Jaime Fiction Fangirls's Reviews > Rush

This book was so powerful for me. I learned alot about myself that I never expected. I've always considered myself an open-minded person and I've always been on the side of gay marriage/gay rights. Here is where I make an admission that I'm not really proud of. Until Nyrae announced last summer that she would be writing Brandon and Alec's story, I was never interested in reading a m/m book. I honestly can’t even tell you if a m/m romance came across my radar. Go ahead and judge me, I deserve it.

However, this is where I step in and say that thanks to Nyrae's incredible writing I fell deep. There was nothing, absolutely nothing about this book that I didn't completely fall in love with. I fell in love with Brandon and the fact that he has never quite felt like he was good at anything, like he never really fit in anywhere. I fell in love with Alec and the contemptible relationship he has with his father and the fact that he never gives up on his feelings for Brandon. I fell in love with the fact that Charlie and Nate appeared in this book. I fell in love with Brandon's parents and some of his teammates. Hell as worried as I was about him and Alec, I fell in love with Logan. Mostly I fell in love with the fact that Nyrae showed me once and for all that LOVE IS LOVE and everyone should be able to flaunt it, to share it, to shout it from the mountain tops.

Back to my shameful fears going in to the book, we need to discuss the sex. Again, I wasn't sure how I would feel about these, but not because I was worried about the actual act but because I didn't want it represented in a, how should I say this, overtly sexual/smutty way. I didn’t want to fetishize these characters. I should've known that I had nothing to worry about. Sure the scenes were descriptive, but each and every one of them were written with an intimacy and sensuality that Brandon and Alec deserved. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I needed and looked forward to the sex scenes as a way to progress their story.

Nyrae Dawn has written a beautiful and poignant story that highlights the struggles of the LGBT community and strength of true love in any form. I recommend this book to EVERYONE and suggest you have a box of tissue handy while reading.

*Rush is book #4 in the Games series but I recommend reading the standalone, Four Summers in order to get the full experience of these characters

*I received an ARC from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review