Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Out of Bounds

Twenty-year-old Jesse, a 5-10 geek is placed in a dorm room with twenty-four-year-old Nick, a 6-6 heavily muscled jock when Jesse gets beaten to a pulp by his former roommate after he gets the wrong signals and puts the moves on him--his gaydar obviously not working. Jesse cringes every time this goliath twitches a muscle.

Since this is a YA Gay Romance the plot would seem to be set. Do opposites attract? Can this hunk be gay and how could this bouncer be intimidated by anyone? The text is well-edited and quite readable. The sample provided moved me to spend the asking price to buy this novel.

Aside from homophobia gay romance introduces the reader to new terms and issues of compatibility. A hairy older male is termed a Bear, a boyish looking blond such as Jesse is a TWINK. When both partners have the same body parts issues of dominance involving two male egos aside to be compatible one partner is usually a bottom and the other a top. When you bounce at a gay bar you deal with the additional stress of which dance partner leads.

Although questions of physical dominance are obvious when one partner is 8 inches taller and 80 pounds heavier psycho-social issues may surprise you. If descriptions of male on male sexual intercourse offend you please look elsewhere.

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