Getting Better -- Training Cats by PD Singer

Torquere Press' Charity Sips are coming this weekend and as a part of it this year, we're reviewing each other's stories.

I'm reviewing Training Cats by PD Singer

Review:

In Training Cats Brent is growing disillusioned with his relationship with the handsome Tyler. They moved in together a while ago and things have been going downhill ever since. Turns out that while Tyler is a gorgeous hunk, he's not a very nice man at all. He's pretty much a user and for a while Brent seems content trying to train that out of him. When Brent finally clues in that Tyler is just not going to change, no matter how many chances Brent gives him, he's lucky enough that there's someone who's been in his life for a while who is everything that Taylor isn't.

It's very easy to dislike Tyler, and while I felt bad for Brent, I also wanted to bang him over the head and tell him to kick Tyler to the curb already. My favorite character was Evan, the man in the background who quietly does nice things for Brent, a slow and subtle seduction. I really appreciated the fact that Evan didn't tell Brent what to do, or try to convince Brent that Tyler was a jerk; he trusted that eventually Brent would figure it out.

While I would have liked to have more of Brent and Evan's relationship in this story, it certainly leaves room for a sequel and the story definitely follows the theme of getting better.

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Training Cats will be out tomorrow. (Along with the other Charity Sips including my Old Ghosts, a Jarheads story)