Forgive Me Father by T.L. Travis

Forgive Me Father: For I Have Sinned... by TL Travis – 2.5 stars

(This is the second book to Greyson Fox – it isn’t billed as such, but it becomes clear in the final chapters).

Jamie is thrown out of his deeply religious home at age 15; given a one-way ticket to the big city of Seattle, and told never to return. He has no inkling of what it takes to survive and ends up as a street urchin, ultimately selling sexual services just to buy food. He manages to pimp himself out to the highest bidder, but this ends up nearly killing him, which is when he finally gets to turn his life around. His rescuers are a gay couple who own a bar. They take him in, give him a room to live in and offer him a job as a bus boy. Jamie progresses from cleaning tables to dancing for the customers which is when he meets Butch, who becomes his boyfriend. At the same time, his sister re-enters his life. Life is finally turning out well for Jamie. Of course, just when he thinks this, it starts to fall apart, but with a support network and loving friends, Jamie pulls through.

I thought this was an extremely ambitious story and as such, I feel the author tried to cover too many things resulting in some plot holes and errors. I also thought, that even though the terrible abuse Jamie suffered, physically, emotionally and sexually was written sensitively, his recovery was unrealistic and glossed over too much. I also felt the story was dragged out towards the end with an almost complete reiteration of Greyson Fox.

I liked the characters even though they fell into very typical stereotypes, yet felt frustrated with the overall presentation. The timelines baffled me and weren’t clear enough, and some of the events didn’t fit into context. I’m all for leaving some stuff to the readers imagination, but there were some glaring omissions to the plot line.

I am aware that there are lots of 5 star reviews for this book already, and I feel glad for the author that it has been popular. I did enjoy the premise of the story, but it was not well enough crafted for my particular preference.

Forgive Me Father: For I Have Sinned... by TL Travis – 2.5 stars

(This is the second book to Greyson Fox – it isn’t billed as such, but it becomes clear in the final chapters).

Jamie is thrown out of his deeply religious home at age 15; given a one-way ticket to the big city of Seattle, and told never to return. He has no inkling of what it takes to survive and ends up as a street urchin, ultimately selling sexual services just to buy food. He manages to pimp himself out to the highest bidder, but this ends up nearly killing him, which is when he finally gets to turn his life around. His rescuers are a gay couple who own a bar. They take him in, give him a room to live in and offer him a job as a bus boy. Jamie progresses from cleaning tables to dancing for the customers which is when he meets Butch, who becomes his boyfriend. At the same time, his sister re-enters his life. Life is finally turning out well for Jamie. Of course, just when he thinks this, it starts to fall apart, but with a support network and loving friends, Jamie pulls through.

I thought this was an extremely ambitious story and as such, I feel the author tried to cover too many things resulting in some plot holes and errors. I also thought, that even though the terrible abuse Jamie suffered, physically, emotionally and sexually was written sensitively, his recovery was unrealistic and glossed over too much. I also felt the story was dragged out towards the end with an almost complete reiteration of Greyson Fox.

I liked the characters even though they fell into very typical stereotypes, yet felt frustrated with the overall presentation. The timelines baffled me and weren’t clear enough, and some of the events didn’t fit into context. I’m all for leaving some stuff to the readers imagination, but there were some glaring omissions to the plot line.

I am aware that there are lots of 5 star reviews for this book already, and I feel glad for the author that it has been popular. I did enjoy the premise of the story, but it was not well enough crafted for my particular preference.