So, I finally got a chance to finish the entire Working It Out saga. I really enjoy the last novel, as a shift from the main characters began to occur starting from Book 2, and extended even more so in Book 3. A lot more emphasis was placed on the extended family members, even pursuing the majority of some of the chapters on these side characters instead of just focusing on Mike and Matt. This was an interesting approach since I've always commented on some of the other works I've read here on GA that the minor characters did not have enough plot development for my tastes.

While I enjoyed the general progression of the plot, by Book 3 it seemed like Don had somewhat lost a sense of direction of where the story should go. A quick revival of an nemesis from a previous book decidedly became the main plot and a twist that did not finish until the very last chapter.

Don Hanratty had a great plot which he could most likely extend the book another 3 chapters, but he decided to wrap the entire story, all of the characters, and randomly fast forwarded the timeline by a couple decades in the span of a few paragraphs. It felt like the ending was quite forced, but at least DH did a good job wrapping everything up.

I sincerely hope that the story can continue, because it definitely can, as Book 4 can just take the last chapter and somewhat expand on the details a bit more. Just how Matt and Mike raises the kids, how Josh and Chris get along, etc etc can go a long way.

Thank you Don for another wonderful story, and I look forward to reading Beloved after I begin writing my own story.

I encourage you to spend the time to read Working It Out. It is a long story, but the story pace goes so fast you won't even realize it by the time you finish reading the first book, and by then you're hooked http://donh.gayauthors.org/working-it-out/index.php