Review: Another Winner From Kele Moon!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2012
REVIEWED FOR: Swept Away By Romance4 1/2 Stars!!Kele Moon you've done it again!At twenty-two, Alex Hunter is a native of Mirabella Island off the coast of Florida.  He doesn't have much ambition beyond the next good time, and he's poor enough to be lacking in opportunities to improve his life.  He's also gay.  Though, he's too scared to admit the last to most of his friends, as well as his brother.  The same age, Matt Tarrington is rich and the heir to a business empire.  He's fulfilling a bet made with his wealthy friends by working for a year in a local diner on the island.  To put it mildly, he's unsure about his sexual preferences.  The two young men could not be more opposite.  And, yet, somehow they ultimately fall deeply in love.  However, their youth leaves them vulnerable to fear, and a regrettable six year separation follows.  All these years later, are they both mature and courageous enough to finally risk everything for the love of a lifetime?Sexy, lusty and also deeply emotional, Starfish and Coffee by the amazing Ms. Kele Moon is a wonderful story!  This is a character driven and relatively simple read, but no less powerful for it.  Matt and Alex are wonderfully fleshed-out characters, each with his own set of strengths and weaknesses.  The chemistry between these two is scorchingly HOT!!  Holy tingly bits, these boys are ON FIRE!  If you've read any Kele Moon prior, though, you pretty well know to expect this.  She has me spoiled because she is stellar at writing  super-charged, intimate scenes between characters.  Even better, however, is that she builds these scenes on a firm foundation of deep feeling and emotion.  And, while the intense sexual attraction between characters is what, undoubtedly, first catches our attention, it's the emotion, the feeling, which keeps us all glued to the page until the very last word.  Starfish and Coffee does exactly that.So, why not five stars?  My reason for that is probably purely subjective.  There were one or two small areas in the story where I would love to have seen a bit more expansion.  One of those being familial relationships.  I feel like a bit more exploration there could have made the overall story just ever slightly more solid.To be serious for a moment, there is one important point I do want to make here.  I've neglected to mention it on other reviews of her books, and I regret that.  Many of Kele Moon's stories carry the message of equality.  And, the fight for equality can and does apply in many ways (not only sexual orientation) in each of our lives.  I know it does in mine, for my own reasons.  Everything she writes seems to encourage an open mind and an open heart.  I think that's a valuable lesson to be reinforced.  Now, Kele certainly doesn't slap you upside the head with what she believes.  She isn't shoving anything down anyone's throat.  It's beautifully woven into the story, but it's there nonetheless.  That's one of my favorite things about this author. She inspires me to keep thinking and growing, even while she's entertaining the hell out of me;-)  Now that?  That's some talent!  Give her a try if you haven't already.  If you are familiar with Kele Moon, then I guarantee you won't be disappointed with this story!