Review: Greyson Fox by TL Travis

19 October of 2018 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 3

3.0Overall score

The story had more going on than I expected.

Greyson Fox By TL Travis

Genre: Contemorary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: September 28. 2018

Publisher: Encompass Ink

Cover Design: SL Perrine

Cover Model: Wander Aguiar

Synopsis

Greyson Fox, the man, the myth, the legend. The highly sought after, self-proclaimed permanent bachelor. Or so the rumor mill goes. Sure, I’ve heard it all – but the one that stung the most was being called a heartless bastard. Love ‘em and leave ‘em, that one in particular I found to be the most humorous since only one man had ever shared my bed more than once, and he’d long since passed away.

I wasn’t the heartless bastard they all proclaimed me to be, but life had a way of kicking me in the teeth…Repeatedly, so I shut my heart off.

For years I thrived, building my empire and living by my own rules. Until one day, the walls came crashing down around me.

Potential trigger warning:
This book contains brief descriptions of human sex trafficking, as well as two mentions of sexual abuse, including a brief description of oral abuse and an attempted sexual assault. There is some physical abuse by the syndicates hands and a drug overdose so if those are trigger points this may not be the book for you.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

The story had more going on than I expected.

Greyson Fox is the first book I’ve read by TL Travis and I’m afraid it was just an OK read for me. I honestly might have stopped reading it after the first few chapters but I promised to read it so I kept on going. I’m actually glad that I didn’t give up on it as it got better the further I got into the story.

There’s a lot more going on in the book than the blurb led me to believe. The first eight chapters deal with Greyson’s past and the remaining chapters are in the present day. Greyson had a lot of hard times as a kid and then he was taken in by the man who would help him discover things about himself that he really hadn’t explored. To say much more would give too much of the story away.

The book really became interesting to me when it got to the present day. There’s a bit of mystery, danger and we also get to see who Greyson has become and how he got to where he is.

I loved the cover for this book but it’s a bit misleading (which may not be the author’s fault). I thought the story was going to be about an older man – maybe in his late 40’s or even older. Yes, I know some men go gray early but the cover and the blurb certainly led me to believe that Greyson would be older than his late 30’s.

As I said, the last half of the book held my interest and I’m not sorry that I spent my day reading it. The writing didn’t flow well for me but it could be that I just need to get used to this author’s style. I wouldn’t rule out reading more by TL Travis.

My apologies to the author for being a bit late with this review. Real life sometimes gets in the way. ☹