Underneath The Whiskey by Chelsea Lauren – Review by Kerry Carr

Underneath The Whiskey by Chelsea Lauren
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really moving and emotional story that really makes you stop and think about the struggle some people go through behind the scenes when everything looks great from the outside.
The author deals with some really tough subject such as depression, alcoholism, confused sexuality and the struggle of living a lie and the toll it takes.

Ben from the outside has life mind. He has a loving wife, children who adore him and a successful business but he’s not happy. He is hiding a secret about himself, I secret he has been told to hide and avoid all his life.
However like with most secrets hiding them takes it toll and when Caden walks into Ben’s life everything falls apart. For so long he has denied who he is but now with Caden he has a chance to be true to himself.
But the stress of having 2 separate lives start to take their toll on Ben so he turns to drink to ease the pain.
Now he has 2 demons to fight, the drink and his true sexuality.
Both of these things leave him on the verge of losing everything he loves.

This is such a moving and emotional story of one man’s fights and struggles to come to terms with himself and be his true self while also fighting against alcoholism.
My heart hurt for the things Ben had to go through and it makes it even harder when you realise that even though this is a fiction story that people are living this life and struggling like this right now. It is a very emotional and thought provoking read

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