Title: What No One Else Can Hear
Series: N/A
Author: Brynn Stein
Genre: Contemporary/ Other Paranormal
Length: Novel (220 Pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (July 27, 2015)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3 Hearts
Blurb: Young Stevie Liston is diagnosed with autism, but is really an overwhelmed empath who mentally called out for help. Jesse McKinnon heard him in a dream from clear across the country, and that dream sent him on a six-year search to find Stevie. Once they meet, they think everything will work out and Jesse will help Stevie cope.
Stevie does improve immensely, but a disgruntled coworker of Jesse’s conspires with Stevie’s estranged but politically powerful father to keep Stevie and Jesse apart with trumped-up legal charges claiming Jesse sexually abused the boy. Jesse must watch helplessly as Stevie loses all the advances he’s made.
If it wasn’t for his growing relationship with his coworker Drew Ferguson, Jesse knows he wouldn’t have the strength to fight for his rights and Stevie’s future. Drew just might be the real thing, but with the very real possibility of serving jail time for a crime he didn’t commit, Jesse’s hopes for a future with Drew might be doomed.
ISBN: 978-1-63216-989-1
Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6685
Reviewer: Lisa
Review: I have had a chance to choose this book and I have to tell you that I found it fascinating. I have only come across one other book by this author, and after hearing such good things about the story I had to grab it. At first I wasn’t too sure about it though. I am not much on long stories, or ones that are going to have me in tears. I love to read happy thoughts, but once I figured out Stevie was not what he was diagnosed but a very special young man I was caught.
To be able to hear someone from so far away is a fascinating idea. Although for Jesse it might have been a bit off. He heard Stevie in his dreams and he had to go and help him. Stevie had been told that he was autistic, but in fact was an empath. An empath feels what everyone around him is feeling, and it can be a bit much. I would imagine he felt lost and alone. It had taken him quite a bit of time to find him though.
Stevie was happy when Jesse found him, but of course his ass of a father had to make waves. He totally lied, and now Jesse is endanger of spending time in prison for something he did not do. I mean with the help of an idiot who works with him, Stevie’s father makes their lives a living hell in its own. Thank god for Drew’s help.
This author has always given a story that captivates you and keeps your attention. Which is exactly what it did for me. I had fun with it and look forward to telling those about it. It gave me almost everything I could want in a story. It however seemed off in the second half of the story. It was long winded and over done to truly love.
However for a first book by this author for me, I was fascinated with the story and look forward to seeing what else this author has in mind.
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