinks about coming out to his conservative family and Brandon considers revealing he’s a gay football player, the two men must be strong to fight for a love that could be the greatest rush of their lives.
REVIEW:
One second your blissfully reading your book and the next second there are tears streaming down your face…why does this happen every time I read Nyrae Dawn’s books?! I wasn’t anticipating some of these scenes in this book to hit me as hard as they did but don’t mind me, I’ll just be over here being emotionally gutted.
Brandon and Alec are such raw, precious, and pure characters. Emotionally vulnerable, fragile, their edges are unrefined and each is going through a different struggle. Their inner turmoil was tearing apart my heart. Both characters are struggles with past choices, but each is met with different obstacles. While they find solace in each other, it’s not enough to ignore the outside world.
It seems that these two have been denying their feelings for years. They both walked away, fought how they truly felt, denied who they truly were and carried a weight so heavy, I am impressed they were still able to smile. Around 60% into the book, I started to get anxious. Things were going far too well for the ball not to drop. And when everything finally played out, my chest was hurting. Why should these two have to suffer so much just because they love each other? At 86% tears were streaming down my face and I had to stop reading to pull myself together. At 96% my heart was so full and so very happy.
Nyrae captures the struggles of love and I can’t imagine how hard it is for so many people to come out to their families and friends and I hope someday we get to a world where this prejudice isn’t the case. And that is why these types of stories are my favorites. The types that make me reflect and look into my own heart while I watch characters pour out theirs, there is truly no better feeling.
LINKS:
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