Title: Safe Place (Rainbow Place #2)
Author: Jay Northcote
Publisher: Jaybird Press (self published)
Genre: contemporary m/m romance
Cover Artist: Garrett Leigh
Release Date: Friday 31st August 2018
Rating : 4/5 Stars
Buy Links : Amazon | Amazon UK
Where do you go when your home is no longer a safe place?
Alex is about to turn eighteen and is firmly in the closet. He’s been biding his time, waiting to escape to uni, and finally come out away from the oppressive influence of his homophobic father. When he flunks his exams, he’s stuck in the small town of Porthladock—and what’s worse is that he’s working for his dad. The only thing that makes it bearable is Cam.
Cam’s comfortable with his bisexuality, but he doesn’t broadcast it. Young, free, and single, his social life revolves around playing rugby and hanging out with his mates. He’s attracted to Alex, but with the six-year age gap, Cam’s wary of getting involved. Plus, he thinks Alex needs a friend more than he needs a lover, and as their friendship grows, Cam decides he’s not willing to risk ruining it for casual sex.
When Alex’s dad finds out about his sexuality, Alex is suddenly both jobless and homeless. He finds work at Rainbow Place, the local LGBT-friendly café and Cam lets Alex stay in his flat for a while. But Alex would rather be sleeping in Cam’s bed than on his sofa. With them both living under one roof, their feelings for each other grow stronger, and the sexual tension is hard to ignore. Will giving in to it ruin their friendship and complicate things for Alex even more?
Although this book is part of a linked series, it has a satisfying happy ending, and can be enjoyed as a standalone.
Coming from a homophobic father, Alex need to hide deep in the closet and afraid to showing who he really is. All he wants is to finish his study and start the university live far away from his father and be free.
When Seb’s café vandalized by homophobic people, Alex and his friends took part at cleaning the café along with others volunteers. And there where he met Cam, one of a rugby players that also help Seb cleaning the café.
From their short met Alex and Cam start to be friends, but Alex start to have crush on Cam after their spent time together. Alex almost sure that Cam share the same feeling with him. But after they shared their first kiss, suddenly Cam make it clear that he only want to stick as friends.
Hiding his disappointment behind his smile and didn’t want to lose the friendship, Alex accepted what Cam want and staying back as a friend.
When Alex's father accidentally found out that he’s gay and do harsh thing on him, Alex decided to leave. Cam then offer him to stay with him.
Staying with someone you have crush on wasn’t easy, Alex must hide what he feels, and Cam uncertainty about what he wants had slowly tortured him from inside. Tired with Cam uncertainty, Alex decided to move on and leave.
Will Cam finally come to his sense and stop playing ‘bestfriend’ with Alex?
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I’ve been waiting and really curious with Alex and Cam's story since Alex figure successfully drawn my curiosity when I read the first book. And I really want to know more about him.
So when the second book is out and it IS about Alex and Cam, It’s excited me more…
With Alex complex situations and homophobic father, I thought the story will a bit angsty. But rather than dark or a bit angst, I found that the story is surprisingly sweet. And I must admit that I kinda ‘hate’ Cam for what he did to Alex and hiding behind the best friend charade and his own worried according to what happen in his past. His uncertainty had made me want to slapped him on his face to make him realized. But Alex? Well, he totally won my heart.
Safe Place is a sweet light reading with low angst that will warm your heart, and I enjoying every part of it.
Well, is Dylan and that hot Silver Fox will be on the next to have their own stage? I'm curious....
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