Tangled Minds by Posy Roberts 4 Star ARC Review
Blurb:For years Beck Lund has taken care of his volatile boyfriend Brady, always putting Brady’s needs above his own and walking on eggshells to keep the peace. After Brady overdoses on heroin, his death devastates Beck. Thankfully his best friend, Timothy :, finds him the help he needs. Beck slowly starts to recover and moves in with Timothy to get back on his feet, but he’s oblivious that Timothy is secretly nursing romantic affection for him.
Beck focuses on his own healing for the first time in his life. After months of challenging his codependent tendencies and learning how to stand up for himself, Beck finally starts to trust his gut and hopes to one day love again. Timothy is patient throughout, taking care of Beck in ways no one ever has. But if Beck can’t recognize Timothy’s affection for him, it might be too late for them to move beyond friendship.
Tracy's Review:
4 Stars
This book was provided to me by the author/publisher via Pride Promotions in exchange for an honest review
Beck is left devastated and not sure where to go or quite how to heal after Brady, his boyfriend/partner of 10 years, dies of a heroin overdose. He comes home to discover Brady taking his last breaths. He is distraught, barely functioning. It was a rough road being in love with a severely depressed person, who uses illegal drugs to try to cope with the depression. Walking on egg shells when the depression turned to anger. Trying to lift someone up and make them happy, but failing.
He gave me his hope. I wish he could’ve kept some for himself. Now that he was really gone, it was plain he’d needed it far more than I. I’d done my best to help him, but in the end, there was nothing that could’ve really been done.
After months of just existing, by the first Christmas without Brady, Beck is desperate to just get past the hurt and pain. He just wants to feel happy again, to not feel numb and broken. He tries something desperate, but his best friend, Timothy shows up in time to stop him, and helps him get back on the right path.
With Timothy's encouragement and support, Beck begins attending a grief support group. He is encouraged to keep a poetry journal to help write his feeling down. Beck also begins to see a therapist.
Not being able to afford the home he and Brady shared together he moves in with Timothy. He eventually heals enough to want to fall in love again, but is he missing what's right in front of his face?
This book takes us on the long journey of Beck's hearing process. It takes place over a period of about a year and a half. The first third of the book deals mainly with Beck's healing process. His guilt over feeling he should have done things differently and maybe he could have saved Brady. If he had left, given him an ultimatum, or just shown up 2 minutes earlier. We watch Beck learn to have a healthy relationship where there is compromise, equal give and take instead of him being the one always giving.
This was an enjoyable, albeit sad book. By the first few pages I was already in tears. It was hard at times to read just how distraught Beck was over Brady's death. But in the end it left me happy and with warm and fuzzy feelings. This book takes you on a true roller coaster ride of emotions, so strap in and get ready.
About Posy:Posy Roberts writes about romantic male love. Whether her characters are family men, drag queens, or lonely men searching for connections, they all find a home in her stories.
Posy is married to a man who makes sure she doesn’t forget to eat or sleep; her daughter, a budding author and dedicated Whovian, helps her come up with character names. When Posy’s not writing, she enjoys crafting, hiking, and singing spontaneously about the mundane, just to make normal seem more interesting.
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