Review: Waiting for You by Cora Rose
SYNOPSIS:
As a divorced man in my thirties with a throwaway job and very few friends, I admit that I’ve made a lot of bad decisions over the years. Rounding out the top of that epic list was allowing my son’s best friend, Quinn, to talk me into taking him on a two-week summer road trip…alone.
What was supposed to be quality father-son bonding time before Joshua goes off to college has somehow transpired into a battle of wills between me and his nineteen-year-old best friend.
Quinn may be young but he genuinely seems to enjoy spending time with me, something I’ve never experienced before, and it feels nice to finally have someone care. I mean, being friends with the kid wouldn’t be so bad, right?
But Quinn suddenly seems hellbent on flirting with me, and the way he looks at me is anything but friendly. My will to stay away from this sweet, attractive, and persistent young man is waning. With the two of us alone in a camper, in the wilds of Michigan…Christ, this is bad…very, very bad.
REVIEW:
I think before I even start my review, I have to say how much I love this cover, the cover combined with the synopsis instantly drew me in. And I have to say while I didn’t love the story, I definitely enjoyed it and liked it.
The age-gap between Quinn and Grey is sizzling, add in that Quinn is the best friend of Grey’s son and you know this is a recipe for disaster. I enjoyed the build up and sexual tension between Quinn and Grey. Quinn may be only 19 but he definitely reads as an old soul, he knows what he wants and has his mind made up. Sweet, tender Grey, well I didn’t know what to feel towards him other than sympathy and a wish for the man to seek therapy to overcome his baggage.
Sexual tension aside, the relationship felt a little too one-way. Quinn has been pinning after Grey for years whereas Grey’s attraction to Quinn is sudden. I wish these two had spent more time communicating. There were numerous sizzling sex scenes, but Quinn and Grey could have benefited from some adult conversation and transparency. Grey was also so fickle that the way he hurt Quinn a few times had my heart aching. He didn’t deserve the way he was being treated, even if Grey was also going through the ringer of emotions.
Overall, I liked how the story panned out and enjoyed the ending. It was sweet, tender, and hopeful. In the end it left me with a smile on face but I could have done without some of the drama to get to there.
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