Review: Loud and Clear by Sierra Riley

05 August of 2016 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 4

4.0Overall score

Two hurting souls finally find happiness.

Loud and Clear By Sierra Riley

Genre: Contemporary GLBTQ MM Romance

Released: August 5, 2016

Publisher: Self-Published

Synopsis

“With just a few words, you can change someone’s life for the better.”

“I became a teacher to help people, not to deal with office politics.”

Professor Daniel Talbot learned the hard way that the cost of taking risks—both personal and professional—is just too high. But when his best friend’s wedding makes him realize just how lonely he is, he gives in to one night of reckless passion with a younger man.

“Don’t waste your time on me, Professor. I’m the resident screw-up.”

As a recovering addict, Matt Graves is no stranger to bad choices… he just never thought a harmless one-night-stand would end up being one of them. But sometimes one taste is all it takes to become hooked.

“You make me feel like I can be something better. Like I can do something better.”

When Matt realizes the public speaking class he’s taking is Daniel’s, both men are forced to confront their lingering attraction. Daniel can’t nurture any kind of relationship with Matt, but he also can’t resist teaching a student who desperately needs to be heard. Learning to love, on the other hand, could destroy them both. Can Daniel and Matt overcome their pasts to create a future neither one is sure he believes in?

Loud and Clear is a steamy, standalone gay romance novel with a HEA and no cliffhangers.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Two hurting souls finally find happiness.

I enjoyed this story very much. Daniel and Matt meet one night in a gay bar with no expectation of seeing each other again. Much to their mutual shock Matt shows up as a student in Daniel’s college public speaking class. The spark of attraction between them is undeniable but a relationship is forbidden.

While Daniel knows that there can be nothing intimate between him and Matt, he believes that he can help Matt with his self-confidence issues. What Daniel fails to realize, until it’s almost too late, is that Matt has also helped him tremendously to face old fears and hurts that he’s been hiding.

This was a steamy story that was at times heartbreaking to read. As far as I know I’ve never had any kind of personal connection with an addict. Ms. Riley’s descriptions of the struggles and fears that plague Matt are very believable; I couldn’t help but be affected by what both of these men go through to get to their HEA.

I’m fairly new to Ms. Riley’s writing but I will definitely be reading more of her work.