Admit One

4.5 stars
Tom, a deeply closeted teacher, only does one-night-stands and those only hours away from his hometown, in fact as far away as manageable without actually leaving the country. But then he meets Kevin, he breaks his rule never to meet the same guy twice and that's how it starts.
I won't recite everything that goes on in this story, there are reviews that do that better than I ever could (just check out Goodreads). So just let me add my two cents. For one this story is long, like really long, after all 350 pages that want to be read. Sometimes all those pages made the story drag on a little bit and I caught myself looking at the percentage of my ebook more than once to realise that yep, indeed I only had managed to read 14% (19, 23, ...). That's what makes me not giving out 5 stars, because at the beginning it reaaally was a slow read.
Still I love the book, especially once I found out why Tom is so deep in his closet that he doesn't even know where to look for the door anymore. The telling of his past almost had me in tears ;( .
Funny is, that once I reached the end of the book, I was sad that it's over, I would have loved to read more about Tom and Kevin. As it is, I'd rate the end as a HFN and to maybe get a HEA would make my day :). Is there any chance at all, Mrs Sinclair? *me pokes* ;)
Anyway, all in all its a wonderful book :)

This story surprised me in how much it effected me on an emotional level. It was so much more than a romance story. Maybe because I live in a smaller, conservative town and I can easily picture some of those things happening if the school tried to put on a play like Rent that makes the story very believable. I love how the story is about two people Tom and Kevin but that the story is really an ensemble story where all the characters are important to the whole of the story. All the characters seem well developed and real. It takes a special writer to really make you feel both the pain and the triumph of the characters from Tom's despair to Robbie's moment of bravery in coming out. This is a very powerful story.