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A review by dinohakari
Unwrap Him by Nyla K.
4.0
First of all, this book contains taboo content, and very explicit sexual scenes, so please, read the warning triggers before you read the book. Second, that by writing this review I'm going to write a couple of SPOILERS so if you don't want to read them, please stop here.
Having said this...
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This is a fairly new author to me, I think I've only read one or two of her books, so I'm not familiar with the kind of stories she writes.
I liked this story quite a bit. I am all for stories with that forbidden touch, so this book was very attractive to me. However, I do have a couple of things that bothered me, and obviously, it wasn't the taboo part, but James.
The whole first part where we meet the main characters, their background etc was pretty good. We have how Jesse gets into James' hands and why James becomes his guardian. So we know that James dedicated himself full time to raising Jesse from the age of two, focused on providing him with a stable childhood and adolescence, trying to always be there when Jesse needed him, raising him practically as a son, although always reminding him of his biological parents. This didn't leave him much room for more, eg., having a stable relationship with a woman. He always kept them at arm's length, not wanting them involved in Jesse's life. But never once did he look at him other than as the child he raised. Not once did he question the codependency that existed between them. Or why he wanted Jesse practically to himself.
And this is the part that bothers me. Either he was in complete and utter denial, or then I don't understand how all of a sudden he's not only attracted to another man, but that man is the child he raised. And yes, I get that's the taboo part, but that change from being a staunchly straight man to one attracted to the other sex, and to Jesse in particular was pretty drastic. He only hesitated a few hours, a day at the most and then? He fully entered the sexual part, practically without hesitation. Suddenly and in a matter of days it was all planning the future, moving to another place to be free and leaving behind what was "forbidden" in their relationship. It was all joy and enjoyment. There was no more drama, no angst, no transition from being straight to queer.
Don't get me wrong, I hope that one day everyone feels free to love whoever they want to love, without prejudice or doubt, and that everyone accepts that sexuality is fluid and therefore changeable, but we all know that is not what currently happens. So yeah, this is what bothered me about the book. And that's the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars.
It's different with Jesse. He always knew he was gay, and it's been years since he's secretly lusted after James. He never saw him as his father, just as a father figure, something that once he entered his adolescence was changing. So when he saw that his dreams came true, he couldn't be happier, throwing himself fully into this new relationship.
Other than that part of James, it's a good story, full of sexual scenes and unconditional love and support between two people.
It is a book that I recommend reading and for my part, I hope to read more of her books.
Having said this...
.
.
.
This is a fairly new author to me, I think I've only read one or two of her books, so I'm not familiar with the kind of stories she writes.
I liked this story quite a bit. I am all for stories with that forbidden touch, so this book was very attractive to me. However, I do have a couple of things that bothered me, and obviously, it wasn't the taboo part, but James.
The whole first part where we meet the main characters, their background etc was pretty good. We have how Jesse gets into James' hands and why James becomes his guardian. So we know that James dedicated himself full time to raising Jesse from the age of two, focused on providing him with a stable childhood and adolescence, trying to always be there when Jesse needed him, raising him practically as a son, although always reminding him of his biological parents. This didn't leave him much room for more, eg., having a stable relationship with a woman. He always kept them at arm's length, not wanting them involved in Jesse's life. But never once did he look at him other than as the child he raised. Not once did he question the codependency that existed between them. Or why he wanted Jesse practically to himself.
And this is the part that bothers me. Either he was in complete and utter denial, or then I don't understand how all of a sudden he's not only attracted to another man, but that man is the child he raised. And yes, I get that's the taboo part, but that change from being a staunchly straight man to one attracted to the other sex, and to Jesse in particular was pretty drastic. He only hesitated a few hours, a day at the most and then? He fully entered the sexual part, practically without hesitation. Suddenly and in a matter of days it was all planning the future, moving to another place to be free and leaving behind what was "forbidden" in their relationship. It was all joy and enjoyment. There was no more drama, no angst, no transition from being straight to queer.
Don't get me wrong, I hope that one day everyone feels free to love whoever they want to love, without prejudice or doubt, and that everyone accepts that sexuality is fluid and therefore changeable, but we all know that is not what currently happens. So yeah, this is what bothered me about the book. And that's the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars.
It's different with Jesse. He always knew he was gay, and it's been years since he's secretly lusted after James. He never saw him as his father, just as a father figure, something that once he entered his adolescence was changing. So when he saw that his dreams came true, he couldn't be happier, throwing himself fully into this new relationship.
Other than that part of James, it's a good story, full of sexual scenes and unconditional love and support between two people.
It is a book that I recommend reading and for my part, I hope to read more of her books.