Review: Good read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2013
THE CARPENTER AND THE ACTOR is a light, fun read with plenty of eroticism and a good cast of secondary characters.Kieran's friends are all happy in relationships and he's still alone.  He can't help being attracted to Jason, a famous actor hiding out in one the tourist cabins where Kieran works.  Jason proposes two weeks of no-strings sex and Kieran takes him up on the offer but what happens when the two weeks are up?Kieran and Jason have a decent romance with lots of sexual interludes made extra spicy by Kieran's slight kink.  Fans of erotic MM romance like me will really like that part of this romance.  I will admit to wanting a bit more emotional honest between the men.  Jason especially was damaged by his past and it seemed that he and Kieran dealt with the symptoms but not the underlying issues.  Still, this is a light romance that was enjoyable.The best thing about this novella is the cast of characters comprised of the small Tennessee town and leads from the previous novellas.  Kieran's friends and their partners truly care about each other and support each other and I love when romances have a backdrop of a community like this.  I know that if readers haven't read the previous novellas in the series they'll want to go back and read them for full enjoyment.THE CARPENTER AND THE ACTOR was a good MM romance that while a little emotionally light, was still enjoyable.Reviewed by J9for TheRomanceReviews.com