“Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about. He can live with that, but being seen with a man by his side, being openly in a relationship is too much for him, and he panics. He is really self-conscious and thinks the whole world is against him just because he is gay. The conflicts of the story revolve around the issues of being out or staying in the closet, struggling with homophobia, denial, unrequited love, and later relationship problems.
When he meets Jared, denying is not an option anymore. What he keeps hidden is that he was attracted to men before but always ignored or suppressed it. So he just gave up dating, and settled for being a bachelor. The truth is that he has never felt satisfied being with a woman. He explains the fact that he has never been committed to any woman by preferring to be independent and autonomous. He is resigned to live his life alone, but suffers from being so lonely. He has no friends, except his sister-in-law, Lizzy. Jared Thomas lives in the small town of Coda, Colorado. No matter how awful his father was, Matt didn't want to be disowned. I suspect the largest reason was because of his raging homophobic prick of a father. He figured it was fleeting, and convinced himself it wasn't really attraction, afterall. Matt had experienced same-sex attraction before, more than once. I read Matt as a closeted bisexual in denial. Not even back in 2013 when I read it for the first time. I've read some other reviews that called Promises a GFY, but it didn't read that way to me at all. Now that I have reread Promises, I want to reread the rest! Cole plays a big role in that story and how I've missed these boys! No matter how long you've been apart, you just fall into a rhythm. Visiting with Jared & Matt again was like getting to visit 2 old friends. Not long ago, I saw that a 2nd edition was being published with a prequel that takes us back to Jared's college days, so I happily bought the new edition. It's one of the first M/M romance books I remember reading, and through Jared and Matt, I fell in love with a whole new genre.
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