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A review by ladymacbeth2024
Silent Is The Heart by Dianna Roman
4.5
4.5 stars
Reviewing this book is going to be very hard, because I don't want to spoil anything.
I'll start with saying that I believe it's a very beautiful story: Easton and Aaron met when Easton was 17 and in the hospital. He had just lost his mother and had several severe injuries.
Aaron was the speech therapist who helped Easton regain the ability to talk. During their session, they became friends and Easton had a huge crush on the man and he couldn't wait to be 18 to see if he had a chance with him.
But Aaron, in love with another doctor, left and never thought about Easton again, until 8 years later, when he came back to town, broke and miserable.
Their reconnection is slow: Easton is angry and almost hateful towards Aaron, he refuses to talk to him with his voice to punish him, while Aaron is confused about the reason why Easton has this very cold behaviour; he's also drowning in his personal problems and he desperately needs something good in his life.
Little by little, Easton realises Aaron is genuinely interested in him and doesn't see him as a project and, at the same time, Aaron understands how much he hurt Easton, leaving like he did.
Their friendship is tentative, they have to navigate between financial problems, loneliness, grief. But when finally they take a chance on each other, oh my gosh, it's glorious!
Romantic feelings and emotional moments flood through the whole book: they first time is one of the most beautiful I ever read in MM romance so far.
Every intercourses is beautiful: there wasn't a single time when they didn't look at each other without love in their eyes.
What prevented me from giving a higher rate:
I lost interest during the third part of the book: it seemed too eccessive and both of them were too blindsided by other things to protect their love.
Especially Aaron: I would have loved for him to be more determined and to stand up for himself, his goodness leaned too much towards docility and naivety. He knew what his heart craved but he struggled to follow it.
Wolf, Easton's best friend and business partner, is a very interesting side character: his behaviour is unclear, there were moments when I tought he could be secretly in love with Easton. I hope the author is planning a boom for him too, since his situation at the end is very intriguing.
Overall, I loved it and I highly recommend it.
I received an ARC of this book from the author and this is my honest review.
Reviewing this book is going to be very hard, because I don't want to spoil anything.
I'll start with saying that I believe it's a very beautiful story: Easton and Aaron met when Easton was 17 and in the hospital. He had just lost his mother and had several severe injuries.
Aaron was the speech therapist who helped Easton regain the ability to talk. During their session, they became friends and Easton had a huge crush on the man and he couldn't wait to be 18 to see if he had a chance with him.
But Aaron, in love with another doctor, left and never thought about Easton again, until 8 years later, when he came back to town, broke and miserable.
Their reconnection is slow: Easton is angry and almost hateful towards Aaron, he refuses to talk to him with his voice to punish him, while Aaron is confused about the reason why Easton has this very cold behaviour; he's also drowning in his personal problems and he desperately needs something good in his life.
Little by little, Easton realises Aaron is genuinely interested in him and doesn't see him as a project and, at the same time, Aaron understands how much he hurt Easton, leaving like he did.
Their friendship is tentative, they have to navigate between financial problems, loneliness, grief. But when finally they take a chance on each other, oh my gosh, it's glorious!
Romantic feelings and emotional moments flood through the whole book: they first time is one of the most beautiful I ever read in MM romance so far.
Every intercourses is beautiful: there wasn't a single time when they didn't look at each other without love in their eyes.
What prevented me from giving a higher rate:
I lost interest during the third part of the book: it seemed too eccessive and both of them were too blindsided by other things to protect their love.
Especially Aaron: I would have loved for him to be more determined and to stand up for himself, his goodness leaned too much towards docility and naivety. He knew what his heart craved but he struggled to follow it.
Wolf, Easton's best friend and business partner, is a very interesting side character: his behaviour is unclear, there were moments when I tought he could be secretly in love with Easton. I hope the author is planning a boom for him too, since his situation at the end is very intriguing.
Overall, I loved it and I highly recommend it.
I received an ARC of this book from the author and this is my honest review.