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Loading... Left on St. Truth-Be-Wellby Amy Lane
   Books Read in 2016 (4,438) Books Read in 2020 (3,990) No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) terriaminute | Dec 4, 2022 |  This book is frenetic. Not in the sense that there’s a lot of crazy police action or the like, but rather in the banter that takes place between the two MCs, Carson and Dale. Once the two meet, they don’t seem to stop in trying to one up the other in quips and comebacks. Luckily, it wasn’t overdone and it kept the story moving along at a decent pace when the two men were together since the story was mostly about the development of their relationship. Hovering in the background was a crime and some questionable activity, but it didn’t overpower the story. The blurb does a good job of introducing the premise of the story so I won’t go into it. As I mentioned this story is told from Carson’s pov and I didn’t find myself missing Dale’s because he came through pretty well through Carson’s observations. However, as the story went along, I didn’t find myself agreeing that Carson was ‘lost’ or ‘rudderless’ which was necessary for his finding Dale, who as we learn through the story is Dominant. Carson was lonely, yes and he was hurt after his last breakup, but that doesn’t make him lost. I felt like that theme of ‘lost’ Carson was pushed on the readers to accept by repeating it through various people. I would say instead, that Carson didn’t have many ambitions and had a difficult time accepting that fact about himself. He expected himself to be successful as he lived in a big city and had a college degree. What he wanted was a simple life; he just didn’t know it until he met Dale. He also didn’t know that he was a submissive in bed until Dale either. I wasn’t expecting a Dom/sub theme in the story but the author wove that in subtly so it felt natural. Although, I feel that Dale is a bit arrogant to almost the point of mocking that Carson couldn’t possibly know what he wants from sex, and Dale knows better. I didn’t care for that. As to the sex between Carson and Dale, there wasn't much on page, but what there was, was scorching! Often in stories, authors use descriptive pronouns for characters like ‘the blonde,’ or ‘the tall man.’ In this book, the author did something different which I really liked. When Carson and Dale first meet, Carson started to call Dale, ‘Florida’ since he didn’t know his name. And Dale called Carson, ‘Chicago.’ Those words turned into words of endearment as the story went along and I found it clever. It was probably one of my favorite things about the story. I found Left on St. Truth-Be-Well to be entertaining and a very fast read. The characters are suited well to each other, although I don’t care for what feels to me, pushing an idea about Carson’s personality that doesn’t feel true. I also didn’t like Dale assuming that he knew more about what Carson wanted in sex than Carson did, to the point of arrogance. Maybe other readers won’t see it the same way, but it did dampen my enjoyment of the story. The writing is good, as is the pace. I give it 4 Stars.  ) Penumbra1 | Oct 11, 2022 | ) Penny01 | Feb 1, 2014 | ) Penny01 | Feb 1, 2014 | ) Bitchie | Sep 21, 2013 |
Carson O'Shaughnessy has one task: track down his boss's flighty nephew, Stassy, and return the kid to Chicago. Then Carson can go back to waiting tables and being productively bitter about his life. He didn't count on finding a dead body in Stassy's bed, and he certainly didn't count on the guy in the flip-flops and cutoffs at the local caf? helping him get to the bottom of the crime. But Dale Arden is no ordinary surfing burnout-he's actually a pretty sharp guy with a seductive voice and a bossy streak wider than the Florida panhandle. When he decides to boss Carson right into his bed, Carson realizes Stassy's not the only one who's been lost. Carson likes to think he's got his life all figured out, that sex with guys is your basic broom-closet transaction; he may just have to revise his priorities, because nobody plans on taking a left at St. Truth-be-Well and finding love at the Bates Parrot Hotel. No library descriptions found. |
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