The Road Home

De: L.A. Witt

Narrado por: Greg Boudreaux, Michael Ferraiuolo

David Coleman has made some mistakes, and he’ll be living with the consequences for the rest of his life. He’s made decisions that have left him estranged from his once tight-knit family. Even now, when David is clean and sober, working his way through medical school with a promising future ahead, his parents refuse to forgive or forget.

When he gets some grim news about his father, David realizes he’s running out of time to make amends. As he comes home for the holidays and his sister’s wedding, he knows it’s going to be tense, but he’s desperate to prove they’re wrong about him. And since they won’t take his word for it, he’s bringing reinforcements.

Hunter Scott will do anything for his childhood best friend, but he never thought that would include posing as his boyfriend. Except David’s family has always respected Hunter. Maybe if they see that David is good enough for Hunter to love, they’ll realize he’s good enough for them, too.

But as Hunter and David lean on each other through snowstorms, family drama, and visits from personal demons, maybe this relationship isn’t as much of a performance as it was meant to be.

The Road Home is approximately 82,000 words long.

CW: Recovering addict struggling, references to meth use, combat PTSD, discussions of suicide

©2020 L.A. Witt (P)2020 L.A. Witt

enjoyed it

📖 Story comment: easy pace, likeable main characters, interesting story.
I enjoyed the concept behind this story - trying to reconnect with family because the father is dying is something that tugs at my emotions. I liked the strength of the friendship between David and Hunter and thought it admirable. I thought the issues of addiction, PTSD and toxic family were well handled, i'm on the fence about the HIV issue (I know it's not necessarily a death sentence anymore but it was all a little to casual for my liking).
This book won't be for everyone, and I recommend checking the trigger warnings before diving in, but I enjoyed it.

🎧 Narrator comment: Greg Boudreaux narrates Hunters' chapters | Michael Ferraiuolo narrates David's chapters.
Ferraiuolo and Boudreaux are two master performers. They pull every heart felt emotion from this story and put its characters through the wringer. Written/Narrated in alternating POV's the "feel" of the characters remains the same with each narrator so the change in narration/pov didn't feel disjointed or jarring from the story.

Honestly i'm not a fan of multi narration in M/M - I feel it's unnecessary when there are so many talented performers now and either of these narrators would have done a stellar performance on their own.

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📌 Where does it fall on my personal scale? 7
• 1 not my thing • 2 didn't like the narration • 3 didn't keep my attention • 4 was good, but once was enough • 5 enjoyed it • 6 will listen again if i'm in the mood for the narrator [4⭐] • 7 goes on the "re-listen" list [4⭐] • 8 kept me up past bed-time [4.5⭐] • 9 recommended to family/friends [4.75⭐] • 10 own it in all formats [5⭐] • 11 keep a copy with me at all times [5⭐]

Best of all the books

This book is such a wonderful balance of story romance and sex. Some of L A Witts books are repetitive sex stories with different characters. But I always love the story lines. This is one of the best.

Minor criticism. The reader that played David has an odd Irish Welsh or maybe even New Zeeland accent. Certainly not American.

Love

I love this book. So glad I decided to buy it so I can listen to it again and again. I cried I laughed and I cussed out some family on David's behalf. LOL I love David and Hunter and their love and friendship. I worms my hart....

Great story made better with amazing narration

Loved these characters, I guess I just wish I got more time flash back and epilogue forward. The focus on Christmas at home was good to really get a picture of their lives but but I was hoping for more happy times shared between them and their friends and family. The narration really brought every characters personality out and enhanced the writing to make it impossible for me not to be sucked into just one more chapter... And now sad the story is over

All the feels

Love the narrator's, the story had all the feels. Love love love but wished we would have heard them tell "mom"