Book Review: The Wrong Side of Right by Nya Rawlyns

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: The Wrong Side of Right
Author: Nya Rawlyns
Heroes: Tony/Aidan
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 210 Pages
Publisher: PubRight
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb: Tony Mitchell is a loner who spends most of his life staying low, denying who and what he is until Aiden Caldwell walks into the shop and changes everything. Tony thinks his new supervisor hates his guts, but that doesn’t keep Tony from dreaming and yearning. His fantasies drive him to follow the older man, revealing a secret that only confounds Tony’s obsession.

Conflicted and confused, Tony falls under the spell of a man called Tank who leads Tony down a dark path of seduction and dangerous cravings. Under Tank’s guidance, Tony learns to suspend reality, to succumb. The one thing he doesn’t learn is how to say no.

Aiden Caldwell pulls Tony from the precipice but not from the addiction that threatens to consume the young man.

In the matter of love and trust, can two men intent on hiding their most secret selves find common ground as fate and their own tumultuous pasts conspire to tear them apart?

Review:

I was very excited when asked to review this book, as it sounded like just my kind of story.  I actually already had it on my tbr, so this was just the push I needed to get to it.  It had my attention from page one, and I was excited to see how things would play out right to the end.  There were many things I liked, and a few I had a hard time with.  It is definitely a bit on the darker side, but I really enjoyed the struggles going on here.

Tony is kind of a down-on-his-luck guy with a few extra issues thrown in.  He works as a mechanic by day, bartender by night.  He is somewhat in the closet mostly for fear of abuse and partly due to the fears put into him growing up.  Add to that his biggest issue, his darker cravings.  He is quite the emotional wreck in terms of esteem and dealing with his feelings and needs.  He struggles with his physical reactions to the beatings and harsh treatment he has received and needing to seek it out more and more.  He meets Tank, who sort of helps him with this particular issue.

Then we have Adian, Tony’s boss.  Both have had the hots for each other since day one, but Aidan has a few issues of his own.  For starters, he never knew how to approach Tony, even after he found out he was gay, so he went the opposite route, treating him like crap.  He also harbors his own secret of cross-dressing which he struggles to deal with.  I liked these guys together, although I wish there had been a little more depth to their relationship.

I found it hard to keep up with this story at times, almost like I was missing pieces of the puzzle here and there.  But I kept pushing forward and didn’t have much trouble catching back up with things.  It was this choppiness in the writing style that I think gave me the biggest trouble.  But there was enough excitement and engaging storytelling going on that kept me turning page after page.  I’m glad I had the opportunity to read this one and will definitely be looking to read more from Ms. Rawlyns in the future.

Overall Impression: I really liked it

*I received a copy of this book from the author in return for a fair and honest review.*