Review: Larry Stylinson re-imagined.  Enjoyed it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
A great debut novel.  I would have given it five stars if it hadn't taken SO LONG for Ben and Henry to say they loved each other.  That was just far too prolonged, as many reviewers have commented.  It was really well written, though, and the author's "internal dialogue" narrative style was terrific. I like all the slices of life - you really got to know all the characters.  Ben and Henry and supporting cast were vibrant and loveable.  Again, this would have been 5 stars except for the prolonged HEA moment.I was especially tickled to see that Henry was based on Harry Styles of One Direction (right down to the tattoos and slow talking!) and though the parallels aren't as strong with Ben, I'm sure he was inspired by Louis Tomlinson.  It was fun that the author was re-imagining the Larry Stylinson "romance" in a new context.  (Louis the footie player becomes an actual footie player and Harry a struggling music student.)  And the irony that in this book they are PUT together as opposed to being kept apart, as most "Larry shippers" claim - a fun twist that made me enjoy the book even more.Looking forward to more from this author!