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A review by ladymacbeth2024
After the Show by Sasha Avice
5.0
5 stars
Second story set in the Perimeter series, it features two completely different characters, Franco and Cisco: the first shy, reserved, tall and chiseled; the second, bratty, loud, lean and feminine.
Despite the evident differences, the two men actually share similar traumas from their past, they both were bullied in high school and they both have homophobic family members.
They reacted to their trauma in an opposite way, though: Franco is always kind and cannot hurt anyone; Cisco is always angry and hurts everybody, including himself. In fact, determined to make his parents suffer for trying to change him and closing their eyes on his traumas, Cisco keeps refusing job offers, throwing away a brilliant career in the ballet world (that his mother wants for him very hard).
It will be Franco with his kindness, honesty, simplicity, who will make him understand his own value and push him to pursue his dreams. Franco he's a simple man who take care of himself; maybe he doesn't have big dreams or ambitions and he could seen as naive, but in reality he just choose to focus on what makes him feel better, ignoring the negativity around him. And despite his limits, he's also very brave (like when he asked Cisco out).
Cisco is unbalanced by Franco's personality, he's used to men who just want him for sex and built walls so high over the years, that it's impossible for anyone to get to know him intimately (the ones who dare, like Donna, are always berated by him). Cisco cannot believe how kind and open Franco is: he bullies him, yells at him, shoos him away. And yet, at the same time, he's completely drawn to him: his virginity and his inexperience should push him away. Instead they lure him closer.
Franco's illiteracy is the last straw that makes his walls crumble.
I think the title refers just to that: obviously, After The Show is a clear reference to the time the two meet. But I think it also refers to what's behind Cisco's facade.
Sasha Avice's style is always tremendous: she can be raw, crude and harshly straight to the point, but also simple, sweet and emotional. These two sides of her writing can be recognised in the language and way of speaking of the two MCs.
Last Thing, I loved saying Taylor again!
This story will require a little time to warm up to you, but it's totally worth being read.
Recommended.
Second story set in the Perimeter series, it features two completely different characters, Franco and Cisco: the first shy, reserved, tall and chiseled; the second, bratty, loud, lean and feminine.
Despite the evident differences, the two men actually share similar traumas from their past, they both were bullied in high school and they both have homophobic family members.
They reacted to their trauma in an opposite way, though: Franco is always kind and cannot hurt anyone; Cisco is always angry and hurts everybody, including himself. In fact, determined to make his parents suffer for trying to change him and closing their eyes on his traumas, Cisco keeps refusing job offers, throwing away a brilliant career in the ballet world (that his mother wants for him very hard).
It will be Franco with his kindness, honesty, simplicity, who will make him understand his own value and push him to pursue his dreams. Franco he's a simple man who take care of himself; maybe he doesn't have big dreams or ambitions and he could seen as naive, but in reality he just choose to focus on what makes him feel better, ignoring the negativity around him. And despite his limits, he's also very brave (like when he asked Cisco out).
Cisco is unbalanced by Franco's personality, he's used to men who just want him for sex and built walls so high over the years, that it's impossible for anyone to get to know him intimately (the ones who dare, like Donna, are always berated by him). Cisco cannot believe how kind and open Franco is: he bullies him, yells at him, shoos him away. And yet, at the same time, he's completely drawn to him: his virginity and his inexperience should push him away. Instead they lure him closer.
Franco's illiteracy is the last straw that makes his walls crumble.
I think the title refers just to that: obviously, After The Show is a clear reference to the time the two meet. But I think it also refers to what's behind Cisco's facade.
Sasha Avice's style is always tremendous: she can be raw, crude and harshly straight to the point, but also simple, sweet and emotional. These two sides of her writing can be recognised in the language and way of speaking of the two MCs.
Last Thing, I loved saying Taylor again!
This story will require a little time to warm up to you, but it's totally worth being read.
Recommended.