A sweet romance with two guys trying to decide if they are good enough for each other. Told from Dawson’s POV, his addictive voice and generous nature made me love him. I didn’t feel like I got to know Jared very well, but more importantly, I struggled to understand why these two would fall in love. I just wanted more time with them actually talking to each other as opposed to being told that they had enjoyable conversations. However, I still enjoyed reading it until the last 15%. At that point, some of the things happening to Jared were too unbelievable and brought me out of the story.
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Poacher’s Fall and Keeper’s Pledge (Midwinter Manor #1-2) by JL Merrow (4 Stars)
Reviewing these together made more sense, since I didn’t get the feeling of completion I wanted after the first one. The first story was sweet watching Danny help Philip appreciate life again. They spent a bit of time together while Philip helped Danny recover from an injury. Unfortunately, the second story was focused on family drama, and we rarely saw Danny and Philip together. I also didn’t understand how they could be together for four years and still seem to know so little about each other. It didn’t quite work as a romance for me, but I enjoyed the story and the characters. I also got the happy ending I was hoping for.
Whipped Cream by Andrew Grey (4 Stars)
Our true love can see past the surface of our physical and psychological scars to find our soul.
Brent Phillips is a photographer who spends most of his time taking student portraits while trying to build up his art portfolio. A former model, he now has scars, both physical and psychological, after being brutally attacked. He’s looking for something unique to become the center of his upcoming exhibit, and he finds it when he meets Tristan Greer. Tristan is a very sexy college student who was kicked out of his home when his parents found out he was gay. Brent needs to get past his own personal demons to believe that Tristan is capable of loving him.
Told from Brent’s point of view, it’s obvious the attack he suffered from has caused a lot of damage on both the inside and outside. Fortunately, he’s surrounded by several people who care about him very much. I really enjoyed meeting Brent’s friends and watching them take care of him. Brent was a nice guy with a quirky personality. Tristan was a sweetheart and very mature and supportive, but I would have liked to have gotten to know him better. Most of the story is focused on Brent’s photography studio and his upcoming art exhibition. His plan is to have Tristan pose covered only in whipped cream. Fortunately, this picture can be seen on the lovely book cover. It was fun to watch the two of them spend time together and grow their relationship.
If you enjoy art and photography, this was a really interesting and enjoyable look into that arena with a sweet and loving romance to flow around it.
Originally reviewed for The Romance Reviews. Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.
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It’s All Geek to Me by J. L. Merrow (4 Stars)
Enjoyable, sweet romance with the focus on how long a person can carry on in a relationship that started based on a false premise. I’m not a fan of stories with trust issues, but this was such a light-hearted one, with Jez lying about his love of comics, that it didn’t feel like a big deal to me. It was hard listening to Jez put himself down so often, but Rhys did a great job trying to build up his self-esteem.




