Ultima storia breve dedicata a Tate “Talker” Walker e Brian Cooper, Amy Lane ci mostra come finalmente le loro vite si indirizzino verso un sentiero più sicuro dei precedenti, anche se non alieno da un pizzico di tristezza.

Brian sta faticosamente cercando di riprendersi dalla brutta esperienza che poteva costargli la vita, mentre Talker è ancora in cerca del suo posto, del “cosa voglio fare da grande”.

Entrambi troveranno una risposta in appena 65 pagine: è incredibile quante emozioni Amy Lane riesca a infilare in così poco spazio. ( )

While I didn't like the before and after, one italicized, throughout this ...novelette, or novella, I'm really glad to know where this pair ends up. As is typical for Amy Lane, it's funny and emotional all the way to the end, and a worthy end to Talker and Brian's story. ( )

Talker's Graduation is the third installment in Amy Lane's Talker series. It picks up the story several years into the relationship between Tate Walker and Brian Cooper. It's clear that Tate, aka Talker is more settled within himself and Brian is also developing new skills.

Lane is adept at creating characters that make you want to root for them and Tate and Brian are no exception. Talker's Graduation touchingly reveals the pain and joy of these two characters as they discover new aspects of their relationship. You can almost see Tate about to twitch apart when he stumbles upon a confrontation between Brian and Mark, his boss at the gallery where he works. You can feel the heat of Brian's anger in that same encounter.

There are some weaknesses in Talker's Graduation. Sometimes the timeline gets a little confusing as the story moves back and forth in time and it's also sometimes not clear why Lane switches between Tate and Talker. Still, this is a great conclusion to the Talker series. Talker's Graduation opens some whole new roads for these two wounded characters to explore and neither of them are afraid of new experiences.

Lane closes this series with her main characters Tate and Brian coming to some maturing decisions about their separate lives and their relationship together. Talker's Graduation is full of passion and action, love and pain. It's worth 5 stars for the writing skill exhibited and the character development.

Review originally appeared on Queer Magazine Online ( )

4.5 stars Happily ever after. Sigh... ( )

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4.5 Stars

What a lovely, fulfilling and warming finish for a really great series. To say I've fallen in love with Talker and Brian is putting it too mildly. Their journey was at times hard to read, but this final installation wraps it up and makes it all a beautiful tale.

I'm so glad I decided to read these with my friend and fellow blogger Giulia from http://devastatingreads.blogspot.com/ It's been great to be able to discuss the heavy developments as well as our favorite sexy bits :) Thanks Giulia.

If you've read the first two books in the series you will definitely want to wrap it up with this one. It sets the world right again.

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