I've had "Two Night Stand" a while now, but never put it at the top of my reading list until now and I'm glad that I finally did.
This *FREE* short sto I've had "Two Night Stand" a while now, but never put it at the top of my reading list until now and I'm glad that I finally did.
This *FREE* short story was a low-angst delight about two young guys who've been burned in previous relationships.
As the story begins, I pretty much had decided that business student Gabe was a very special kind of stupid. And quite possibly a bit of a masochist to boot.
You see, Gabe is a big ole' mo, but agrees to celebrate his 21st birthday at a titty bar. With his ex-boyfriend. But that's not all, folks. He's also spending it with the ex's *girlfriend*.
Imagine my surprise when we find out that Gabe is *not* having the time of his life. I know, shocking, right? (Not so much.)
Anyway, after being force-fed test tube shots sandwiched between large, female breasts, Gabe is pretty drunk and plenty pissed.
Angry at both his ex, Brendan, for dragging him into the God-awful experience and at himself for agreeing to sit and watch his ex fawn all over his new girly-beard.
To quote T.J. Klune's latest book, "Yaaaay." *slow-clap*
So Gabe pops out for some fresh air before ditching the two love birds and grabbing a taxi home, only to be rescued by a sexy good Samaritan, in the form of a 25 y.o. ex-cop named Lincoln, who offers our loveable Gabe a ride home.
But the lift turns into hot as hell mutual handjobs on Lincoln's couch and steaming pancakes the following morning.
And as both initially-hesitant young men get to know one another and continue to click, neither really wants their time together to end, which leads them to spend "the morning after" together at a local farmers market checking out fresh produce. And one another. Again.
This leads them to a second night together, plus a bit of drama from Gabe's 'want-to-have-my-cake-and-eat-it-too' ex, that Lincoln more than willingly helps quash.
"Yaaaaay!!!* *fast-clap* ;- )
But will a second night together be enough for our once bitten, twice shy heroes?
Read the book to find out, but I found this short story to be an absolute joy with a surprising number of (subdued) feels for so few pages.
My only real niggle was the final sex scene. Because, after stopping at the pharmacy for supplies, it was entirely skipped, which made me flip back and forth a few times to see if the pages on my eReader were stuck together or something.
Nope, arrived home, fast forward, woke up with the sun.
And I was really looking forward to their first real time, so I would have loved a bit o'...
But it was still a good read, which I highly recommend, especially because it's free, so I'm giving this one 4.25 *you're-stuck-with-me-now---your-bad* stars for this very enjoyable story.
Merged review:
I've had "Two Night Stand" a while now, but never put it at the top of my reading list until now and I'm glad that I finally did.
This *FREE* short story was a low-angst delight about two young guys who've been burned in previous relationships.
As the story begins, I pretty much had decided that business student Gabe was a very special kind of stupid. And quite possibly a bit of a masochist to boot.
You see, Gabe is a big ole' mo, but agrees to celebrate his 21st birthday at a titty bar. With his ex-boyfriend. But that's not all, folks. He's also spending it with the ex's *girlfriend*.
Imagine my surprise when we find out that Gabe is *not* having the time of his life. I know, shocking, right? (Not so much.)
Anyway, after being force-fed test tube shots sandwiched between large, female breasts, Gabe is pretty drunk and plenty pissed.
Angry at both his ex, Brendan, for dragging him into the God-awful experience and at himself for agreeing to sit and watch his ex fawn all over his new girly-beard.
To quote T.J. Klune's latest book, "Yaaaay." *slow-clap*
So Gabe pops out for some fresh air before ditching the two love birds and grabbing a taxi home, only to be rescued by a sexy good Samaritan, in the form of a 25 y.o. ex-cop named Lincoln, who offers our loveable Gabe a ride home.
But the lift turns into hot as hell mutual handjobs on Lincoln's couch and steaming pancakes the following morning.
And as both initially-hesitant young men get to know one another and continue to click, neither really wants their time together to end, which leads them to spend "the morning after" together at a local farmers market checking out fresh produce. And one another. Again.
This leads them to a second night together, plus a bit of drama from Gabe's 'want-to-have-my-cake-and-eat-it-too' ex, that Lincoln more than willingly helps quash.
"Yaaaaay!!!* *fast-clap* ;- )
But will a second night together be enough for our once bitten, twice shy heroes?
Read the book to find out, but I found this short story to be an absolute joy with a surprising number of (subdued) feels for so few pages.
My only real niggle was the final sex scene. Because, after stopping at the pharmacy for supplies, it was entirely skipped, which made me flip back and forth a few times to see if the pages on my eReader were stuck together or something.
Nope, arrived home, fast forward, woke up with the sun.
And I was really looking forward to their first real time, so I would have loved a bit o'...
But it was still a good read, which I highly recommend, especially because it's free, so I'm giving this one 4.25 *you're-stuck-with-me-now---your-bad* stars for this very enjoyable story....more
I love stories where the MC's meet as kids and grow up together, then eventually become one another's person. That was the case here, where Ellis and I love stories where the MC's meet as kids and grow up together, then eventually become one another's person. That was the case here, where Ellis and Lucky met in the fifth grade and the story continued into the years after college.
For me, the start and end of the book was (much) better than the middle, where Lucky had gone off to college, then traveled the world, with his home base being in New York City. Prolonged separations in romances aren't my thing. At all.
In regards to the steamy parts, those felt extremely drawn out to me, going on and on and on, to the point where I started skimming past the orgasms, then continuing on.
One of my very favorite parts was getting a flashback to Lucky's prom, which the book had alluded to several times prior. I was not disappointed.
Overall, I'd rate this one at around 3.75 stars, dragged down a bit by the middle chapters, but I'm glad that I read the book and would actually recommend it.
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Unlike the many other Jennifer Cody books that I've read in the past, this time I only connected to the MCs on a very superficial level, which really Unlike the many other Jennifer Cody books that I've read in the past, this time I only connected to the MCs on a very superficial level, which really bummed me out. ...more
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