Book Title: Partners
Author: Mary Suzanne
Publisher: Divine Romance
Publisher URL: http://www.romancedivine.com/
ISBN: 978-1-934446-35-5
Genre: Contemporary Gay Romance
Nymph Rating: 2.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymph Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
The local watering hole, the Corral Bar, draws scores of men and women every night hoping to meet their special someone and Josh Braslet isn’t any different. Except he isn’t interested in any of the women, he’s interested in one tall, good-looking man dressed in denim, Jake Talbot. Both men know what they want and they find it in each other’s arms…passion, companionship and love. But will family tragedy, lies and betrayal keep them apart and prevent them from experiencing the happily ever after they’ve been looking for?
Partners by Ms. Suzanne is very short at just over 5,500 words and is written entirely in Josh’s viewpoint. The author does a nice job describing the Corral Bar, and the seeming desperation of both men and woman to meet someone…anyone who’s interested in them. This is particularly true of the interaction between Josh and one such woman, and how he goes about trying not to hurt her feelings with his disinterest. Ms. Suzanne lost me once Jake and Josh arrived back at Josh’s home for a night of intimacy. I’ll be honest and say that it drives me absolutely crazy when authors use ‘purple prose’ type words to describe a man’s genitalia; tool, steely rod, tumescent shaft, and delicate piece of equipment, for example. These and others such as, serpentine dance of lust and man-steam, turn me off and don’t really describe the events, or what’s going on between the characters. Make me know what’s happening in the scene and the characters heads, not fancy words that don’t help the story along. Then there’s the little problem with a hospital giving out a patient’s condition, as they did with Josh, because in today’s HIPA (Health in Privacy Act) governed world, I can almost guarantee it’s not going to happen.
Author: Mary Suzanne
Publisher: Divine Romance
Publisher URL: http://www.romancedivine.com/
ISBN: 978-1-934446-35-5
Genre: Contemporary Gay Romance
Nymph Rating: 2.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymph Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
The local watering hole, the Corral Bar, draws scores of men and women every night hoping to meet their special someone and Josh Braslet isn’t any different. Except he isn’t interested in any of the women, he’s interested in one tall, good-looking man dressed in denim, Jake Talbot. Both men know what they want and they find it in each other’s arms…passion, companionship and love. But will family tragedy, lies and betrayal keep them apart and prevent them from experiencing the happily ever after they’ve been looking for?
Partners by Ms. Suzanne is very short at just over 5,500 words and is written entirely in Josh’s viewpoint. The author does a nice job describing the Corral Bar, and the seeming desperation of both men and woman to meet someone…anyone who’s interested in them. This is particularly true of the interaction between Josh and one such woman, and how he goes about trying not to hurt her feelings with his disinterest. Ms. Suzanne lost me once Jake and Josh arrived back at Josh’s home for a night of intimacy. I’ll be honest and say that it drives me absolutely crazy when authors use ‘purple prose’ type words to describe a man’s genitalia; tool, steely rod, tumescent shaft, and delicate piece of equipment, for example. These and others such as, serpentine dance of lust and man-steam, turn me off and don’t really describe the events, or what’s going on between the characters. Make me know what’s happening in the scene and the characters heads, not fancy words that don’t help the story along. Then there’s the little problem with a hospital giving out a patient’s condition, as they did with Josh, because in today’s HIPA (Health in Privacy Act) governed world, I can almost guarantee it’s not going to happen.
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