Title : The Hate You Drink
Author : N.R. Walker
Genre(s) : contemporary gay romance, friends to lovers
Release Date : May 23rd 2019
Rating : 4.5/5 Stars
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“Because when all you drink is hate, that’s all there is inside you.”
Erik Keston, son of the Keston Real Estate empire, knows what it takes to be successful. Despite his inherent wealth, he holds his own. He works hard, he’s grounded, he’s brilliant. He’s also secretly in love with his best friend.
Monroe Wellman lost his parents three years ago and never grieved, never recovered. Inheriting the family company and wealth means nothing, and his spiral of self-destruction is widespread and spectacular. Dubbed Sydney’s bad boy, he spends more days drunk than sober, and the only person who’s stuck by him through it all is his best mate.
But when Monroe hits rock bottom, Erik gives him an ultimatum, and his entire world comes to a grinding halt. It’s not until the haze lifts that Monroe can truly see what he’s been searching for was never in the bottom of a bottle. It’s been by his side all along.
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An 80,000-word friends-to-lovers story about fighting the demons within and trusting in the love that takes its place.
“You get me. And I can’t picture what life without you would be like. That when I’m with you, everything feels right, and I’m safe with you, and you’re more than a best mate, and you’re more than family. When I’m with you I can breathe….”
Erik had fall in love with Monroe since they first met on the college. Come from very well rich family, Erik and Monroe had become inseparable best friends for years. Monroe had learned that people who close to him only because his family background, no sincerity come from them until Erik. Monroe found the real friendship with Erik who actually way more rich than him. Comfortable that all Erik gave him for years. When Monroe's lost his parents in plane crash accident and ruined Monroe's life all of sudden. Erik was always by his side and always be there for him. Cleaned the trail of mess he made, taking care of him through his worst day, babysitting him during his alcohol drunk state.
On the other hand, Erik let himself being ‘used’ by Monroe because he love him. But seeing Monroe hurting himself and endangered himself and others, Erik finally come to his mind that he can’t stand anymore seeing Monroe destroying himself. And he need to do something to save the one he love before it's too late. Even that’s mean it will hurt both of them and ruined their friendship. Erik gave Monroe the last warning to get some help for his alcohol addiction or that will the last time he meet him.
Losing Erik is the last thing Monroe could imagine, so Erik ultimatum struck him like a wake up call. And he agreed to get the help from professional. Then the journey to fight for his new life begin. It’s not an easy path to take, but Monroe finally learn that he’s worthy and worth to be loved, fighting all his demons, learn to deal with his angers and regrets and make peace with himself. With Erik by his side and the support from Erik's family, Monroe fight to claims back his life…and for the one he love…
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I’ve been so excited about N.R. Walker newest book and really can’t wait to devour it. But I must admit, the first few pages at the beginning didn’t catch me that well. I have a bit struggling with my mood at first, but when Monroe agreed and decided to seek for help by following the therapy to fix his alcoholic problem and seeing how broken he is and his regrets and struggling to fight his demons for the person he love and put myself on his shoes, I started to understand. The hurts, the angers, the regrets, the broken he felt inside emerged in me during the reading. And the next thing I know….I’m crying along with him for the rest of the reading…
I didn’t have personal experience with an alcoholic person, so I didn’t clicked with the raw emotions at the beginning, but this book help me to understand the situations and the struggling of those who fighting their addictions through what the author trying to portrayed through Monroe’s story. And could clearly understand what the people around the addicted person been struggling through Erik side.
The Hate You Drink had enlightened me about the struggle alcohol addict must face during their fight to be free. It’s totally heartbreaking, I cried at some part but this book also gave me the warm sensation feels through the emotional connections between the two main characters.
Again, N.R. Walker never ceased to amazed me with her writing. This one is definitely another recommended read from her.
N.R. Walker is an Australian author, who loves her genre of gay romance.
She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it, but wouldn’t have it any other way.
She is many things: a mother, a wife, a sister, a writer. She has pretty, pretty boys who live in her head, who don’t let her sleep at night unless she gives them life with words.
She likes it when they do dirty, dirty things… but likes it even more when they fall in love.
She used to think having people in her head talking to her was weird, until one day she happened across other writers who told her it was normal.
She’s been writing ever since…
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