Forget Me Not, My Love by J.D. Walker ~ ARC Review

Forget Me Not, My Love by J.D. Walker ~ ARC Review

Blurb:

When Terry turned eighteen, he would end up homeless and alone, abandoned by family and friends for being gay. Though it took him years, he found his feet again.

Then a man from his past knocks him right back down again, dredging up a memory of the time Terry stood by and did nothing as that same man was assaulted for being gay, driving home to Terry that he will never be worthy of friendship or family. But the man who brought back the past is also the person most willing to fight for their future.

Tracy's Review:

3.75 stars

**This book was provided to me by the author/publisher via NetGallery.com in exchange for an honest review**

Terry was thrown out at the age of 18, when he came out to his parents. After living the life of a privileged rich kid he was suddenly abandoned by his family and friends and forced to live on the streets. He finally gets into a program that helps him get a job and find section 8 housing. But Terry isn't living, he is just existing.

On a trip across the street to get batteries his past comes back. His past is angry. When Terry was in HS he just stood by while his "friends" brutally attacked Ishmael the gay kid at school.

Ishmael approaches Terry later and confronts him about the beating. Terry apologizes, but can Ishmael forgive him?

This book started out really strong. It moved along at a nice pace and the two main characters had a real good chemistry. UNTIL.. The very end. The last few pages took a sharp turn into cheeseville(no one proclaims their love like that!) and was severely rushed. The author had a good plot, and good chemistry between the mc's, and didn't take advantage of it. This book needed at least another 25-30 pages to really explore Terry and Ishmael's relationship and let them fall in love gradually.

About J.D.

J.D. Walker is a lover of art in all its forms. She loves to explore her world through writing, painting and music, among other things, and immerses herself completely in the creative process.

A multi-published author of LGBT erotic romance stories, she likes to write other stuff, too. She is a poet and lover of all things knit and crochet. Oh, and there's that certain German crime drama series she can't live without.

She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with sexy men and women at her beck and call day and night to fulfill her fantasies -- or so she'd have us believe. Goodreads