Ryan, in particular, is new to the ways of a relationship, parenting, and work/life balance. They have to learn how to be in a relationship and what that means with a teenager in the house, ex-wife in the wings, and disappointed family members hovering about.
Where book 1 is primarily the discovery journey for these two men, book 2 deals more with their external conflicts and challenges. He’s injured from the fire at the end of book 1, and he’s terrified of his father’s reaction. In it, Ryan is telling his dad about John. Book 2 picks up in the the last scene of The Rebuilding Year, so I don’t recommend it as a stand alone. I was willing to risk it after loving The Rebuilding Year and wanting more of the sweet that is John and Ryan. Kaje Harper finds the right balance in Life, Some Assembly Required. I’m a big fan of relationship-centric stories, but even I can be turned off by too much more of the two characters. And, in a sequel, now the author is messing with the HEA.
If book 1 ends in a HEA (or at least HFN), do we really want to see more of these characters and their conflicts? Because a book has to have conflict of some sort to be good.
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