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the_novel_approach's review against another edition
4.0
Narration Rating: 5 Stars
Grant Adams is twenty-six. His bank just transferred him to a new city where he is trying to start a new life. Grant also has a few issues; he’s OCD; he has a deep aversion to germs, bugs, scary things, people he doesn’t know well; and he’s still a virgin. One thing he does know for sure is that he is gay. 100% gay. So when Tristan Carr walks into his bank, and up to his teller window, Grant is smitten to the point of being tongue-tied.
After a few days of flirting—that may not be flirting—Tristan asks Grant out to dinner. Grant, trying not to read too much into the invitation, completely crushes Tristan’s hopes that it’s a date that could lead to love. By the second date, a real date this time, Grant finds himself with a dead car and needing Tristan’s help. After spending a night together, without sex, the fates and the mother of Tristan’s daughter conspire to put them into a situation where they announce they are not just creepy gay men dabbling in random sex; they are getting married.
Events spin out of control in the grand style of a comedic farce. There are wolf spiders, car bashings, and miscommunications that result in fights, mini-separations, and Grant loaning out Tristan’s home so they can live together. It never occurs to them that they could back out of the marriage. They simply plod into it, in the best tradition of a 1940s comedy.
The voice of Derrick McClain is a treat to hear. One suspects that he could read a grocery list and give it emotional weight, or make it titillating, with very little effort. With this book his voice acting is laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply erotic, and heartbreaking. There is something satisfying about how easily he slips into and out of characters. The voices he has created for them are distinct and clear. Each of the characters has their own personality, and the listener gets to hear them interact in some pretty unique ways. McClain even makes the behavior of Tristan’s ex interesting, when many would have played her as just a throwaway. It gives the performance more depth and life.
Buy this book for the expert narration, buy it for the fun story, and buy it because sometimes even a light comedy can have an emotional weight that leaves you satisfied at the end of the story, and wishing there was just a little bit more to hear or read.
Reviewed by Mike for The Novel Approach
Grant Adams is twenty-six. His bank just transferred him to a new city where he is trying to start a new life. Grant also has a few issues; he’s OCD; he has a deep aversion to germs, bugs, scary things, people he doesn’t know well; and he’s still a virgin. One thing he does know for sure is that he is gay. 100% gay. So when Tristan Carr walks into his bank, and up to his teller window, Grant is smitten to the point of being tongue-tied.
After a few days of flirting—that may not be flirting—Tristan asks Grant out to dinner. Grant, trying not to read too much into the invitation, completely crushes Tristan’s hopes that it’s a date that could lead to love. By the second date, a real date this time, Grant finds himself with a dead car and needing Tristan’s help. After spending a night together, without sex, the fates and the mother of Tristan’s daughter conspire to put them into a situation where they announce they are not just creepy gay men dabbling in random sex; they are getting married.
Events spin out of control in the grand style of a comedic farce. There are wolf spiders, car bashings, and miscommunications that result in fights, mini-separations, and Grant loaning out Tristan’s home so they can live together. It never occurs to them that they could back out of the marriage. They simply plod into it, in the best tradition of a 1940s comedy.
The voice of Derrick McClain is a treat to hear. One suspects that he could read a grocery list and give it emotional weight, or make it titillating, with very little effort. With this book his voice acting is laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply erotic, and heartbreaking. There is something satisfying about how easily he slips into and out of characters. The voices he has created for them are distinct and clear. Each of the characters has their own personality, and the listener gets to hear them interact in some pretty unique ways. McClain even makes the behavior of Tristan’s ex interesting, when many would have played her as just a throwaway. It gives the performance more depth and life.
Buy this book for the expert narration, buy it for the fun story, and buy it because sometimes even a light comedy can have an emotional weight that leaves you satisfied at the end of the story, and wishing there was just a little bit more to hear or read.
Reviewed by Mike for The Novel Approach
teenykins's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
This is my 3rd book from Wade Kelly (the other two were the Jock Series books that I really liked). What I felt while reading and after I finished for this book were aqurately described already from Dani here. What I'll add is that it might have been a bit more believable first if I had actually met a person as patient as Tristan (man or woman) which I haven't and secondly if we had a chapter or whatever thrown in from Tristan's POV 'cos you can't love someone after 2 weeks of flirtation, with the other party being completely oblivious, and not a single date (insta-love works only on the paranormal LOL). It would have helped seeing Tristan's feelings develop.
Still well written and a fun read.
This is my 3rd book from Wade Kelly (the other two were the Jock Series books that I really liked). What I felt while reading and after I finished for this book were aqurately described already from Dani here. What I'll add is that it might have been a bit more believable first if I had actually met a person as patient as Tristan (man or woman) which I haven't and secondly if we had a chapter or whatever thrown in from Tristan's POV 'cos you can't love someone after 2 weeks of flirtation, with the other party being completely oblivious, and not a single date (insta-love works only on the paranormal LOL). It would have helped seeing Tristan's feelings develop.
Still well written and a fun read.
shelbanuadh's review against another edition
1.0
The main characters were unlikeable. The dialogue was juvenile. The plot was ridiculous.
clak5686's review against another edition
3.0
Grant Adams is a bank teller. He's new to this bank location because he was relocated when his branch closed. Grant is 26, gay and more than a little OCD. He meets customer Tristan Carr who owns an auto mechanic business and does his banking at this branch. Grant thinks Tristan is incredibly hot but thinks he's straight. When Tristan asks him out for a beer, he agrees thinking that it would be good to make a friend. When he finds out that Tristan is gay, he freaks a little. Through an odd set of circumstances they end up married after two dates. The rest of the story is about them getting to know each other and working through issues. I enjoyed the story.
mearias's review
2.0
Painful read. Grant had every horrible thing happen to him; Mel seemed added to the book to be "inclusive" and Tristan was oblivious for 15 years?! These characters were poorly thought out and plot was ridiculous.
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