Review: Really,  it felt perfect to me.  I wouldn't change a thing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2013
I read a lot of m/m and after a while they start to blur,  but every so often you come across one that just sings to you...This book is so charming and but it was also grounded and real and possible.  There were no vampires or fantasy.  Instead Mark Johansen bumps into Jaimie Novnotny,  who had been notoriously  out in High School.  And Jaime who had a massive crush on Mark in High School decides to risk a pass.  Jaimie is such a complete character,  I can see him so clearly in my mind's eye,  and he is just delightful,  even if he is a bit of a `recyclopath'.  Mark is trying to be a good man and please those he loves, but his family is getting more and more intolerant...Here is how Mark describes himself "However,  Jaime had encouraged me to let my hair grow out a little, and I hadn't had time to shave that morning.  As a result,  I thought that instead of being a shoo-in for the part of Nazi Storm Trooper,  I might be eligible to respond to a casting call for Sven,  the slightly dissolute ski instructor."Works for me!It had funny and sweet moments,  but also real and serious ones and they balanced each other perfectly.  It also had hot and tender sex scenes. Really,  it's a beautifully written story with great characters and true to life situations.  I've already reread it and I just bought it.  I rate it a keeper and a reread and am happy to have found it.  I hope Mari Donne writes more soon.