He’s helpless against his body and mind, and he has to fight continuously not to drown. “Morgan lives every day on the edge of prison. I appreciated that the author stressed many times that Morgan lives on the edge of a metaphorical prison, fighting for control of his body every day, and he does not always succeed, but he has succeeded in so many ways. Trauma/stress causes him to shut down, and a couple of times in his life people around him thought he wouldn’t come back from that, but he did. He manages to have an independent living and he communicates well, he works as a busboy and he has accomplished a lot of things that doctors told him and his adoptive mother he would never be able to do. Morgan has a lot of autism related issues – the blurb describes it correctly – but he has beaten a lot of odds. I read the books, I watch the movies, but I do not have a loved one with autism, so take everything what I write with a huge grain of salt. Once again, I am looking at this as an outsider. I caved in and bought the book because my book buddies at our Amazon group loved it, but I am still not sure what I think about Morgan’s portrayal. I worry NOT about having a romantic lead with autism but about the sensitivity of the portrayal. I am all for characters with disabilities starring in romances, but I am starting to feel that autism is becoming “in fashion” to have for a romantic lead and I worry about it becoming a trend. I read and enjoyed a few of your books before, but I will be honest – I hesitated to buy this one. And once Grant opens his eyes, he loses his heart to the beautiful enigma of a man who changes the course of his life. Then Morgan shows Grant how light lets you see but it also leaves you blind. Like the rest of the world he can’t see past Morgan’s odd behaviors While the attraction is mutual, Grant pushes Morgan away.
And when Grant Kessler moves into town Morgan isn’t a bit shy in letting the man know how much he wants him. Yet he’s beaten every obstacle life has thrown his way. Severely autistic, Morgan cannot look people in the eye, tell left from right, and has uncontrolled tics. But his real plan is to wait a few years and let the FBI lose interest, and then move on to the distant coastal life he’s always dreamed of.
When business turns in a direction Grant isn’t willing to follow he decides to retire and by all appearances he settles down in a nowhere town called Durstrand. Sirius B- Reviews autistic character / contemporary mm romance / FBI / gangsters 11 Commentsįor years Grant Kessler has smuggled goods from one end of the world to the next. JREVIEW: In the Absence of Light by Adrienne Wilder
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