Title: An Inconvenient Hankering
Author: Sienna Bishop
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher URL: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/
ISBN: 978-1-935192-77-0
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Friendships made in high school often last the longest, which is what Hank and Sam discover when they met as high school juniors. Nearly inseparable, the best friends do everything together; even wind-up as roommates while in college. It’s during these years that Sam learns he’s not as straight as he always thought when he makes the shocking discovery he’s in love with his best friend. By the time college graduation rolls around, Sam knows he has to get away from Hank and he takes a job in Denver, which gives him the time and space he needs to figure out his life.
It takes three years for Sam to decide staying away from Hank isn’t the answer to his problem, and it’s only made him lonely for his family and friends. Transferring back home fixes one problem, but it also gives him another he never expected when Hank offers, then insists, they move in together. Against his better judgment, Sam agrees and he immediately begins to regret his decision, when he’s forced to guard every move and action.
An Inconvenient Hankering is a sweet, if short story, of two childhood friends and the years it takes them to discover their mutual love. While the tale of a gay man, Sam, trying to hide the love he feels for his straight friend, Hank, is realistic in today’s world, the story was a little too pat and clichéd. And in the midst of Sam’s uncertainty of what to do, I was tempted more than once to yell, “Tell him, for God’s sake.” Sam and Hank are a little too perfect for my taste, but the story left me with a pleasant warm and fuzzy feeling at the end. I just wish we could have seen some of the story from Hank’s viewpoint.
Author: Sienna Bishop
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publisher URL: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/
ISBN: 978-1-935192-77-0
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph
Friendships made in high school often last the longest, which is what Hank and Sam discover when they met as high school juniors. Nearly inseparable, the best friends do everything together; even wind-up as roommates while in college. It’s during these years that Sam learns he’s not as straight as he always thought when he makes the shocking discovery he’s in love with his best friend. By the time college graduation rolls around, Sam knows he has to get away from Hank and he takes a job in Denver, which gives him the time and space he needs to figure out his life.
It takes three years for Sam to decide staying away from Hank isn’t the answer to his problem, and it’s only made him lonely for his family and friends. Transferring back home fixes one problem, but it also gives him another he never expected when Hank offers, then insists, they move in together. Against his better judgment, Sam agrees and he immediately begins to regret his decision, when he’s forced to guard every move and action.
An Inconvenient Hankering is a sweet, if short story, of two childhood friends and the years it takes them to discover their mutual love. While the tale of a gay man, Sam, trying to hide the love he feels for his straight friend, Hank, is realistic in today’s world, the story was a little too pat and clichéd. And in the midst of Sam’s uncertainty of what to do, I was tempted more than once to yell, “Tell him, for God’s sake.” Sam and Hank are a little too perfect for my taste, but the story left me with a pleasant warm and fuzzy feeling at the end. I just wish we could have seen some of the story from Hank’s viewpoint.
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