Four Corners

by Kate McMurray

Since childhood, Jake, Adam, Kyle, and Brendan have been teammates, best friends, brothers. Then one day, when they were twenty-five, Adam disappeared without a word, devastating his friends—none more so than Jake, who had secretly loved Adam since they were teenagers. Now, five years later, Adam is back, and he has his mind set on Jake. But those years of anger, hurt, and confusion are a lot to overcome, and Jake doesn’t find it easy to forgive. He isn’t sure they’ll ever fit together the way they did. Jake, Kyle, and Brendan have moved on with their lives, but Adam’s high-profile career keeps him in the closet—the same place he’s been for years. Still, his apologies seem sincere, and the attraction is still there. Jake desperately wants to give him a chance. But first he has to find out why Adam left and if he’s really back for good.

Genres: M M Romance, Sports, Friends To Lovers, Contemporary, Romance, M M Contemporary, LGBT

220 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 7, 2012

About the author

Kate McMurray writes smart romantic fiction. She likes creating stories that are brainy, funny, and of course sexy, with regular guy characters and urban sensibilities. She advocates for romance stories by and for everyone. When she’s not writing, she edits textbooks, watches baseball, plays violin, crafts things out of yarn, and wears a lot of cute dresses. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with a bossy cat and too many books.

Reviews

[Ami · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars
On the surface, this story has my favorite elements that excite me: (1) best friends turn lovers and (2) reunion of the one that got away. Unfortunately, the story doesn't really work. There are several things that I love and there are that I don't. I will try to be fair and mention them all.

So, on the plus side, I really like the secondary characters, namely Jake's two other best friends. Kyle the oversexual bi-sexual with an adorable daughter a result of one night of passion and Brendan, the only straight guy in the gang who has been with one female who ends up being his wife. As a supporting characters, they feel very rounded and provide the dynamic in Jake's life.

On the negative side ... I find the hot and cold attitude between Jake and Adam to be REALLY uncomfortable situation to read. While I can understand the reasons between each man's reaction, I can't help wanting to knock sense out of these guys. I start the story with feeling sympathy to Jake and being angry to Adam (and I wish that Jake doesn't easily let Adam back into his life, I want to see Adam grovel first).

Then, as the story goes along, and Ms. McMurray uncovers the reason why Adam went away five years ago, I become annoyed with Jake's ignorance over Adam's psychological issue of being gay (yes, I believe it's psychological, Adam doesn't feel that comfortable being gay and he doesn't need a pushy lover like Jake to push him out of the closet) and instead I feel sympathetic for Adam. My emotion is going high and low in this ... and unfortunately, not really in a good way.

I can't help comparing the couple with my ultimate on-and-off M/M couple of all time, Adrien and Jake (from Josh Lanyon's "Adrien English"). You see, while Jake hurts Adrien in process, and Jake also not comfortable being out, I think Jake is the perfect person for Adrien and I want them to be together forever. Here, I wonder if Jake and Adam really right for each other. I think all Jake has for Adam is a crush, and I wish Jake can move on to someone else who is more suitable for him. On top of that, Jake's indecisiveness over Adam hurts this one other guy, and I have never been in favor of that.

I also don't know if Adam really loves Jake. Adam surely acts cold most of the time, and I can't believe in his genuine feeling for Jake. All the time Adam tried to get involved in a gay relationship before Jake, he happened to pick the wrong men. So is Jake the right guy for him? My heart says no.

So weighing how I feel about this book by the time I finish it, and considering the uncomfortable situation I experience (I cringe every single time Jake pushes Adam to do something to prove that Adam is okay being gay), unfortunately, I can't give it a higher rating. That will mean I like this book.

While there are elements I love, I can't say that I like it. I like conflict and complication, but in this case, I don't like the feeling evokes within me when I finish. I know there are others who will love this. Plus the ability for Ms. McMurray to stir the drama should be an evidence that she writes really well. I'm just not a happy reader with this one ...

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have dueling feelings about this story.

On the one hand, I left the story thinking that Kate McMurray is a really excellent writer. I got an immediate sense for these characters, these childhood best friends, and the atmosphere of the story. I liked the way the author wove in the flashbacks and kept up the pace of the book. It held my interest the entire time. I also loved the secondary characters, perhaps more than the main characters... which leads me to one of my main issue with this book:

I'm still mad as hell at Adam.

I felt pissed at him for the majority of this story. I just felt like Jake forgave him way, way too easily. I felt hurt and angry about how selfish Adam was when he took off, and I couldn't wrap my brain around how Jake could forgive him without excessive, excessive grovelling.

I also had some problems with the current relationship between Jake and Adam. You know there are some couples who are on and off, but you are rooting so hard for them because you know that they are meant to be together? Adam and Jake were not like that for me. They seemed like two completely different people in two completely different places in their lives. It felt forced and awkward for most of the story. There was a lot of arguing and back and forth. I would have much, much preferred it if they tried to make it work and then realized that they didn't work as a couple after all. I was rooting for another main character to step in, actually.

When it comes down to it, I wasn't sold on the "love" that Adam and Jake had for each other. I can sort of see why Jake was infatuated with Adam when they were younger (well, kind of, because Adam used to be a surly douche) but they hadn't seen each other in 5 years. When they did get together again, most of what I felt was palpable tension. I'm not quite sure how that translated into love for these two guys. It felt more like nostalgia than love to me.

So why did I give this book even 3 stars? It comes down to the fact that much of my reasons for not loving this story were emotional, personal hangups. I can easily see how someone else could come in and adore this book. Also, I think that the author had to be doing something very right to get me to feel so much emotion, good or bad, about the characters.

**Copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review**

[Snowtulip]

Still thinking on the rating....

I really have enjoyed the last few McMurray books I've read and was anxious for this book. As with authors I enjoy, it doesn't always mean I like all their books, some I love, some I don't like...just happens sometimes.

This story didn't work for me. It had the components that I normally love (friends to lovers, coming together after a long separation), but the story was flat for me and very repetitive in the beginning. I just couldn't believe the story...there were moments when I was getting there, but then it just didn't pan out for me. The hot and cold emotions just became too much at times.

I still look forward to read Kate McMurray's next book and think this book will probably appeal to many readers.

[Dre · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought I was going to give this book 5 stars when I started. I got completely suckered in by the excerpt, so I bought it and didn't put it down until I was done. The beginning was great; but, when I got to the end, I felt like I had been waiting for the big climax only for there to not really be one. And I found myself very angry at Jake because he was one of those whiney gay guys who keeps fighting with his boyfriend to change because he thought his boyfriend was ashamed of being gay, only for his boyfriend to change, but he pushes him away anyway, then decides he completely messed up, and he's the one afraid to change. I really wanted to smack him. And for the love of god, could Jake have been mad at Adam, got everything out and then moved on. His wishy-washy I'm still mad, no I forgive him crap got on my nerves too.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Well written but not entirely comfortable to read, kind of like being a guest at a dinner party where the hosts have a big argument. I loved the friends-to-lovers angle, but as late as 90% into the story, I wasn't convinced that this couple would last. Thankfully, it all worked out (believably so, I thought), and I loved the epilogue.

[Anke · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it enough to finish it. The story flowed along quite nicely, but somehow everything felt distant and I as a reader wasn't really involved.

[P · Rating 2 out of 5]

The two MCs pissed me off so much and they just seemed wrong for each other. I just wanted Jake to get over Adam and both of them find somebody else!!

[Dumbledore11214 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kate McMurray became a must buy author for me couple of her works ago, so I really should not be surprised that I liked her book so much, but I am surprised nonetheless. I did love the building romance between Jake and Adam, and I loved how the writer makes it so *not* easy for them to reconnect after Adam left and at the same time how she made it so true to who they both were and who they became before they reconnected. I however also liked just as much how the writer showed the non sexual friendships between the four guys and not all of them were gays. I do not think we get nearly as much real friendships between the guys shown in mm romances and I applaud the author for doing that in this book. It was also wonderful to see how because their friendship was so important for these four guys that Adam's leaving impacted all four of them and I was glad that the story showed at least somewhat how Kyle and Brandon also had to deal with his coming back. I loved, loved how real main characters and most of the secondary characters felt and not only Jake and Adam were shown to experience the character's growth. I thought that the book avoided every single pitfall I saw mm romance story slip into - there were no fake conflicts, no idiotic misunderstandings and the misunderstandings and hurt which were there were dealt with fast enough to be believable that this is how the two men who want to be in each other's life would deal with the understandable fights. I have not felt that the characters earned their happy ending that strongly for quite some time.

[Lana · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started very promising, I was on team Jake, because Adam seemed to be the idiot who run away from his friends and love interest without reason. So I was feeling with Jake about Adam's sudden appearance, his issues with his sexuality and was wondering why Jake gave in so quickly, truly if he was so hurt, why did he let Adam in his life and bed so easily?

Then came New York and well this turned the whole dynamic, while I disliked Adam at first and the way how he behaved towards Jake in New York, then came the cementary scene and well he didn't seem that bad at all. Suddenly Jake behaves irrational and throws a fit, so my sympathies shift again. This shifting and picking sides and giving up on that actually made me frustrated with this book.

Let's not forget that they always speak about love and I honestly don't know how they can, because I didn't see them fall in love.

[Kade Boehme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wowee! Now that there was a good love story right there. Probably the best ive read in months. Had you on edge hoping they worked thru their shit til the end yet wa just sweet and perfect. The memories killed me... And that epilogue! Wow! 5 plus stars. Good lord. Off to find more by this author.

[liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars
While I enjoyed this story, the plot felt circular. "I love him, do I trust him, but I love him" and repeat. I was honestly a bit sick of being inside of Jake's head. I'm not sure I would have liked it more with an alternating POV, but maybe so. Adam certainly has a lot swirling around inside of him. The first person from Jake's perspective had me alternating feeling sympathy for Adam and wanting to kick him in the shins. Which I think is how Jake felt and is reflected in the circular plot.

There's also the small matter of Kyle's bisexuality. That's how he identifies, and yet Jake is fairly dismissive. When the subject is first introduced, Jake says it's a bit of a mystery. Then he goes on to a flashback to the teen years where Kyle tells them he IS bisexual. So...no mystery there. When the following present day convo happens between the two, I wanted to punch Jake.

"You know," I said, "I'm starting to think that the only reason you think you're bisexual is that you've run out of new women to fuck."
Kyle frowned. "You don't think I'm bisexual? Because I have slept with a few men. Not as many as you, probably, but--"
I rolled my eyes. "Come on, Longo. I appreciate your sense of sexual adventure, but at the end of the night, wouldn't you rather go home with a woman?"
"Sure. Who wouldn't?"
"I wouldn't."

Thus proving you're GAY, Jake, not disproving one of your besties is bi. Go burn your judgy pants, buddy. I'm really hoping this scene only serves to prove how very judgmental Jake is, not only about Kyle's sexuality, but in the way Adam chooses to express HIS gayness. They fight about this multiple times, and in each case, I felt more and more sympathy for Adam trying to compromise with Jake's idea that his way of being out and proud was the only way to be. I didn't love how it sometime sounded like Adam was being condescending, but I think that's ALL Jake was focusing on.

I do think all of that was deliberate, but I suppose it's why I didn't love being stuck in Jake's brain for the whole book. So yes. I did enjoy this book at times. I overall liked the relationship when Jake and Adam were sweet together, and I like the brotherhood of the 4 men. My feelings on the book are about as circular as the plot.

[CrabbyPatty · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars. In Four Corners we meet boyhood friends Kyle, Brennan, Adam and Jakey - a friendship like the four corners of a baseball diamond. But when Adam basically disappears for five years (after passionately kissing Jake), Jake can't get past his longing for Adam, paired with his anger. When Adam returns, he and Jake try to come to terms with the possibility of a life together, but they disagree about what it means to be gay and live openly. I loved how the plot places Adam and Jake in conflict time and again, only to offer up a flashback that gives them the understanding to move forward. While their chemistry sizzles, their relationship is hard-won and makes their HEA so touching.

I received a copy of this book from Dreamspinner Press in exchange for an honest review.
Review also posted at GayBook Reviews. Check it out!

[Kelly_Instalove · Rating 2 out of 5]

Grade: C-

I didn’t want his words to make my heart soar. I didn’t want my skin to tingle where his palms rested. I didn’t want to get aroused by the way he smelled. I didn’t want the proximity of our bodies to make me shiver. All of those things happened anyway.

A no-go on this one too. The writing mechanics are good (sometimes really good), but I found the high school flashbacks to be really intrusive, the present-day interactions were repetitive, and Jake (The One Who Stayed) was a whiny, self-righteous wanker. He did get a bit of redemption in the end, but he needed a smackdown.

The “four corners” baseball friendship theme could have been a great connecting thread, but I needed a lot more of it to hold this story together.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

incerta fino all'ultimo tra le 3 e le 4 stelle ma la scrittura e la buona introspezione dei personaggi mi ha convinta alle 4 stelle. a tratti commovente a volte irritante nel descrivere i 2 protagonisti e anche gli altri 2 amici che compongono le 4 basi, mi sembra un buon libro anche per riflettere.

[Katy Beth Mckee · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ending of the story is satisfying. The beginning chapters start with a lot of looking pack into the past which helps create the back story. Personally though I had a hard time connecting with these two men which is why I gave the book 3 stars. #CMCon25

[Cole Riann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review posted at The Armchair Reader for Kate McMurray Week!

4.5 stars

Whew, this was a doozy for me -- an intensely personal read and one that's particularly difficult for me to review. The basis of the story is a bit of a Big Chill setup. Four childhood friends (the Four Corners because of the bases they all played on their high school baseball team) are split up when one of then, Adam, disappears for 5 years. Jake has been in love with Adam since they were in their early teens. Actually, probably before that but he didn't know what his feelings meant. Though he knows that Adam is gay as well, it's something they don't speak of. When they all leave to go their separate ways for college, Jake is free to move on from his feelings for Adam and explore his sexuality.

But when Adam leaves, it destroys their close family. A new dynamic emerges over Adam's five year absence. Brendan and Kyle become the ones Jake is closest to, and though they're both straight (well, Kyle is a question mark!), they're fiercely protective of him. It's obvious that in all these years no one has claimed the feelings that Jake still harbors for Adam. But now those feelings are tainted with anger at Adams absence and confusion over what Jake did to make him leave.

When Adam turns up, almost as if nothing ever happened, their new dynamic as three best friends are thrown out of whack. But Jake can't stay away from Adam. And when Adam starts doing whatever he can to make up his absence to Jake, it throws all of their relationships in turmoil. Why did Adam leave, refusing contact all those years? And can he ever really come to terms with being gay and out?

As I said, this was an intensely personal read for me. I have a feeling that some readers might have a hard time understanding Adam and why he did what he did. Make no mistake -- despite my feelings, I felt like Kate McMurray did a remarkable job explaining his emotional turmoil and what he was going through to make him take such drastic action as to leave everyone behind. But, without going into too many details… I've been in that position before and so I could really understand what makes someone want to flee and the intense betrayal that causes.

I admired the writing in this story. I can't say that it's my favorite of Kate's novels, but that's only because I love Out in the Field so much that this book would have to be absolutely extraordinary to top that. But, this is really a grown up romance novel. Not to say that any kind of book with sex in it is childish! But… I think that this story is given care to represent a situation and real emotion in a way that isn't sugarcoated. The characters aren't written to be liked, but to simply play out their emotions, through which they make you like them. In fact, my feelings about both Adam and Jake were ambiguous until over halfway through the story when I felt like they both, at the same time, were starting to be accountable for their actions.

I rarely say this, but my favorite part of this book were the flashbacks. They aren't classic flashbacks, more Jake's memories depending on where he is in the story and what he's thinking. But they tie the past and present perfectly together, framing the similarities and differences between the past Adam and Jake and the present Adam and Jake and showing the drastic dynamic change between the group of friends. It's this atmosphere and mood of joy and solidarity created by the flashbacks that just how Adam's disappearance messed up their group.

This is definitely a recommended read. And no matter how personal of a read it was for me, it wasn't particularly angst-filled. Kate seems to have a knack, now that I realize I've said something similar in most of my reviews of her books this week, for allowing the characters their emotional turmoil but not taking things too far. The epilogue is sweet and gives this story a firm HEA. There's also a free short sequel called "Shortstop" that was posted recently on the Dreamspinner Facebook page. I can't find the link and I can't find it on the Dreamspinner FB page (thought I didn't have long to look), but I know it's there from a google search. So, if you can find it, it's really cute and shows Jake and Adam as a couple two years after the end of the novel.

[Gabbi · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Kisses

I love a friends-to-lovers themed romance. There’s something very special about watching two people who have always be friends and depended on each others relationship evolve into love and romance. I admit that after I read the blurb to this book, I was pretty excited to read it, so it wasn’t long before I found myself pushing aside my daily chores so I could finish it once I started it. Believe me when I say I wasn’t disappointed. Four Corners immediately swept me up into the lives of these engaging characters and gripped my interest until the very end.

Four Corners is told in first person through Jake’s point of view. Normally, this is not my favorite viewpoint when I’m reading romance, but I thought the author did a really good job at keeping Jake’s character and his viewpoint alluring enough to really move the story along quite smoothly as the book progressed. Jake is a strong, well-written character and I personally enjoyed his inner-dialog and reliving some of the memories he had about his best friend and true love, Adam, and their small tight knit group of friends.

I liked Jake and Adam. Both as friends and lovers they really made sense together. I admit, there were times I wanted to personally strangle Adam for being so naïve and afraid to stand on his own feet, but I also empathized with his confusion about his sexuality and his homophobic parents. Still, I wanted him to stand on his own two feet and live his life and love who he wanted before he eventually came around with Jake, but I also know we all do things on our own time, and Adam’s transition into a stronger, more confident man was a journey only he could go through at his own pace. I enjoyed watching both men work hard to find their way back to each other, and I appreciated the solid foundation of love and trust that they once again build between them.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author. I really liked her ability to get to the heart of her characters and her easy style of writing. I’m looking forward to reading more books by her and recommend this book for anyone who loves a good friends to lovers/reunion romance.

Reviewed By: Gabbi

[Nic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really interesting look at the relationship between two men, Adam and Jake as they deal with the emotions of meeting again, five years after Adam left without a word.

I enjoyed the exploration of Adam's acceptance of his own sexuality and the response Jake had to his friend's perspective. "It was okay for me to be gay but not for him. I wondered how his own self-loathing affected what he thought about me. I'd worried for a long time that any judgments he held about himself applied to gay people generally or me specifically, that he couldn't muster up the pride to just say out loud that he was gay, that he condemned me for coming out. I guessed I had my answer."

I think my favourite part of the book was Jake's realisation of the difference between he and Adam. " I finally got what he'd being trying to tell me since Wednesday night. I was capital-G Gay: I was out to everyone, I lived in Boystown, I had rainbow tags on my luggage. He was lowercase-G gay: he was attracted to men, but that's where it ended as far as he was concerned. I was more flabbergasted than angry then, surprised I hadn't put that together sooner, and also feeling a little hurt."

What I didn't enjoy was the whole on again off again thing, it mainly coloured my opinion of Adam and therefore I found it hard to warm to him initially. The whole book actually had a strange unease about it. When Adam and Jake get together it doesn't even feel like happiness and joy. But what it does have is a sense of realism - real life has conflict and emotion and it isn't always plain sailing.

Bonus points for the fabulous ending and sweet epilogue!

I now publish all my m/m reviews on my blog so if you want to see all my m/m reviews in one place come visit at Because Two Men Are Better Than One!

[Toshokan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alors ici nous allons avoir une romance qui sera vraiment basée sur l’acceptation d’être gay et la manière de l’être. C’est le fil conducteur de toute l’histoire.

Nous aurons en opposition un homme qui est fier d’être gay et qui le revendique et un autre qui a appris à accepter de l’être mais qui n’est pas pour autant pour la revendication. Le jeu entre les deux est assez étrange. En fait c’est surtout l’impression que j’ai eu qui était étrange, j’ai eu de la sympathie au départ pour le personnage d’Adam mais au fur et à mesure de ses interactions avec jake j’ai eu plus de mal. Je dois même avouer qu’à un moment il m’énervait puis il a évolué ou plutôt l’auteure a fait en sorte qu’on comprenne son point de vue.

Je n’ai rien à redire sur le style de l’auteure que j’ai bien aimé dans l’ensemble mais c’est sur sa manière d’aborder l’histoire que je n’ai pas été emballé, comme je l’ai dit les atermoiements d’Adam étaient peut être trop longs et les changements pas assez rapides. On sentait l’amour mais il y a quelque chose qui le ternissait.

Même la fin ne m’a pas fait voir vraiment d’étincelles car l’auteure reste très concrète et j’ai l’impression que le romantisme n’est pas à la hauteur de ce qu’il aurait pu être.

En résumé une romance sur un fond toujours actuel mais une approche un peu déstabilisante et qui ne m’a pas vraiment convaincue. Au final je n’ai pas eu tant d’empathie que cela envers le couple de héros même si j’ai quand même lu avec sympathie cette histoire.

[Pete W · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a well written story.

I find that Jake seems to take things way too personal whenever he talked to Adam. I supposed Ms. McMurray intended for Jake to be the nice guy but way he kept thinking that Adam's behavior or way to live means he didn't think Jake was good enough made me think of Jake as rather self-centered. Especially when Adam was simply *telling* Jake what happened and didn't asked for opinion.

Perhaps it stemmed from the feeling of being abandoned.

On reflection, Adam also have a lot of baggage of his own. He ran away at age of 25. Not 18 or 21, 25. Which, for me, implied that he was total mess to let his mother push him around like this.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I don't know why but the fact that Jake pined away for Adam for 5 years without moving on seems more pathetic to me than romantic. A few months, maybe a year, that I could believe or understand. Five years of stunted emotional growth and unhealthy relationships? Nope. Not romantic at all.

[Gaby Franz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro bien escrito pero al que creo le faltó sentimiento. Recién en el último capítulo pude sentir emoción. La trama es algo plana y poco original. Las partes relatadas del béisbol me parecieron sumamente pesadas y no añadieron algo sustentable a la novela en general.
Creo que un libro debe dejarte algo, alguna enseñanza o un sentimiento de satisfacción y este no ha sido el caso.

[Kieran, First of his name.🧜🏾‍♂️ Lover of Oceans · Rating 2 out of 5]

I ended up not giving any fucks about the characters in this book.

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3~3.5/5

Despite their ages, this felt like a coming to age and self-discovered story. In that sense, the author had done quite well. Unfortunately, the subjected in which it was dealing with is a sensitive one, one that I had a strong opinion regarding one side of it, which hindered me from enjoying the book. However, the author had done a good job tying it all together, but it still wasn't enough for me.

My other problem is Jake. I felt like he was in love with the idea of being in love with Adam more than the man himself. It seemed he 'loved' Adam more when he wasn't around, to which I just found the relationship unconvincing.

Anyhow, this wasn't a bad book. The writing is decent and the plot was well developed. Yet, I just wasn't enjoying it, which is a shame because I did enjoy this author's other works.

[Coty · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing is excellent. The actual story was a little hit and miss for me. These guys were soooo very whiny 😫. It really got on my nerves. Mostly Jake. Adam messed up and left you. You don’t need to continue whining about it. Further into the story we find out why Adam left. It is very understandable. Jake still whines and personally I think Adam should have left again. The ending is a bit rushed. I would have liked to have seen more secondary family characters in the story. Overall the drama felt forced for men nearly 30 years old.

[Amneris Cesare · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked reading it. Loved the 4 friends together, the plot, the reasons for anger and hurt, the rekindling of who's been left behind, the reasons why one of them run, I had, instead, some difficulties in clicking with the attraction between the two MCs, the loving couple. Sometimes they seem to be madly in love - they say too much Iloveyous - sometimes I doubted either one or the other really had feelings for his partner. But at the end it's a good romance novel. Not outstanding but good.

[Trin · Rating 2 out of 5]

McMurray's writing is smooth, but this second-chance romance never stopped feeling like an anti-romance to me: beyond a sense of crippling nostalgia, I never understood why Jake forgave Adam, or liked Adam, frankly. They seem miserable as a couple: they just fight and fight, and their relationship feels claustrophobic and unpleasant to read about. Please break up! Move on with your lives!

For what it's worth: there also wasn't enough baseball in this.

[Eden Boy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Accepter que le changement est essentiel pour pouvoir reconstruire quelque chose après un coup dur dans la vie, voilà le thème de l'histoire.
Pour l'accepter il faut le comprendre les faits qui se sont passés.

Très joli histoire qui mêle les sentiments au milieu du baseball avec parcimonie.

[Virginie Dauphin · Rating 4 out of 5]

belle histoire sur l'amitié, et l'acceptation du changement

[Elliebit · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.4