Book: My Busboy
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: July 4, 2016
Length: 225 pages
Reviewed by Morningstar
Synopsis
Robert Johnny just turned thirty, and his life is pretty much in the toilet. His writing career is on the skids. His love life is nonexistent. A stalker is driving him crazy. And his cat is a pain in the ass.
Then Robert orders a chimichanga platter at a neighborhood restaurant, and his life changes—just like that.
Dario Martinez isn’t having such a great existence either. He needs money for college. His shoes are falling apart. His boyfriend’s a dick. And he has a crap job as a busboy.
Then a stranger orders a chimichanga platter, and suddenly life isn’t quite as depressing.
But it’s the book in the busboy’s back pocket that really gets the ball rolling. For both our heroes. That and the black eye and the forgotten bowl of guacamole. Who knew true love could be so easily ignited or that the flames would spread so quickly?
But when Robert’s stalker gets dangerous, our two heroes find a lot more to occupy their time than falling in love. Staying alive might become the new game plan.
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Review
This is my first John Inman book and he truly is a gifted
writer! This is one of those books that is such an odd combination of things
that you wouldn’t think they would fit but truly they do quite perfectly. It’s
sweet and amusing with a dash of dry humor thrown in and a sprinkle of cute but
with a great mix of mystery. And it’s the mystery that the fantastic way this
author writes that kept me hooked!
Robert Johnny is a well-known author who is currently in
crisis. He has what all authors dread...writer's block! Robert has one friend,
Chaz who is in love with him, a cat, Clutch, who hates him, a stalker he is
just trying to ignore, a nonexistent writing career, and a supreme love of
chimichangas. One thing he doesn’t have is love. Guess he never thought his
love of chimichangas could bring him more than some extra weight someday, but
instead they bring him, Dario.
Dario Martinez is a pre-med student by day and a busboy at
Sombreros by night. His life is just about as peachy as Robert’s; with having
no money for school, or shoes, and a crappy boyfriend to boot. Who knew a
platter of chimichangas could bring him face to face with the good looking
Robert Johnny, the author of one of his favorite books!
Who knew something so simple could change the course of two
people’s lives? Who knew all it would take is the love of Dario to bring Robert
out of his slump? Robert sure didn’t because even though he knows how he feels
about Dario he still can’t grasp the idea that young, smart, gorgeous Dario
could feel the same for him. Even with all the good changes this relationship
has brought strange things keep happening to Robert and his stalker is just
getting started.
The mystery of his stalker was fabulous! I mean the figuring
of who it could be seemed so simple at one point until the author brought up
another stalker possibility but even then I was totally leaning towards my
first choice! But this author is good because when you figure it out you are
completely surprised. Which is seriously not an easy thing to accomplish
because most times I can guess so I am loving that I was shocked by the who
done it!
The love between Dario and Robert was super sweet and they
had great snarky banter between them which I freaking love in books! What I
also found interesting was because of who these characters were the age
difference isn’t truly felt accept in financial circumstances. Dario reminds me
of an old soul wise and grown up beyond his years. Robert is still young at
heart, even if he feel ancient compared to Dario, so he kind of links up with
Dario in that sense. There were some parts of the book that I thought that
could have been longer and shown more of what was happening but overall the
story was well paced and characters were well developed. Like I said earlier
John Inman is a truly gifted writer and has unique style all his own which
makes it a unique read all on its own.
Maybe this will help you want to read it! This is one of my
favorite parts was one that showed the snarky dynamic between Dario and Robert:
“Come on,” he said around another smile. “Show me your mountain. And
don’t worry about your boner. I’ll act like I don’t see it.” “Sweet Jesus,” I
mumbled. “Is nothing sacred to you?” Dario howled with laughter and dragged me
toward the cabin door.
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