Title: Homebird
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Reese Dante
Publication Date: December 18, 2018
Length: 200 pages
Reviewed by Erin
Synopsis
Crispin Henry isn’t an adventurer. He learned early on that the world is a frightening place and that home is rare and precious. If his friends didn’t drag him to sports games and ill-advised trips to Vegas, he wouldn’t get out at all—and his trip to Munich for Oktoberfest is no exception. But it’s there that he meets Luka Gabriel, and he learns to take a chance.
Luka is a free-spirited world traveler, working at Oktoberfest to feed his enchantment with new places and new people. His only possessions fit in his backpack, and he depends on the kindness of strangers for a place to sleep. Crispin should know better—but he takes Luka’s hand anyway, and together they turn three nights in Munich into the relationship neither of them has been brave enough to risk—and neither can let go of.
When Luka turns up on Crispin’s doorstep before the holiday season, Crispin takes him in on hope alone. Yes, he knows the odds are good Luka will flutter out of his life again and leave him bereft, but isn’t it worth it to see if Luka is a homebird after all?
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Review
Like so, so many of you, my Christmas season just doesn't feel
complete until I read an Amy Lane story. There's just something about
the way she shows the spirit of the season mixed with hope and joy that
just gets me in the mood to celebrate and embrace all the good cheer
we're supposed to have this time of year. Homebird this year's feel good
story and in quintessential Amy Lane fashion will have you smiling by
the end of the first page and that smile won't go anywhere (it might get
a little wobbly from time to time though ... this is an Amy Lane book
after all!) until you reach the end.
And yes,
while this IS a holiday book, the focus is not on Christmas itself.
Rather, it's on the idea of home and that it's the people you choose to
have in your life that really makes a house a home. Luka Gabriel doesn't
really have a home. He travels from place to place, bringing with him
the only things he can carry. On the other hand, Crispin Henry has a
house but he's not a big fan of wandering too far from home. When they
meet in Germany during Oktoberfest, neither could envision the whirlwind
romance they have that lasts three days nor what will follow once
Crispin makes his way back home.
The thing
that really made this book for me (besides the endearing and just too
sweet for words Crispin and Luka) was Crispin's group of friends. I make
no apologies for being a HUGE--and I'm talking the hugest--fan of the
bromance. There is just something about this particular dynamic that
hits all of my buttons. I love them hard and in Homebird, we've got some
major bromances going on and they're fabulous! I love that Crispin
didn't really even realize he was in the midst of some hardcore
bromancing until he got to the airport with his friends. He's been
friends with this group of guys for years, but somehow didn't take the
time to consider that these guys were more like family than anything.
This
is a sexy story, too. There is plenty of romance and touching and
kissing and whispered words full of passion and heat that will make you
swoon. Homebird isn't too over the top fluffy and the angst is short
lived and there is just enough emphasis on Christmas to make you really
stop and think about the things that are most important this time of
year (and, well, all year, but you know what I mean.) Home, family,
friendship, love, joy, giving and receiving and I'm not talking about
presents here either. For anyone who enjoys an Amy Lane Christmas story,
or really anyone who just loves love, be sure to check this out. It'll
make you feel good and leave you as warm and gooey feeling as a warm
sugar cookie right out of the oven!
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