Review: if you can suspend disbelief
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2012
This short novel is well written, well plotted, well executed. It is the work of a real professional and that is not a given among M/M romance authors. It never drags, it is consistent and draws unerring to its satisfying end.The two leads are likeable, the side characters are bidimensional but play a proficient chorus.You are sensing a "but", of course, and there is a huge one coming.*THOSE THAT FOLLOW ARE NOT SPOILERS AS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED BY MANY OTHER REVIEWER*Luke is a gorgeous young man. Thrown out at 16 by his homophobe father he not only managed to survive but to complete his studies up to college by being kept by wealthy AND handsome men. Oh, did he? Just as he is about to graduate his impossibly gorgeous and rich sugar daddy throws him out and he calls on a former sugar daddy who finds another one for him. Oh, does he? But this time the sugar daddy is not as sugary in that he is not rich but he is ready to welcome a complete stranger in his home. A complete stranger he knows is a kept boy-toy. Oh, is he? The new -not so sugary- daddy is 30 and mousy looking AND a virgin. Oh, is he? But slowly Luke gets to know and love him. Oh, does he?You get my meaning. This plot is delightful in itself, there is even a lot of good humour throughout, but you will have to be prepare not only to suspend disbelief but also to lock it in the attic, perhaps in a closet, to avoid its coming back to hunt you.Having both POVs, that of Luke but also that of the not so sugary Russel might have helped. It would have been more difficult of course. It is hard to deal with a man who knows he is gay but is saving himself for Mr. Right, but perhaps it would have been rewarding as well.Accept that and you will get a light-weight, entertainig, nice M/M story.