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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
I'm dead
This book destroyed me in the best way possible. It was beautifully written and just a wonderful reading experience all around.
This book destroyed me in the best way possible. It was beautifully written and just a wonderful reading experience all around.
I am literally speechless and cannot form into words this story. It is going to stick with me forever.
Kane and Avery - what charisma - what complete and utter love demonstrated between the pages of this story. Trust me when I saw, I have no words to write that will speak to the utter beautiful love story this novel is.
Kindle Alexander has been recommended to me time and time again. I've added them to my long list of to-be-read. This Valentine's Day I wanted something a bit different- not just a fall in love story - but a life long look at an entire love story.
These authors did not disappoint. But left me breathless for a love story like Kane and Avery's in my own life. I hope I am living one. This one is one not to be missed.
(re-copied from blog entry on 2/14/2016)
Kane and Avery - what charisma - what complete and utter love demonstrated between the pages of this story. Trust me when I saw, I have no words to write that will speak to the utter beautiful love story this novel is.
Kindle Alexander has been recommended to me time and time again. I've added them to my long list of to-be-read. This Valentine's Day I wanted something a bit different- not just a fall in love story - but a life long look at an entire love story.
These authors did not disappoint. But left me breathless for a love story like Kane and Avery's in my own life. I hope I am living one. This one is one not to be missed.
(re-copied from blog entry on 2/14/2016)
An absolutely fabulous epic read that takes place over the course of 40 years. At heart, a love story between two men, Kane and Avery, who meet in the mid-70s and against a backdrop of the monumental historical changes in America regarding homosexuality, religion, medicine and technology, we get a wonderful heartbreaking, funny and moving book. I love both characters equally as well as the secondary characters. You feel Kane's pain as he tries to reconcile his religious beliefs with who he is. Avery you just have to love because of his over the top personality and his love for Kane. And, as always, Ms. Alexander brings the hotness factor to steamy levels. The scene in the club bathroom - I had to stick my head in the freezer - whew!! She deftly handles the insta-love aspect well so that you feel the connection between the two men. Engaging and un-putdownable! Definitely a re-read.
4.5 shimmering stars.
This is a beautiful story about two men who have the kind of love that lasts forever.
Avery comes home to Minnesota to follow in his great-grandfather's Presidential footsteps, and is preparing to run for Senate.
He meets Kane, the owner of La Bella Luna, on a 'be seen' mission one night, and their lives are forever changed.
I loved that Avery balances out Kane's intensity, bringing the playfulness out of him. Kane grounds Avery in reality, and gives him support in everything he does.
They live a life that fullfills them. Everything they want, they put all their focus on and achieve together.
This novel spans 40 years of their lives together, and the joys and heartaches they survived. There is minimal angst, which kept the story flowing well. No frustration over melodrama. It was truly about two soul mates meeting and building their life together.
I was not prepared for the opening chapter and sat in a public space trying to hold in tears. I will head the warnings in reviews next time, and not start a book like this on my lunch break at work.
I felt Kane's anguish and Avery's rage during some important events during the story. I laughed, I cried, I needed many tissues. Truly a beautiful story.
The reason I gave this 4.5 stars is because the ending wasn't something I connected with. I found it a little too chirpy for the intensity of the final chapter. I would have been ok with the whole afterlife scene in itself, but the dialogue killed it for me. It's hard to describe how I feel about it, so all I can say is it didn't work for me.
This is a beautiful story about two men who have the kind of love that lasts forever.
Avery comes home to Minnesota to follow in his great-grandfather's Presidential footsteps, and is preparing to run for Senate.
He meets Kane, the owner of La Bella Luna, on a 'be seen' mission one night, and their lives are forever changed.
I loved that Avery balances out Kane's intensity, bringing the playfulness out of him. Kane grounds Avery in reality, and gives him support in everything he does.
They live a life that fullfills them. Everything they want, they put all their focus on and achieve together.
This novel spans 40 years of their lives together, and the joys and heartaches they survived. There is minimal angst, which kept the story flowing well. No frustration over melodrama. It was truly about two soul mates meeting and building their life together.
I was not prepared for the opening chapter and sat in a public space trying to hold in tears. I will head the warnings in reviews next time, and not start a book like this on my lunch break at work.
I felt Kane's anguish and Avery's rage during some important events during the story. I laughed, I cried, I needed many tissues. Truly a beautiful story.