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Keeping Sweets (Newport Boys, #1)
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Mar 14, 2013
bookshelves: abuse-trauma, adventure, age-gap, cinderfella, cry-me-a-river, ebook-owned, feel-good-read, gfy-ofy, heaps-of-sex, hurt-comfort-disability, insta-love-lust, m-m, pets, second-time-around, sniffle, sweet, my-faves
4.5*
Aww...I'm just a happy pile of Mandy-goo after reading this.
Ok, full disclosure, rent-boy and porn industry stories are hard for me to resist, add in poor Evan, mistreated and ignored, neglected and alone most of his young life and I am melting.
Evan is 18 finally ready to start a life, since up until now he has been biding his time and studying hard so he can make a good life for himself. He has a scholarship but he needs money to live on, so when he sees an ad for male models he decides to give it a try.
Well, Evan is a little naive but he gets the picture pretty quickly when Brandon aka Noah, a veteran porn star jerks him off in front of the camera as his interview for the job.
Now, I'm pretty sure there was very little realism as to the porn industry in this story, but that is fine with me, I was happy with the love, the sex ( and for a book about a porn movie, it was actually pretty tame) the crush of feelings, the fear and insecurities.
Everyone has always left Evan, no one has cared about him or loved him, his mom only remembered his 8 th birthday, seriously, my heart was breaking for the poor baby. He doesn't think he's lovable. And Brandon, has been on his own most of his life and in the porn business since before he was legal, he thinks he's damaged goods and will only taint the bright future Evan has ahead of him.
Normally I am pretty impatient with the 'he's better off without me- I love him -so I must let him go' storyline, but in this case I actually understood where Brandon was coming from. I didn't agree with him, but I got it.
I love it when a book makes me 'feel' the emotions the characters are going through, and this one did it.
I mean this quote:
“I brought this back for you,” Bran said. “It reminds me of you. So fragile and perfect, but withstanding everything life has thrown at you to come out the other side just as perfect.”
*sniff* someone needs to come mop me up. :)
Anyway I am sure to reread this one eventually and I would love for Cole and Snickers to get their HEA! ( well, not to each other obviously since Snickers is his puppy! )
Aww...I'm just a happy pile of Mandy-goo after reading this.
Ok, full disclosure, rent-boy and porn industry stories are hard for me to resist, add in poor Evan, mistreated and ignored, neglected and alone most of his young life and I am melting.
Evan is 18 finally ready to start a life, since up until now he has been biding his time and studying hard so he can make a good life for himself. He has a scholarship but he needs money to live on, so when he sees an ad for male models he decides to give it a try.
Well, Evan is a little naive but he gets the picture pretty quickly when Brandon aka Noah, a veteran porn star jerks him off in front of the camera as his interview for the job.
Now, I'm pretty sure there was very little realism as to the porn industry in this story, but that is fine with me, I was happy with the love, the sex ( and for a book about a porn movie, it was actually pretty tame) the crush of feelings, the fear and insecurities.
Everyone has always left Evan, no one has cared about him or loved him, his mom only remembered his 8 th birthday, seriously, my heart was breaking for the poor baby. He doesn't think he's lovable. And Brandon, has been on his own most of his life and in the porn business since before he was legal, he thinks he's damaged goods and will only taint the bright future Evan has ahead of him.
Normally I am pretty impatient with the 'he's better off without me- I love him -so I must let him go' storyline, but in this case I actually understood where Brandon was coming from. I didn't agree with him, but I got it.
I love it when a book makes me 'feel' the emotions the characters are going through, and this one did it.
I mean this quote:
“I brought this back for you,” Bran said. “It reminds me of you. So fragile and perfect, but withstanding everything life has thrown at you to come out the other side just as perfect.”
*sniff* someone needs to come mop me up. :)
Anyway I am sure to reread this one eventually and I would love for Cole and Snickers to get their HEA! ( well, not to each other obviously since Snickers is his puppy! )
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Reading Progress
March 14, 2013
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adventure
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abuse-trauma
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age-gap
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cinderfella
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cry-me-a-river
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ebook-owned
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feel-good-read
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gfy-ofy
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heaps-of-sex
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hurt-comfort-disability
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m-m
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pets
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second-time-around
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sweet
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sniffle
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*blows nose* Of course, it's to get the mommy-gang up in arms for the poor little lamb.But sometimes I need that, and even if it was pretty ( very ) unrealistic as far as the porn industry (like none of them had to leave their socks on!* LOL) it just made me care, which most books don't anymore. *sniffles again*
* porn industry information provided by knowledgeable person on the porn thread. ;))
Here you are my dear!! And it sounds as though I need to get this|!!
I wasn't crying, it was just touching and sweet and all fuzzy-cuddly-melting-goo making me. :) I liked it, I was in the mood for exactly a book like this. Hit the spot, so to speak. :)
Yep, rent boy books turn me into a puddle of goo as well.
He's not a real rent-boy exactly and he doesn't even really get very far in the porn industry, but Brandon has been in it for a decade and is all burned out and empty ...till..wait for it....he meets Evan. :)I love a good rent-boy but they are few and far between and often have D/s which I don't like. *sigh*
(like none of them had to leave their socks on!* LOL)
Well, I have THAT fact from an expert! ;)
I know!(Maybe that's why I'm laughing like crazy.
)
I know you know! LOL we hang out on the same thread on weekends!
From the blurb I didn't think this was for me, but your review is tempting me lol.
Deeze wrote: "From the blurb I didn't think this was for me, but your review is tempting me lol."What were your reservations Dee, maybe I can help.
Mandy*reads obsessively* wrote: "Deeze wrote: "From the blurb I didn't think this was for me, but your review is tempting me lol."What were your reservations Dee, maybe I can help."
Oh just the whole porn industry theme lol. The blurb just didn't really capture my interest, but your review mentions a few things I'm a sucker for, mainly the whole Evan is ignored/forgotten aspect.
The neglect and loneliness is in his memories, it's starts with him leaving home. He thinks back a lot. The porn site and film is the back drop, but really IMO not worth worrying about, it's more of a 'prop' I think .
Thanks Mandy. Its sometimes a review rather than the book blurb that convinces me, just one of the things I love about friends on GR lol. 
Same here Dee, reviews are a major helper in deciding. :)
Fabulous review sweetie... Yey, another one we both like <3
Thank you Monique, I just let my gooeyness (?)run away with me with this review. :) I think we pretty much agree on books we've both read, you are just more adventurous than I am. :)
love your review...now to go and buy the book :)
Tutu wrote: "love your review...now to go and buy the book :)"Thank you Tutu, hope you love it too. :)
Great review. The book sounds fabulous. It's waiting on my Kindle and I now can't wait to get to it!
Thank you Nic, it hit all the right spots for me, it's not deep, dark or heavy, but just enough going on to keep it interesting and a good dose of sweet and a pinch of groveling. ( I am a HUGE fan of groveling. ) Hope you like it as much as I did. :)
Lovely Mandy! At least you got that blocked nose running...
:P
WOW, five stars from Mandy. This one is going on my TBR list for sure :-)
Well, 4.5* but yeah, it was just the right story at the right time. No great literary masterpiece or anything but it made me happy. :)Hope it works for you Mark. :)
Great review, Mandy. Made me happy too. :D
Thanks Elle, back at you.Yep, I need happy. :)
OMG, I love that Cinderfella is a tag! :)I recently finished this book, and I can't agree with you more! It was super enjoyable, and I also hope Colt gets a book! I've seen many write about him, so I wouldn't be surprised if Cate Ashwood actually gave us one! :)
Hey Nikola, I love Cinderfella stories, although some more than others. :)I might need to hint subtly on twitter, like WHEN CATE, WHEN?
This is a definite feel-good reread kind of book for me. Glad you loved it too.
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Lovely and very heartfelt review, Mandy-chan!
You do know that the 8th birthday thing was done on purpose to get all moms to cry? LOL
I think this is not for me...