Review : Analyzing Emory by Lily Grace

Title : Analyzing Emory
Author : Lily Grace 
Genre : M/m Romance, Gay Romance
Read in September 2015
Rate : 4 Stars

Everything about Emory was contradictory and fascinating and surprising. 

Kyle couldn’t rid the beautiful man from his mind.

Emory was perhaps the most beautiful man to ever grace Kyle’s sheets, but there was something else about Emory (that) intrigued him. Those soulful eyes—he found himself aching to learn more about what was behind them.


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Emory didn’t have many rules he lived by, but there were a few he never broke:

~ sex is just sex; if you can help it, don’t spend the night;
~ never sleep with the same person twice;
~ and whatever you do, don’t fall in love.

Keeping people at arm’s length made things easier. No muss, no fuss, and absolutely no chance of getting hurt.



Until one day, he met this beautiful man with blue eyes ~ Mr. Sexy Psychologist, Dr. Kyle Michelson.

And since that one night stand with this sexy psychologist, Emory start to break all his own credo one...by...one...and soon make his world turn upside down.

But will this relationship between  "no muss, no fuss" guy with dark-abusive-past and "Mr. Used to relationships, not random sex" survive the age gap and the trust issue ?

Will Emory break the wall he build around him to protect his heart from another hurt ?

Will Kyle win Emory trust and love ? 

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I know some readers said that the issues in this story are too cliche and the plot way too predictable, and I must admit that yes, it's true, BUT....I don't care!

Because I falling for the story since the very first time I read about Emory's "sad" eyes , and at that moment I realized that this beautiful guy has the story to tell and I have the feeling that it would break my heart and I'm gonna fall in love with this beautiful-broken-young man.

There's two scenes from this book that squeezed my heart. First, the scene with baby Clara and the second one is this...

“So nobody wanted you, huh? You were abandoned? People were mean to you?” Emory hugged him close and ran his fingers through the soft gray fur. “I know all about that. We have a lot in common, you and me. I’m going to call you Max, okay? I knew another great dog named Max. It’s a good name for a dog.” Emory pulled Max closer and was rewarded by a sloppy lick to his face. “It’s okay, boy. Life is kinda rough sometimes. But I want you. So you just forget about all the bad stuff that happened in the past. Okay? You’re going to be alright. I’m not going to let them put you down.”

"The dog adoption" scene...

One thing I think quite not right in this story is Kyle....
As a professional psychologist, IMO, should know how to deal with people with abusive past and trust issues like Emory.
But instead of being a professional like therapist, he trapped in his own feelings to "fix" things when what Emory need just someone who "see" him not as some thing need to be fix.

But again, I can't blame Kyle either, because when you love someone so deep, all you wanna do is....to take care of them, make them safe, see them smile and embrace them with your love.

Overall, yes, I love this story and put it on my fave shelf.

Love no need to be analyzed, 

but to be feel...