Review: Sweet read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
I have now read four Lou Harper offerings. This one was offered free on Amazon. Thank you.  I read this novella in a few hours, in one sitting, and totally enjoyed it.  There is a seamless building from chance acquaintance to roommate to good friend to lover and HEA. Along the way we had the pleasure of knowing two young men, both totally likable and a gay senior citizen who shared  his insider's knowledge of Hollywood's past.  The fact that both young men liked old films, something I share with them, made the book extra entertaining for me.  I admired the young men taking care of the older man and had a good cry over some of the action around that.I like gay romance novels where no one freaks out over their sexuality. The fact that Nate was inexperienced with men but kind of knew he could go for a guy and didn't hesitate or ruminate over his attraction to Jez did it for me. Too much time is spent in so many of these novels with a character freaking out over their own sexuality and I prefer ones like this were the character goes for the brass ring and thrives.  No gay bashings. No huge angst. No regrets. No homophobes. Just a light hearted peek inside the lives to two young men that I would be happy to know in real life.  And as for Arthur, the older gay man, I have known someone like him in real life (we lost him a couple of years ago).  The tales he told were similar to Arthur's and made me both smile and weep over memories of my friend who had been gay back in the day when gay life was underground but flourished anyway.