Kyle
Miller is a rare breed. Though born to conservative parents and raised
in small-town Oklahoma, Kyle realized young that he had to escape rural
America. Now he's living in New York City, working as an ER doctor, and
paying off his massive student loans. He's never been on a plane and
never seen a movie, but he is worldly enough to recognize attraction
when it smacks him in the forehead. Not that he knows how he managed to
crack heads with Joseph, who's a good foot shorter than Kyle's six and a
half feet.
Joseph is Kyle's polar opposite in other ways too, well-off where Kyle is poor, and self-assured while Kyle is insecure. He's also determined to show Kyle what a great guy he is and bring the confidence Kyle shows in the ER out in his everyday life. But Kyle's hectic work schedule and inexperience with relationships won't make for an easy romance.
Joseph is Kyle's polar opposite in other ways too, well-off where Kyle is poor, and self-assured while Kyle is insecure. He's also determined to show Kyle what a great guy he is and bring the confidence Kyle shows in the ER out in his everyday life. But Kyle's hectic work schedule and inexperience with relationships won't make for an easy romance.
First, let me say that this book
convinces me of one thing: there are m/m romance books written for gay men and
there are m/m romance books written for straight women. This must be one of the
former. As it is completely out of style for the latter.
It took me almost five chapters
to figure out that the book did not follow the blurb. By the way the blurb was
written, I expected a dual point-of-view story. No. It’s from one point of view
– Joseph’s – and not even in the way we are used to fiction being written.
My first thought was that this
was in first person – okay, I can deal with that – but no. Not even first
person. Have you ever been to a one-man play? Or seen one on television? The
actor/narrator is describing an event, usually over several years. He talks to
the audience, takes a break to have a ‘scene’ with a character from his past,
and then immediately comes back to either give background or his $0.02 on what
happened.
That is what this book felt like
the entire way through. We didn’t even ‘hear’ from Kyle until several chapters
in as the first couple were all about his cock. Yep, you heard me right. Joseph
went on and on and on and on and on about Kyle’s penis. That was monotonous.
And I happen to like that wonderful appendage.
It probably wasn’t until at least
chapter ten before I started thinking, “Okay, I might actually like this
story.” Even with his ‘one-man show’ going on, Joseph had finally sucked me
into the story. The part with Kyle’s mom was great – though her accent needed
work. And I was getting into the story – though I’ll admit, it dragged in a LOT
of areas. Unfortunately, then they travelled to Hawaii. The author lost me when
our two men woke up to find a naked man in their bed. And after they had
freaked out and awakened him, all they did was make comments about the size of
one or more of their penises.
Between the strange
‘one-man-play’ style, the fact that two points of view were expected but not
delivered, and the lags, I give the book 2 stars. But the narration was great.
I think Nick Russo did a fantastic job. His narration gets 4 stars. However,
the story itself dragged the overall score down to 2.5 stars.
Narration Rating: 4 stars
Overall Rating: 2.5 stars
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