Sunday, March 8, 2015

"Beauty and the Bookworm" by Nick Pageant

"Beauty and the Bookworm" by Nick Pageant


Title: "Beauty and the Bookworm"
Author: Nick Pageant
Publisher: Pageantry Books
Page Count: 107

Synopsis:


Mason Leery is a bookworm and he thinks he might just be able to get through life simply by reading about it instead of living it.

Until he meets Shane Beaumont. Shane is the opposite of Mason in every way, he's beautiful, athletic, and lives his life to the fullest.

Sparks fly when the polar opposites come together, but it will be up to the bookworm to shut down his e-reader and go after the beauty if he wants to love someone outside the pages of a book.

Rating: 4 stars


Review:


This was a very cute story about a bookworm, who learns that books cannot give you everything and that true love can only be found outside of books.

Mason is a librarian and likes to spend every free minute reading. He lives together with his lesbian biker grandmother (I really liked her by the way, even though she was a bit intimidating...), because his parents acted very cold after he came out to them. His best friend is Twyla, who is in most points almost his opposite (outgoing etc. ..., but she was interesting).

Shane is an athlete, he loves sport and works part-time as a personal trainer and part-time as a massage therapist. Although Mason doesn't realise it in the beginning (and just pays attention to Shanes body and butt - he was tempted, though so don't judge), but Shane is really kind and caring.

It's really cute how they both try to impress the other because they want the other to have a good opinion of them. Although completely told from Mason's POV, you got a good feeling for every other character, especially Shane. All in all, the book was incredibly funny. Already the Prologue had me reeling with laugher and that was repeated several more times (because Mason's comments and thoughts were just great).

So, I would definitely recommend this book to everyone who wants a sweet romance with steamy sex and also a happy ending for every character. I'll also definitly check out the sequel.



Thursday, March 5, 2015

"Spanked By My Roommate, The Stud" by D.J. Heart

"Spanked By My Roommate, The Stud" by D.J. Heart





Title: Spanked by my Roommate, The Stud
Author: D.J. Heart
Page Count: 54
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Synopsis: 


Chris, while no longer terrified of the muscular athlete that is his roommate, is nonetheless horrified when the handsome stud walks in on him watching a spanking video on his computer... of two guys. 

Fearing the worst, Chris hopes Brandon isn't too freaked out. But he's in for a pleasant surprise... 


This story features a studly football player with a thing for his roommate, light domination and muscle worship, and a cute young college student exploring his fetish for bare bottomed spankings (first with a handsome DILF he meets online, and then later with his strapping stud of a roommate). 

All characters portrayed are eighteen or above. 

Rating: 3 stars


Review:


This is a cute story about a boy who is fascinated with being spanked, Chris, the man who introduces him to it, John and the football jock Chris starts dating after being caught watching a gay spanking video. 

The story is based on a good idea and I really liked the writing style. I soon got caught up in the story because I really liked some of the characters and was left yearning for more at the end.

So why did I only give this a three star rating? I had two major problems with the story:

1. It seemed much more like a romance between John and Chris than between Brandon and Chris. Because of this, I was, even though I expected it, disappointed over the course of the book. (And I really didn't like Brandon that much ...)

2. The end seemed forced and abrupt and not much like an end at all. Maybe the author lost interest in the story? 

But I would still recommend this if you like spankings and aren't too disappointed about a somehow unfinished story.








Tuesday, March 3, 2015

"Shine Forever" by Megan Derr


"Shine Forever" by Megan Derr




Title: Shine Forever

Author: Megan Derr
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Page Count: 147


Synopsis: 


Dai gave up everything when he ran away with his cousin, traded a life of wealth, power, and security to create their band and live the way they want. The one thing he refuses to do is hide; he's worked way too hard, and given up way too much, to pretend to be something he's not.



Cooper never anticipated he would trade rodeo fame for country music stardom. But the secret he had to keep for his own safety is now a secret he has to keep to protect his band. The one thing he can never do is make his sexuality public; he's sacrificed far too much to risk it all by airing personal matters.


But when a chance meeting turns into a passionate night that neither can forget, a tenuous relationship neither wants to let go, someone is going to have to break the rules...



Rating: 4.5 stars


My Review:


"Shine Forever" is the story of two musicians, Dai and Cooper. Dai is the lead vocalist of the band "Forever and a Dai" and wears colourful hair colours, lipstick and panties. But his behavior is not at all over the top, he just doesn't care about etiquettes like "it's for women". He loves books but can also spend hours haggling with Jet about their songtexts.

Cooper is the fiddler of the country band "Shine the moon", which he started as a temporary replacement after he got injured riding bulls (rodeo). He is in the closet because he doesn't want to damage his band's career, but even his band mates (except Henry) do not know about his sexuality.

When the two bands meet, Dai and Cooper are immediately attracted to each other and spend the night together. But it does not stay at that and while getting to know each other better, they start a relationship. 

This book isn't without complications for their relationship (mostly because Cooper is still in the closet), it is not good all the time, but overall, it was a very sweet story. The emotions of the characters were realistic and displayed wonderfully, you were sucked in and you could understand and comprehend their actions and thoughts. Although there were many sex scenes, they always fit in the situation and the story was not cut too short. The side characters are also very interesting and lovable, especially Jason and Jet and they are one part of what makes this novel so sweet.

I would definitely recommend this for everybody who likes a sweet and very well written romance with music stars and a good balance between an interesting storyline and passionate encounters.


Note: This book was kindly provided by Less Than Three Press in exchange for an honest review.