Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake has taken over the position of my favorite book of 2015. I absolutely fucking LOVED it. It's on my favorites and fuck yeah, 5+ stars shelves and I can't WAIT to read it again.
This is an easy, compelling read about two men who find each other and eventually fall in love. Pretty simple premise, but the journey to the HEA was so beautiful and magical and so heart wrenching at times that it really got under my skin and gave me that bone-deep feeling of warmth and happiness.
There's not much more to say about this one other than to HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommended it to all M/M romance fans. It's perfection.

Kim Fieldings characters are always unique and often not perfect. In every word of this great author you can feel that Kim Fielding loves her characters. So all you can do is read and feel with them. Due to the awesome way Kim Fielding writes you'll feel so much and your emotions will carry you away straight into her books. And this is exactly why she is such a great author. Thank you, Kim Fielding, reading your books is always a great pleasure.

Kim Fielding is, simply put, amazeballs. Her books aren't over the top. They don't lay thick the tragedy in an obvious attempt to fuck with your emotions. They don't present a simple romance with a white-picket fence HEA.
They give you someones life. Real and true and not always pretty, but also not gruesome. It just is. And it is so fucking beautiful. And when you get your white-picket fence HEA it feels honest and genuine and well deserved.
I'd be hard pressed to tell you a character that I've loved more than Jimmy. I could listen to him talk all day in that rambling drawl (I don't think he was actually southern but I put a twang on his voice in my head and have no qualms about it!) He was sweet and sad and wonderful, and so much more broken than the well-loved Shane who limped into his life and wouldn't let go.
I loved that he was 43 years old. It's easy for us to accept the idea of a man in his twenties having a life-changing experience or turning things around. Whether or not we admit it, society does tend to be harder on people pushing middle-aged and we're not nearly as accepting and forgiving as we like to think. Similarly to A Note In The Margin by Isabelle Rowan, this book really made me think about homelessness and drifters and the way we treat people.
There's really not much to say except that this is an absolutely beautiful story. I teared up a few times but it's not a tear-jerker. Jimmy had a horrible upbringing but it's not angsty. And although my heart skipped a beat every time Jimmy mentioned that he'd be leaving the next day or so, I could see through him as transparently as Shane. You need to read this. Now. Thank you and your welcome.
Review by Sandra
heartsonfirereviews.com