I’m always mystified as to why when the process takes only a few mouse clicks an author fails to justify the text of their writing. The writer has set a gay romance novel at Christmas. This is a coming of age story, literally, but the protagonists are already out; for the almost 18-year-old the issue that sees him homeless. Life in a small town can feel claustrophobic but it has its good points as well. Everything is close by, everyone knows everyone else, crime is low. The last time the jail cells were used was 15 years ago to allow some drunk teens to cool off.
The plot here is eminently predictable but even so it is the process of arriving there that makes this a decent read. Not great literature but heartwarming. The final chapters describe man on man action leaving one to remind oneself that the writer is a woman. Given the profanities used one wonders at the reluctance to use the words for male genitalia. I’m not sure the sex scene adds anything to the story.
The plot here is eminently predictable but even so it is the process of arriving there that makes this a decent read. Not great literature but heartwarming. The final chapters describe man on man action leaving one to remind oneself that the writer is a woman. Given the profanities used one wonders at the reluctance to use the words for male genitalia. I’m not sure the sex scene adds anything to the story.
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