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Ladataan... After the CrashTekijä: Emma Alcott
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This started a bit slow in my mind, but a real connection was formed and believable by the characters because of that. It took me a bit to really get into it, but then I really became invested. Marshall and Fox had relatively interesting pasts that brought them to a path where their lives were flipped. Marshall was the bullied kid turned slightly more confident billionaire, Fox had a good childhood but severe PTSD from the military. They were a great match. I loved watching them become friends and really get to know each other before any romantic relationship happened. I loved Sam as a character and he was a ton of fun. Marshall and Fox were perfect mentors for him, and he was perfect for helping them as well. Very enjoyable story. I am voluntarily reviewing an ARC provided by LesCourt Author Services This is a heartwarming tale of a bullied out teen returning to the town he grew up a success. Surprisingly there isn't much interaction with the town and its people, but on one visit Marshall discovers his high school crush hiding in a bush. This is a lovely scene and really gives the listener a sense of what Marshall is about. Fox has PTSD and Marshall appears to be the first person to actually ackowledge this fact and act accordingly (God, I hate Fox's mum so much). He gets Fox to move in to his house to be a live in gardener. These early scenes where Fox is finding his feet and they are dancing around their attraction to each other are just delightful. Once they had sex it slipped a bit for me. There were too many sex scenes and Fox turned into a super confident dominant type in the bedroom, despite having never been with a man before and his PTSD having him questioning everything. I felt some things got lost in favour of more bedroom/kitchen/office/any flat surface scene. Sam seemed to get forgotten about for a while, and Fox relationship with his parents was dismissed with one line--they live in the same town, they will bump into each other, I'd have liked to have seen this confrontation. There's very little in the way of relationship angst, but that is not to say there aren't some anguish-filled moments. Fox's PTSD and the symptoms, his mother's treatment of him, the treatment of one of the secondary characters, the bullying of Marshall at the beginning. Honestly this was heading for a 5 star read but ended up as a 4. Such a shame. Overall a heart warming read with engaging characters (Marshall's mother is a delight). ETA (review of audio) The narrator did a great job. I've not listened to anything of their's before but I would pick up another book performed by them. This was a great story. I love the fact that Fox and Marshall had some not good history, but that Marshall could get totally past that in order to help Fox out. These guys build such a wonderful connection and are so tight together, even before they start a relationship, and the romantic part of it just deepens their whole relationship. I also really like the fact that they become mentors as well. näyttää 4/4 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Rule #1 Straight military men will always be straight, no matter how much you wish otherwise Rule #2 Being a billionaire won't change that (probably) Rule #3 The whole thing between you when you were in high school? It was only fantasy Rule #4 One-sided fantasy Rule #5 God, how great would it be if it was a two-sided fantasy? Rule #6 Okay, getting off track Rule #7 Hiring your hot high school crush is totally okay Rule #8 If you don't let your feelings get in the way, everything will be fine Marshall Lloyd is about to be very not fine. Not only is his high school crush back in his life, but he's matured into a gruff, brooding, drop-dead-gorgeous specimen of a man that makes Marshall's wet dreams seem about as exciting as drying paint. The only problem: Fox Fraser, the individual in question, is straight. Super straight. The kind of straight that would make a ruler jealous. But if what Marshall sees when he looks in Fox's eyes is to be believed, he's broken, too. There are scars inside of him that no one notices. No one but Marshall. It's not wrong to want to help him, is it? To hire him to take care of things around the house so he can get back on his feet? It's just work. Work that leads to lingering looks. To prolonged touches. To... mmph. It's better not to think about it. Marshall's fantasies aren't real. A guy like Fox would never pin him to a wall and do things to him like that. Maybe. Probably. Right? After the Crash is the first book in the Small Town Hearts series, which features heroes scattered across the rural United States who find love where they're least expecting it. In addition to explosive chemistry, you can expect sneezing bushes, tea that tastes like hay, and a wet wrestling match that's just boys having fun, Mom. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Story - 3.25 stars
The Good
This was a solid mm romance story, without the unnecessary miscommunication thrown in.
JF Harding's narration was great as always. Eargasms galore.
It was sweet and light.
The characters were very likable.
Marshall and Fox had chemistry and that helped me to connect with them and the banter was good.
Sam stole the show, he was funny and had some amazing one liners.
The Rest
The story felt rushed especially halfway through, i wasn't given time to know the characters and see how their relationship developed.
There were so many things left hanging, Fox's relationship with his family, more about Marshall's background and his relationship with his mother.
Sam's story was unnecessary, IMO, it was meant to create the angst that was not really needed.
Fox being gay all of a sudden, that took me a while to adjust, the way it was done didn't feel authentic but i just rolled with it.
Overall it was an okay story. ( )