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Clouds and Rain (Clouds and Rain #1)
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After reading a TON of crappy ebooks, it was really nice to find a sweet and caring story with a LOT of intimacy between the MCs... especially when one is a stubborn, silent cowboy and the other is a guy who actually gives him space! Remarkable! (And it still has a lot of hot stuff, tee hee.)
There are a lot of things about this story that follow familiar formulas, but they're dealt with in quietly unexpected ways. This was a real pleasure to read.
Gable Sutton is an older (not really specified, but probably later 40s?) cowboy, very solitary, with an injured foot that won't heal (he refuses to go back to the doctor -- oh, MEN!). Flynn Tomlinson is younger, answering Gable's ad for a ranch hand. They (duh) fall in love, and then Gable ends up needing his foot amputated because of another accident. That's barely even the first half of the book.
It's very Brokeback Mountain without the sad parts :) Gable is VERY strong, silent, stubborn, can't bring himself to express how he feels or ask for help, especially because he was really burned by his last lover. Yada yada yada, you know the drill... but the author makes it feel very natural to the character.
The really lovely thing is Flynn's patience (and, naturally, frustration at times) as he helps Gable learn to trust himself and the relationship. Of COURSE Gable has a difficult time getting used to all sorts of things with Flynn around, before and after the amputation. But even though they have some genuinely difficult moments, Flynn sticks with him and keeps a really careful balance. They also don't get into that cliched "I'm going to do everything in my power to get you out of that bed!" thing that "recovery" stories often have.
I should mention, too, that two other issues come into play: impotence and infertility. They don't distract too much from the plot, but there are a couple twists to how they deal with them. It deepened the relationship between the MCs.
Even better: the plot doesn't get derailed by any deus ex machina betrayals, sneering drunk neighbors who want to avenge their pa, or incredibly stupid misunderstandings. The author keeps the action focused on the main characters, but the secondary characters fit well into the plot and complicate things without seeming forced.
It was SO refreshing. If you're looking for something sweeping and anguished, this isn't your book. All of the conflict is very intimate and tender, although it's deeply felt.
But it's still got a ton of hot moments I'm not particularly into M/M stuff, but I sure did like this one.
There are a lot of things about this story that follow familiar formulas, but they're dealt with in quietly unexpected ways. This was a real pleasure to read.
Gable Sutton is an older (not really specified, but probably later 40s?) cowboy, very solitary, with an injured foot that won't heal (he refuses to go back to the doctor -- oh, MEN!). Flynn Tomlinson is younger, answering Gable's ad for a ranch hand. They (duh) fall in love, and then Gable ends up needing his foot amputated because of another accident. That's barely even the first half of the book.
It's very Brokeback Mountain without the sad parts :) Gable is VERY strong, silent, stubborn, can't bring himself to express how he feels or ask for help, especially because he was really burned by his last lover. Yada yada yada, you know the drill... but the author makes it feel very natural to the character.
The really lovely thing is Flynn's patience (and, naturally, frustration at times) as he helps Gable learn to trust himself and the relationship. Of COURSE Gable has a difficult time getting used to all sorts of things with Flynn around, before and after the amputation. But even though they have some genuinely difficult moments, Flynn sticks with him and keeps a really careful balance. They also don't get into that cliched "I'm going to do everything in my power to get you out of that bed!" thing that "recovery" stories often have.
I should mention, too, that two other issues come into play: impotence and infertility. They don't distract too much from the plot, but there are a couple twists to how they deal with them. It deepened the relationship between the MCs.
Even better: the plot doesn't get derailed by any deus ex machina betrayals, sneering drunk neighbors who want to avenge their pa, or incredibly stupid misunderstandings. The author keeps the action focused on the main characters, but the secondary characters fit well into the plot and complicate things without seeming forced.
It was SO refreshing. If you're looking for something sweeping and anguished, this isn't your book. All of the conflict is very intimate and tender, although it's deeply felt.
But it's still got a ton of hot moments I'm not particularly into M/M stuff, but I sure did like this one.
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