Random Review: Ben's Rainbow by Victoria Sue #Review #Giveaway

Author: Victoria Sue
Title: Ben's Rainbow
Series: Rainbow Key #3
Self Published
Publication date: April 29, 2018
Length: 242 pages

Reviewed by Meredith


Synopsis

Benedict Keeler was one of America’s most popular models. Hot body, hot career, and super-hot boyfriend, until a devastating house fire destroyed his face and his dreams. After being told all his life that a pretty face is the measure of his worth, he can’t face another rejection and runs from his lover, eventually hiding out on Rainbow Key.
Zachary Jones, a highly sought after photographer—even if he would rather shoot the homeless in Manhattan than a fashion spread—is now facing the real possibility that a genetic disease will render him blind and his days behind a camera may be over.
Two devastated men, one haunted by his past and one convinced he has no future. Will they both hide from the world, or will they give love, and each other, a second chance

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I'm going to start off with the technical side of things. This is book three in Victoria Sue's Rainbow Key series. However, it can absolutely be read as a standalone. The author does an incredible job of intersecting important facts you need to know from previous books. I also love that if you have read the others you build on your already great emotional connections from past characters.

I have, in fact, read all the books in this series. Ben was one character who intrigued me from the very beginning. It's no secret he suffers from burns on one side of his face and down his shoulder. We learn how it happened in this, the impact it had and continues to have, and the repercussions of Ben running and hiding.

We also meet Zach. And talk about serendipitous. Him coming to Rainbow Key because of his own medical situation bringing him face to face with Ben, the love he thought he lost forever. It was so wonderful and I love second chance stories.

I loved how Ben and Zach's situations were what they were. In the blurb it tells you that Zach is suffering from possible blindness so it's no secret. Ben, who was a model once upon a time, lost his money maker so to speak. One can't see and one can see everything. It was a great contrast and added a lot to this story.

I adored Zach in every way. He was positively my favorite and I'd go so far as to say my favorite of the serious to date. Everything about him was truly remarkable. His strength, his power to persevere, his humanity. He had his bouts of depression but who wouldn't when you're losing one of your most valued senses and lost your heart too. His patience with Ben should make him a saint, seriously.

Ben. So, I wanted to love him so very much but I struggled. While I felt so much sympathy for what he'd been through in his life and when luck comes knocking making the once homeless hopeless man rich and famous just to have it taken away in a fire.... uhg! Not cool! I ached for all he'd been through. I did feel the connection between Zach and Ben easily. My problem with Ben was what he put Zach through even after they were okay. The last time really bothered me and I had a hard time getting beyond it. I found I didn't trust him and that made me a little sad.

All in all it's a marvelous series filled with creative plots, colorful characters, good balance of romance, angst, wonder, and excitement!

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Random Review: Charlie's Rainbow by Victoria Sue #Review #Giveaway

Author: Victoria Sue
Title: Charlie's Rainbow
Series: Rainbow Key #2
Publication date: April 10, 2018

Reviewed by Meredith


Synopsis

Eventually being diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder as a child, difficult didn’t even begin to describe the nightmare of Charlie’s life. Escaping the drug-induced limbo he existed in and running from his alcoholic mother and despotic grandfather, he finally finds some peace and a home on Rainbow Key. 
Noah is also running, even if he doesn’t realize it, and the guilt he feels over his brother’s suicide chases him no matter where he goes. When he meets and falls for Charlie, he finally thinks he might have the chance to make a home and a future with the adorable man, except he doesn’t realize that the secret that Charlie is hiding is the one thing that he fears the most. 
And not even a chance of mending their future can heal the scars of Charlie’s past. 

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Review

Charlie's Rainbow is book 2 in Victoria Sue's Rainbow Key series. While it is the next book, it can be read as a standalone without any issues.

We follow Charlie in this book. If you read book one you are aware of who Charlie is and I admit to gravitating toward him when I saw him in Joshua's Rainbow. I will admit I thought, for some strange reason, he was going to end up with Matt so it was a surprise when he is in fact paired up with a new comer, Noah.

Charlie is special. He has one heck of a backstory. It's truly hard to explain in a review what issues Charlie suffers from without making it out as a medical journal so I will leave that to the author. But, it is clear that whoever falls in love with him would need to be just as special as Charlie and maybe even have some experience and a lot of patience.

Noah begins his journey in this book  at the alter about to get married. I am not telling you how he goes from there to Rainbow Key and into Charlie's heart. But I will tell you that he is a man who has suffered his whole life with guilt. One I'm sure he never expected would be mended by a stranger.

This is a sweet story one that will make you smile and you will also be immensely frustrated in parts. I know I was. While I find I didn't always understand or agree with things Noah did in this book I also recognized he was a character with flaws he didn't understand how to fix. He panicked a lot and while Charlie freaked out at times it was interesting to see in this book, Charlie as the stronger of the two.

Charlie was everything in this book and I was so happy he found his happy place.

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