Random Review: Coffee, Tea, or Me by TL Travis #Review #Giveaway

Title: Coffee, Tea, or Me
Author: TL Travis
Publisher: Sapphire Publishing
Publication Date: January 10, 2020
Length: 42 pages

Reviewed by Nikki

Synopsis

For Howie, the lonely barista, he longed for the dream life. Husband, house with a white picket fence, 2.5 kids and a dog. Sadly, all he could get were meaningless one night stands leaving him feeling…empty.

Jackson Milsap, the introverted writer, quietly pined for Howie from the corner of the café. Stepping outside of his comfort zone and asking him out on a date sent his social anxiety into overdrive. That was until the day he came to Howie’s rescue, forever changing both their lives.

This story was part of the Between The Covers limited edition anthology.

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Review

I loved the premise of this story and jumped at the chance to read it. Knowing it was a shorty story, I wasn’t expecting to get a ton of character development, but I wanted a little bit more. Both Jackson and Howie are so insecure and have such low self-esteem in the beginning, there just wasn’t enough time for them to grow as individuals or in their security as a couple.

There were also some strange editing choices that would take me out of the story when they popped up.

Overall, a cute story but would have benefited from being longer and maybe having another proofer looking it over.

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Random Review: It's Enough by Julia McBryant #Review #Giveaway

Title: It's Enough
Author: Julia McBryant 
Self Published
Publication Date: May 26, 2019
Length: 32 pages 

Reviewed by Truus

Synopsis

"It's Enough" tells the story of Crispin and Wills, high school best friends who lost their virginity together — and whose lives have since taken very different paths. When Wills returns home for break, Crispin's still madly in love with him. But does his best friend share the same feelings?

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Review

Three erotic short stories (for me it felt more like three chapters about love).

We can enjoy a small piece of Crispin and Wills their (love) life.

Aww, they are so sweet and sensitive together. Insecure about how the other feels, hesitating to be the first to say something, but always hot for each other, always.

They know each other from kindergarten and now both live in different towns, following different studies. Vacation and holidays are highlights because that’s when they can be together. Nobody knows about them. For the outside world, they are best friends.

They keep up appearances and meet secretly in hotel rooms. They desperately want to be together.

A smoothly written short read, in such a captivating way that I was instantly involved. We get to know some little aspects of the guys, how they live, study, and how they organize their love life.

I love short reads; I love it when they give me a feeling of contentment. I think it’s quite a challenge to write a few pages with good, steady content, just enough developed to feel connected. This author did a good job with it!

Searching and longing for more to know about these guys I was happily surprised there will be a continuation on June 26th yah!

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