Who We Used to Be by Dara J. NelsonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The blurb totally had me on this one. I love a sweet second chances story and this seemed perfect.
After 10 years, Digger shows up in Zeke's life, telling him he's divorced and gay and wanting to get back together. That's right. 10 years ago he walked away and married a woman. No reasons, no sorry's. Zeke has to decide if he can forgive and forget and accept that he's changed or continue living a shell of a life.
My favorite part of this book was the gang from Zeke's Marine corp that all worked together. They were brothers and bonded and protected each other and it was awesome to read. I liked both Digger and Zeke, but I didn't get a good feel for what actually happened all those years ago.
A lot of the story was told in flashbacks, but new facts seemed to be conveniently placed throughout the story, yet nothing was tied together. I am not going to give away the spoiler here, but it was a huge oversight in my opinion and should have been fleshed out in this story. The characters from upcoming books had way too big of roles here. I would have preferred more background on this story before we had so much background on their stories.
*Galley copy generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Cross posted to http://gaybook.reviews/*
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