New Release Review: Reformed by C F White

02 October of 2021 by ButtonsMom2003

Reformed By C F White

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: September 30, 2021 (re-release)

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Responsible Adult, Book 3

Length: 327 pages

Cover Design: KAM Design

Synopsis

Someone has to be responsible.

Micky O’Neill and Dan Peters now live in Wales, bringing up Micky’s disabled little brother away from small-minded Heathwood and close to Micky’s deceased mother’s family.

Things are fine…until Dan begins his dream career as an English teacher at the local school and Micky, main caregiver to Flynn, is isolated in a village that only serves to remind him of his mother’s absence.

With Flynn’s health deteriorating and his needs becoming more complex, everything is tested to its limits and Dan seeks solace in a friendship with a fellow teacher, sending Micky into further turmoil.

After an accusation is leveled against Micky and it seems he’s slipping back into his old ways, he and Dan are torn. To repair the rift, both have to accept responsibility—for life.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Tore me up and put me back together again.

Reformed is the third and final book in the Responsible Adult series and you need to read the first two books before you read it. I loved all of them but Reformed was particularly wonderful and angsty.

Micky, Flynn and Dan are settling in after their move to Wales. Dan has started a new teaching job but Micky is still staying home with Flynn trying to figure out what he wants to do. Things are not always easy going. Micky feels guilty for not working, Flynn’s health isn’t good, and Dan is a bit anxious about his new teaching job.

Going in, I knew this was going to be an angsty book but it hit me harder than I expected. I’ve now read a few series by C F White and have loved each of them in different ways. Responsible Adult is tied with The District Line for my favorite series. All of the things that Micky has to go through are heartbreaking but at the same time uplifting. I love books where one of the MCs is someone who needs redemption and that pretty much describes Micky. He changed his whole life to take care of Flynn and at times was definitely not rewarded for his efforts.

Dan is the perfect partner for Micky; he helps to balance him out and he loves Flynn like he’s his own flesh and blood. When things start to go bad between Dan and Micky both of them are at fault for not communicating with each other. They go through quite a rough patch but Micky really owns up to his issues and becomes a changed man. I can’t say enough good things about this series and this book in particular.

The only thing that might let me enjoy this series more is to listen to Piers Ryman perform the audiobooks. They will be released on Audible as follows: Misdemeanor-October 10, Hard Time-October 22, and Reformed-October 29.

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O Factor: Scorcher

Responsible Adult Series

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About Author

Brought up in a relatively small town in Hertfordshire, C F White managed to do what most other residents try to do and fail—leave.

Studying at a West London university, she realised there was a whole city out there waiting to be discovered, so, much like Dick Whittington before her, she never made it back home and still endlessly search for the streets paved with gold, slowly coming to the realisation they’re mostly paved with chewing gum. And the odd bit of graffiti. And those little circles of yellow spray paint where the council point out the pot holes to someone who is supposedly meant to fix them instead of staring at them vacantly whilst holding a polystyrene cup of watered-down coffee.

Eventually she moved West to East along that vast District Line and settled for pie and mash, cockles and winkles and a bit of Knees Up Mother Brown to live in the East End of London; securing a job and creating a life, a home and a family.

After her second son was born with a rare disability, C F White’s life changed and it brought pen back to and paper after having written stories as a child but never had the confidence to show them to the world. Now, having embarked on this writing journey, C F White can’t stop.

So strap in, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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