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maxarcreads 's review for:
We Could Be Heroes
by Philip Ellis
I am giving this a 3.5 for a rating. I really enjoyed the premise of the book, loved all the characters and their personalities and their individual stories but for me I didn't really feel the chemistry between the MMCs and I did feel at times the writing was a little choppy.
When it came to the MMCs I liked them separately and together I get what the author was doing but I just didn't feel the connection between the two of them. I felt more chemistry and emotion between Will and his best Drag Queen friend. Which was a joke in the book as well but in my opinion that means the chemistry between the two love interests needs to be even more prevalent and stronger and the only time, I felt any real and deep chemistry between them was when they made up and what happened at the premier and epilogue.
Like I mentioned I really did enjoy the premise and the storyline outside the relationship like Patrick coming to terms with his situation, Will and the drag queens and standing up for their bar and drag queen story time were what kept me really interested in the book. I especially enjoyed the back story of the writers of the Captain Kismet and the issues they were facing having to stay in the closet for safety and how much as we would like to think times have changed, they really haven't progressed as far as we would like to think. Those flashbacks were both entertaining and heartbreaking at the same time.
This book is about Patrick who is a rising action star and is the leading man in one of the biggest superhero franchises Captain Kismet. He is in the middle of filming the seemingly endless reshoots of the 2nd movie when he dragged to a drag queen bar one night with some of his coworkers to blow off some steam. There he meets Grace Anatomy who helps him get out of the bar when things get a little out of hand. Grace Anatomy is the drag persona for Will who works in a 2nd hand bookshop who never thought he would be the one to save a movie star from some handiest customers. But that action led to the start of a curious friendship between the two men who are from different worlds. But as they get to each other Will starts to wonder who Patrick really is behind the mask he wears because he is starting to get the feeling that there is more going on... but that would be crazy because superheroes don't date drag queens... Do they??
I received an ARC Copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
When it came to the MMCs I liked them separately and together I get what the author was doing but I just didn't feel the connection between the two of them. I felt more chemistry and emotion between Will and his best Drag Queen friend. Which was a joke in the book as well but in my opinion that means the chemistry between the two love interests needs to be even more prevalent and stronger and the only time, I felt any real and deep chemistry between them was when they made up and what happened at the premier and epilogue.
Like I mentioned I really did enjoy the premise and the storyline outside the relationship like Patrick coming to terms with his situation, Will and the drag queens and standing up for their bar and drag queen story time were what kept me really interested in the book. I especially enjoyed the back story of the writers of the Captain Kismet and the issues they were facing having to stay in the closet for safety and how much as we would like to think times have changed, they really haven't progressed as far as we would like to think. Those flashbacks were both entertaining and heartbreaking at the same time.
This book is about Patrick who is a rising action star and is the leading man in one of the biggest superhero franchises Captain Kismet. He is in the middle of filming the seemingly endless reshoots of the 2nd movie when he dragged to a drag queen bar one night with some of his coworkers to blow off some steam. There he meets Grace Anatomy who helps him get out of the bar when things get a little out of hand. Grace Anatomy is the drag persona for Will who works in a 2nd hand bookshop who never thought he would be the one to save a movie star from some handiest customers. But that action led to the start of a curious friendship between the two men who are from different worlds. But as they get to each other Will starts to wonder who Patrick really is behind the mask he wears because he is starting to get the feeling that there is more going on... but that would be crazy because superheroes don't date drag queens... Do they??
I received an ARC Copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.