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was an incredible read and yet also a very difficult read as well, Incredible in that it was nearly impossible to put down, but difficult in it's subject matter, Although Jason is out and proud in a rather accepting environment at school his home life and the sexual abuse he suffers at the hands of his stepfather have left him bitter and jaded.
As a result he has a tendency to take out his frustration on others including the one boy he's loved,
Tommy wasn't in the same space emotionally when Jason came out and Jason took his revenge, When Tommy steps in to rescue Jason from an ex their love is reignited, Jason is still unwilling to have his relationship with his stepfather become public and has sworn the only two people who know to secrecy.
Will their new relationship be strong enough to survive the secrets I didn't particularly like the main character, or most of the side ones to be honest and the story was too forced at times.
Even so, when I accidentally started reading this atam, I couldn't stop until it was finished for some reason.
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The ending was WAY to abrupt and the relationship was WAY to fast anyways other then that it was good “Youre a beautiful person, and its okay to let people see that.
” Says Tommy to Jason.
Except Jason isnt a beautiful person, Hes a mean, shallow little prick who is nowhere near as clever or quickwitted as he thinks he is, and I cant understand what anyone sees in him.
Later, Tommy states, “Hes so much more than everyone says he is, ” Where is the evidence of this Because it is not on any of the pages I read, There is no character development with him, which is a shame because the situation he is in should produce sympathy instead of indifference but there just wasn't enough depth to Jason to elicit any kind of response except leaving me feeling as if Tommy deserved so much better.
This story was an okay read, I think what annoys me is that this book had all the potential to be an awesome read but the author didn't take the time to flesh out the storyline a bit more.
Writing about heavy issues such as sexual abuse, neglect and near rape are heavy subjects yet every situation and how they were remedied were treated entirely too lightly in this book.
The abrupt ending was also a big turn off.
Despite the Heartless's shortcomings I liked the characters and their "voices", Roman has a writing style that I absolutely adore and I can easily see myself adding him to my "automatic buy author" list if the reading material is more polished.
So much potential lost : It was okay, but the way the author chooses to unwrap the plot was way too flat, Some things were just too out of context to me, Great story, poor development. This is a pretty short book and tries to do a lot of things in a small amount of "time",
I enjoy reading high school stories/college stories they're my guilty pleasure and rarely done right in my eyes, Heartless is an example of that, Jason is a horrible character and a character I can't come to like,
Overall it was not to my taste, .
This was a good, fast read that unfortunately felt like a fast write,
Jason is the victim of abuse, and the monster who is inflicting the abuse is a stepfather, Jason gets help from Kevin, his best friend, and from Tommy, his unexpected knight in shining armor,
But there are too many interesting characters in this too short work, many who really demand fleshing out, For example, each boy adopted by Charlie and Mark, whose home Jason enters, is a rescue with his own intriguing background, But we only get to know them as snapshots,
I appreciate that this is Jason's story, but even his story feels thin, given the sexual circus swirling around him.
I'm hoping that sitelinkClueless, told from Tommy's point of view, expands the ring of understanding! ,stars!
I am rating this as ayear old girl who loves the m/m genre, I want to start off by saying this would not be for anyone immature of not capable of reading a serious matter.
This book has some very serious issues brought up and I think it would not be good to read this if you were unable to handle more serious themes.
I am one of the first to say I never hated Jason, He was a jerk and an idiot through the majority of the book, but he was broken, His private life was very difficult and with Jonathan his stepfather it was made even more complicated and very disturbing, To say Jason took his problems out on others was an understatement, He was not good to people and for the most part seemed almost abusive in his own right, Of course I was not happy with his actions, But from what I understand it's normal enough behavior in the situation,
Next we have Tommy,
With Tommy I had some niggles, He was portrayed as the good guy through the book, It irritated me slightly because he treated Jason as bad as Jason treated him, If you read the book you would understand why Jason did what he did to Tommy, It was something I easily overlooked, Tommy's support was the reason I loved him, not because he was the good guy who did no wrong, but because he supported and loved Jason when he found out what was going on.
As a couple I could feel the love, but not necessarily the attraction, It kind of felt like I was waiting for something to happen or be told about something off scream that would allow me to see a stronger attraction.
Does that make sense Probably not, I loved it though, As a couple the support and love was there so I can't really complain,
In the book my favourite character had to be Kevin, He was a great secondary character and one that I wanted to be in more, His type of character always attracts me, It was sweet his relationship with Jason and the way his support never wavered, There were a few good supporting characters and others I wanted to throw off a building or under a train,
My last thoughts are that this book won't appeal to a large majority, For many reasons, it should be given a go though and that the ending should not put people off, There is a second book in the series, .