Through These Eyes

Blind Faith Series, Book 2

By: N.R. Walker

Narrated by: Michael Pauley

Six months after we last met Carter Reece and Isaac Brannigan, they're still very much in love. Moving in together, moving forward, life for these two is great until some life changing events occur. Isaac has a frightening setback and Carter's world starts to unravel. Things become even more complicated and start to change for both men when Isaac’s new colleague enters the picture.

As Isaac struggles for what he really wants, it might just cost him what he needs the most.

©2013 NR Walker (P)2019 NR Walker

Loved it!

This series has it all. I saw the treachery come a mile away. I was extremely sad and had tears streaming. I loved Michael Pauley. He brings it all to life.

Loved it

Book two - our wonderful main characters go through difficult situations and find that loving each other is hard work! At some points I got teary-eyed, which doesn’t happen to me often. Hard won fantastic ending.

Through These Eyes

This book starts just a bit after the first book, like 6 months or so. After Issac and Carter finally get their selves sorted and have their relationship on track for the long run. And of course that's when everything turns to crap.

Issac and his new "friend" really seriously irritated me in this book. Carter does so much for Issac you can just feel and see all the love and support he has for him, even when Issac is being his irritating self, Carter is still there and All In. And Issac totally takes him for granted. I am 100% #TeamCarter and I was feeling all kinds of emotional listening to this book.

I know Issac has to deal with a lot, all the stuff that happens to him in this book and life itself, but man he has some major blinders on and just completely oversees the fact that Carter is there for him every step of the way. omg, and for Issac to turn to his stupid "friend" over Carter is just infuriating. You really just want to smack some sense into Issac on more than one occasion.

Luckily this book ends in a HEA or I would have been all kinds of angry for these guys. LMAO.

All angst and drama aside this book was great. Written well. The story flowed great right from the first book into this one. No editing issues that I could see and/or hear. Just a well rounded second book to this series. And even though I was angry for both of these guys during the duration of this book, I still enjoyed this book immensely.

Audio - I think Michael Pauley really nailed this narration. He made sure that we not only got his superb narration, but he really gave us a good deal of emotion while telling this story. I felt like I was there with these guys, experiencing what they went through right along with them. And, I think it gave the story a bigger impact for me than it would have been just reading the book. Great job with this one.

Fabulous story, not to be missed

This series has been out for quite a while, and I have no idea why I didn’t dig in earlier. NR Walker is one of my favorite authors and Michael Dean of course is wonderful. If you’re looking for a story with wonderful MCs, good side characters, not much angst and a well developed plot give this a try. I loved every bit. Highly recommended

Can love conquer cynicism?

I loved Blind Faith, the first book in this series, and so was thrilled when the next book was released on audio. I adore Michael Pauley and again felt he did a great job. He differentiates well between the two main characters and he brought out the immediacy of the terrible situation Isaac finds himself in. Michael always hits just the right note and is an incredibly reliable narrator. That might seem like a weak adverb, but in the world of audiobooks, it’s reassuring to know you’re going to get a high-quality performance every time. You get that with Michael.

The book starts about six months after Blind Faith ends. Carter and Isaac are happy in their relationship, but Carter is yearning for more. He feels like a guest when he stays at Isaac’s house, never quite like he belongs. But Isaac is stubborn. Being blind, he relies on everything being exactly where it needs to be. He also struggles and doesn’t want Carter to see. He wants Carter to see him at his best all the time while Carter just wants to be there. Isaac’s stubbornness will play a major role in this book, as it did the last one. To hope he’d changed entirely because of Carter and love was a bit much. Even if he wasn’t blind, I still believe he’d be cynical and, on occasion, downright rude.

Isaac’s cynicism isn’t apparent, though, when a new person enters his life. Joshua is working as a contractor at the school where Isaac teaches and they become fast friends. Isaac believes himself to be a good judge of character, but Carter isn’t convinced Joshua is on the up and up. This becomes an increasing source of tension between the two men. Is Carter just jealous or is there more going on? Can Isaac see what Joshua’s true intentions are, even though he’s blind?

The frightening setback for Isaac really was scary and I understood how and why it changed him. For the better in some respects but not in others. If I had undergone what he had, I’d have been altered as well. I think we all would. But he gets back up and soldiers on, although now willing to accept more help than before.

The dark moment in this book is pretty dark. Isaac’s sharp tongue goes too far and, honestly, I began to wonder why Carter put up with him. I mean love is all well and good, but cruel words do have an impact. I could only give Isaac so much understanding of his condition before it was almost too much. I wanted to shake some sense into him. I got my happy ending with a decent resolution, so that was something.

I also have to mention that in this book, as with the first book, I had a good cry. I didn’t think I would, it caught me off-guard, it didn’t detract from the book, and it kind of made sense. Still hit me hard though. But that’s life.

Like I said, Michael Pauley was superb, the book was great, and I enjoyed the entire thing. There is one more book in the series and I can’t wait.