Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... The Hate You Drinkpor N. R. Walker
Ninguno Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Erik Keston, son of the Keston Real Estate empire, knows what it takes to be successful. Despite his inherent wealth, he holds his own. He works hard, he's grounded, he's brilliant. He's also secretly in love with his best friend. Monroe Wellman lost his parents three years ago and never grieved, never recovered. Inheriting the family company and wealth means nothing, and his spiral of self-destruction is widespread and spectacular. Dubbed Sydney's bad boy, he spends more days drunk than sober, and the only person who's stuck by him through it all is his best mate. But when Monroe hits rock bottom, Erik gives him an ultimatum, and his entire world comes to a grinding halt. It's not until the haze lifts that Monroe can truly see what he's been searching for was never in the bottom of a bottle. It's been by his side all along. Contains mature themes. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNingunoCubiertas populares
Google Books — Cargando... GénerosValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |
Most romance novels that touch upon addiction are about a character who has gone through the supreme struggle and got sober and then lives with the daily struggle to stay sober. And the role this plays when they find someone to love, and love them.
Here the love interest/best friend, Monroe, who doesn't seem to have a clue that he is a love interest! is an alcoholic, or on the brink of it, and can't see past his own misery, to Erik, the man who loves him.
Erik feels invisible, and as much as Monroe needs him, he doesn't see Erik beyond his being an ever present, devoted crutch he falls back on to rescue him from his off-the-rails behaviour.
Finally, Erik's own pain at feeling powerless to help Monroe, or to have his own needs met by Monroe, forces him to withdraw. Erik's family stages an intervention with Monroe, and arranges rehab. What follows, the therapy and recovery process, is a big and fascinating part of the novel.
Not exactly a romcom, or NR Walker's usual romance with her great comic touch, but still brilliant. I love her stories. They are so varied and always give me a fresh experience - the settings, the characters, and the stories that play out. ( )