Title: Grime Doesn’t
Pay
Author: AZ Maxfield
Publisher: Loose Id
Publisher URL: www.loose-id.com
ISBN/BIN:
9781623005863
Genre: {M/M} Contemporary
Series
Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs
Reviewer: Dragon Minx
Eddie Vasquez is
smitten. From the moment he laid eyes on his niece Lucy’s teacher, Andrew
Daley, he couldn’t stop thinking about him.
He dresses up to drop Lucy off at school but gets tongue-tied when
talking with Andrew. The problem as Eddie sees it—the difference in their
education levels and Andrew loves all things books, while Eddie has severe
dyslexia.
Finding Eddie’s
favorite former teacher, confused and wandering the grade school halls brings
them together. Mrs. Henderson’s mental state isn’t her only problem—there’s an
odor of decomposition on her clothing. Helping her means explaining about
Eddie’s crime scene clean-up business, which has run off men before. Fortunately
Eddie’s job doesn’t drive Andrew. In fact, it comes in handy when Andrew’s
father gets in trouble for being a hoarder and he has to clean up his
property—or else. Can two vastly different men find enough common ground to
build a committed, lasting relationship?
Grime Doesn’t Pay is the newest release in ZA Maxfield’s The Brothers Grime series. I love surprises and this book is full of
them. I mean really—who’d think the job of crime scene clean-up would be the
perfect business for the leads in a series? The talented ZA Maxfield, that’s
who. She never ceases to amaze me with her creativity and sensitivity, and has
done it again with the difficult problems facing Eddie and Andrew.
It’s not exactly
normal getting-to-know-you date material for two guys to deal with decomposition,
dyslexia and a hoarding father. Yet, this author has taken these rather
dramatic topics and successfully turned them into the backbone on which she
built this romance. Yes, the story is unsetting, makes you think and is even a
little uncomfortable but Ms. Maxfield does it all without making you feel sorry
for Eddie or the others. She helps you to understand the problems and its still
makes it sexy and entertaining.
Getting to see the
characters we met in the previous release is nice, as was Eddie’s sibling
dropping in to help with the clean up at Andrew’s father’s home. As much as I
enjoyed the scenes with Ms. Henderson, those including Andrew’s dad were some
of the best in the book—strong, thought provoking and even painful at times,
but giving a real insight into Andrew. Good job, Ms. Maxfield.
Really, I could go on
and on about this book and what I like about it, so instead I suggest you get Grime Doesn’t Pay and read Eddie and
Andrew’s story for yourself. I think you’ll find the well written and plotted
story as compelling as I did.
