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Close to Home: A Darlington Romance
- Narrated by: Ann Etter
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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- Lady Stark
- 28-07-2023
Hmmm
Close to Home’s story has two points of interest: coming out and romance. A book with more than romance as a theme is always welcome in my brain.
The closeted character’s inner musings were deep and engaging. I can imagine a reader in the same frame of mind could probably find some solace in the similarities in circumstances. Internalised homophobia was rife and quite exasperating to read but I understand it’s part of the process…
The romance part was not quite it for me. How the main characters initially got together was too serendipitous. It doesn’t hold water in my lowly opinion. All in all though, it was an ok read.
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