Blindspot

Blindspot (2021) A.M. Rose (Daydream, Colorado)

Back in January, I picked up a bunch of free MM romances from Prolific Books, and I found Daydream interesting enough that I decided to get the first book in the series.

Drew grew up in Daydream, a magical enclave, standing out as the only one without magic. He fled the town when he was twenty, leaving behind his only friend and the love of his life, but now his parents have found him and asked him to come home. Perhaps for an apology, but it feels too little too late after ten long years.

“Don’t give in. Stay awake,” he coached himself, but it never really worked. His words started to slur. Phantom pain made his chest ache, and cruel laughter echoed in his ears before that scream, that terrible, awful scream, ripped through his mind. And then everything went black.

Especially since the problem that forced him to leave is still there.

Mason had been abandoned before–his parents left him in Daydream as a teenager, but that was nothing compared to the disappearance of Drew, who he thought was the love of his life. Now Drew as back and unable to explain to Mason just why he left, so Mason has to decide if he wants to rebuild a friendship–especially if Drew is only going to leave again.

Drew was there when Mason’s parents finally decided they preferred traveling and having fun than playing family with him. He was there when Orson stepped up and took the confused fifteen-year-old in, so he’d have some semblance of stability in his life.

First thing to note: this is a self-published book, so I give it some leeway when it comes to editing and such.

Second thing to note: I read this book in two sittings. I may have had some problems, but I kept reading because I wanted to know what happened.

So what problems did I have? First, Mason is extremely unclear in the story. We know he works for his best friend, Sage. We know he is really short. We know he sometimes has glimpses of the future, but that never quite matches up with the Mason in the blurb.

Among all the special people in Daydream, Mason was just a bit more special. He had the ability to see all sorts of things; private conversations, someone’s biggest mistakes, and their tiniest, most insignificant moments.

That is not at all how his magic presents in the story, which was confusing.

The second issue is that after discovering why Drew had left (and it is clear he had an extremely good reason and also that he really was unable to explain why) Mason has a hard time forgiving Drew. Which I was all, wait what? He just told you something horrific and you’re continuing to fault him for not thinking clearly?

The third issue is a me issue rather than a story issue, in which I don’t understand why the two continued to have sex after Mason declared they could only be friends–and why (considering their past) Mason didn’t want to be seen in public doing the things they’d done prior to Drew laving. Like being seen eating together.

I get that Drew feels guilty for what happened, but he literally was unable to explain what was going on, and regardless of his past, Mason was a little shitty for treating him as he did.

So, it was nice, and I have another free short story to read, as well as knowledge of what the next book in the series will be (not sure how I feel about the teaser at the end of this story.

Rating: 7/10

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