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Bezig met laden... Natural Disaster (2007)door Chris Owen
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Books about established couples can get lost in the tedious details of every day life but Owen managed to make this couple just as interesting the second time around. This was a great continuation of Tor and Jake's relationship. They still had issues with not talking enough and trying to smooth things over with sex but the guys were much more mature this time around. Before they could get too far down the wrong path one or the other of them would step back and say hey this isn't right. They aren't men who are used to speaking about their emotions but they love each other enough to deal with talking about things that might be uncomfortable. I loved the fact that everything wasn't hunky dory and that they were chatting up a storm whenever the need arose. That wouldn't be true to the characters and really wouldn't be true to a realistic relationship either. This sequel did not disappoint. :) Good writing, but not original, exciting or even interesting. The first part was ok with a very sensitive description about coping with the loss of a family member. But that remained the highlight. It felt like a repetition of the first book, although it mostly wasn't. Normally I like stories that feature a mature relationship and are not fixated on the falling in love part for a change, but this one was plain boring. In comparison to the previous novel, Bareback, Natural Disaster is way more “comfort zone” read. Bareback was one of the first M/M romance I read, and maybe I was “naïve”, maybe I particularly don’t like when there is a cheating, but I remember that it was a reading that left me quite upset, not really in a bad way, but more like I was too much involved in the trouble of the main characters and even if in the end boy gets boy, in any case it was a long and troubled journey. Aside for the simple fact that Natural Disaster is shorter (in length and also in time span) than Bareback, it’s also more sweet and romantic; true, it starts with Jake losing his sister Lissa, and suddenly being responsible for his teenager nephew Jacob, but from the relationship point of view, his bond with Tor is strong and above all exclusive. Hands up, one of the thing I didn’t like so much of Bareback was the easiness how Jake and Tor fell in bed with other men, true, it was a shared “falling”, but I think that in a way it influenced the following trouble they had in the relationship. In Natural Disaster there is not this issue, and the only friction is when Jake almost OCD syndrome surfaces, and Tor has to take him back into the safety of his arms and their relationship. There is of course a lot of sex, but it’s not the lion share of the story: not only Jake and Tor have a lot of “sweet” moments together, like cuddling and kissing, but they have also to face some personal commitment alone from their couple, like when Jake has to take care of Jacob, or when Tor is alone on his business travels. If you like the “Marlboro man” idea, the country western atmosphere and the small town attitude, in its positive and negative shade, Natural Disaster is for sure a good picking. As often in this case, it felt like homemade pie and it was warm as just out of the oven feeling. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1934166634/?tag=elimyrevandra-20 geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Bareback (Book 2)
ake and Tor return in this long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Bareback! Having bought the ranch they've worked on for so long, they’re now the proud owners of a spread of their own. There's more than enough on their plate coping with their new responsibilities and their arguments over ranch management, and it's not long before even more trouble hits. When he learns his sister has died in an automobile accident, Jake is crushed. His grief is tempered by Tor's loving support, but they’re forced to be apart while Jake deals with the family. When they bring Jake's nephew back to the ranch, things stretch to the breaking point. From the day to day difficulties of running the ranch to dealing with a teenager who’s just lost his mother, Jake and Tor wonder if they’ll be able to survive. In the fury of the storm, the two men fall back on the one thing that can get them through. Each other. Can they keep it together when everything seems to be falling apart around them? Chris Owen gives Jake and Tor a triumphant return, bringing back a cast of characters that are as well-loved as they are in love with each other. Settle in against the storm and read Natural Disaster today! Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This book is just as good as the first one. Hot, sexy and very well written. It's no wonder that Chris Owen is an auto-buy for me. ( )