Coming Home

by Lola Carson

After a five-year stretch in prison, Dean has his freedom back—but it's not what matters to him. All he cares about is finding the love of his life and picking up where they left off. Except the love of his life—Adam—isn't so welcoming. He took losing Dean too hard and he's spent the past few years trying to recover. Seeing Dean again threatens to undo all his hard work and he can't risk it, shouldn't risk it, no matter how desperate he is to feel Dean's touch on him again.

Genres: M M Romance

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 18, 2015

About the author

Author also writes as Elsa Winters

Reviews

[Ele · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had all the potential to wow me, but it didn't.

Reasons:
* The writing. The third-person narrative felt too dry and detached, especially in the beginning where there was no dialogue. It got better later but still, it was either short/ chopped sentences or way too long phrases (like half a page long). Dunno...it felt awkward.
*Like another review pointed out, this felt like a sequel to a book that doesn't exist. There were too many references to incidents that took place 5 years ago and way too many secondary characters from their life before Dean went to prison (and how many godchildren did Adam have anyway?). How did they meet? How were they as a couple? It felt too incomplete.
* I didn't really understand why Dean felt he needed to sacrifice his relationship with Adam in the first place. And I didn't like that Adam put all the blame for his weakness to Dean.

BUT

There is a big but and this is what keeps me coming bak to this author. Lola Carson's characters have fire between them. There is insane chemistry, intensity and passion. There is real emotion supporting every sex scene. Lingering glances, touches, tender or dark and gritty lovemaking, all that make me root for the HEA, despite how stupidly the characters may behave.

If you have enjoy the author's work in the past, I 'd suggest that you give this a go.

[La*La · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars.

Sometimes, Lola Carson stories don't work for me, but mostly, they do. I really liked this one as well. Full of angsty yumminess, this book tells a story of re-united lovers. I loved both Dean and Adam.

What I didn't like was the lack of back-story. There were some bits here and there describing the heroes' past lives and the past events, but it all was irritatingly vague. Not the first time I come across this in Lola Carson's books. :/

[Makhda]

I don't like the writing style. The POV's changed suddenly, too many narration, not enough dialogue. I like third POV actually. But this is weird.

It's just not my cup of tea.

[Emeziel · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was one of the best. I absolutely love this writer's works. They are filled with the drama I crave.
This one was really angsty, and had even more margin of angst. I am happy sshe did not avail that; it really made me cry lol.

[Raj · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so glad I read this as a whole & not as a serial as all the minutes stops & starts would had me chomping at the bit.As it stands the story though short was jam packed full of emotions both good & bad.

The book was realistic & the angst of separation that both these characters experienced was right on point and I felt every nuance of that.The sex scenes range from tender to downright dirty & everything in between.

Though I did not fully understand the sacrificial nature of Dean's characters as I felt the outcome could have been less costly,the drama that was born as a result of his decision does increase the dramatic slant the book takes.

[Antisocial Recluse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wish I could have given more stars because I kind of liked the story. But I disliked Adam's character for not seeing the obvious reasons for Dean's actions five years previously. Then he blamed his issues and problems on Dean. I also felt like this was a sequel to another book. There were too many vague references to events in the past and secondary character connections without any real explanations that would have fleshed out the story. It was left feeling incomplete, even with a HEA.