Review: Catching Jaime by D. J. Jamison

19 July of 2016 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

5 Fantastic Stars!

Catching Jaime By D.J. Jamison

Gender: New Adult / GLBTQ / MM Romance

Released: July 1, 2016

Publisher: Smashwords

Series: Espinoza Boys, Book 2

Synopsis

When Jaime Harris is outed at a party, his quiet life starts to fall apart. His best friend avoids him like the plague, and his younger sister blackmails him in exchange for keeping the truth from their mother. The only bright spot, strangely enough, is Tony Espinoza, who relentlessly pursues his friendship. Why Tony cares at all is a mystery, and as their friendship evolves into something more, it seems too good to be true. Tony comes to his rescue time and again, but can Jaime trust his heart to the cutest, sweetest straight boy he’s ever met?

Tony Espinoza is angry and confused. His brother has broken his trust and he’s torn about the direction he should take with his future. In the midst of it all is Jaime Harris. Fixating on Jaime’s problems makes a great diversion, but the more he gets to know Jaime, the more he realizes the guy is more than just a distraction. Jaime’s slowly becoming everything to him, and Tony just might not be as straight as either of them assumed. Now, if only he could get Jaime to believe it.

Catching Jaime is a gay new adult romance. While it is a sequel, it can be read as a standalone.

WARNING: It contains some explicit content and could contain triggers for those sensitive to sexual assault.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

5 Fantastic Stars!

This is the second book in the Espinoza Boys series but it stands-alone. I have not read book 1 and I did not feel like I missed anything while reading Catching Jaime.Jaime Harris knows that he is gay but he’s still in the closet figuring it will be better to come out when he starts college in the fall. Those plans are foiled when he is accidentally outed during a party. His “friends” don’t take the news well and he hears their homophobic slurs as he runs from the party.

Tony Espinoza doesn’t really know Jaime but he sees the look of sheer horror on his face when he is outed. Tony goes after him to offer support because nobody deserves to be outed that way.

Jaime and Tony’s friendship develops slowly. Jaime can’t understand why Tony would want to spend time with him; after all Tony’s straight. Tony doesn’t quite understand what’s happening either he just knows that he enjoys spending time with Jaime and wants to see where their friendship takes them.

This was such a wonderful coming-of-age type story. Tony is still in high school but comes across as much older. He has decisions to make about leaving school to pursue a job he really wants or finishing his senior year. Jaime is looking forward to college and no longer hiding who he really is. The family dynamics play an important part in the story and it was fun to read how the main characters interacted with their siblings.

This is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Jamison and I didn’t want to put it down once I started. The writing was compelling and her character and scene descriptions made me feel like I was part of the story. I could feel Jaime’s anguish and confusion. I loved how protective Tony was of Jaime. The book touched on all of my emotions – my favorite kind of story. I laughed and I cried right along with the characters.

I’ve indicated that this book is a “scorcher” but it’s really not very much so, especially for an M/M romance. There is, however, one scene of sexual assault (oral) which some readers might find disturbing. It’s not gratuitous and is integral to the story.

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O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

D.J. Jamison

DJ Jamison spent more than a decade working in the newspaper industry. When she’s not laboring over her works of fiction or reading copious amounts of books on her phone, she works as a freelance blogger and social media marketer. DJ lives in the Midwest with her husband and two children.

She briefly considered writing under a fantastic pen name, but decided that’d be too much like hiding in the closet. As the author of gay characters, it felt dishonest. So, she settled on being discreet, by using her own initials and last name. No doubt, she’ll be outed any day by people who are not part of her target audience but who do know the shade of her hair.

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