| Crushed J. M. Snyder Amber Quill Press Gay Romance/Contemporary 2007 978-1-60272-146=3 196 pp. http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/Crushed.html 4 Swords |
| I’ve read J. M. Snyder’s stories for probably more than a year and a half. J. M. is one of those authors on my Must-Read-Everything! List and I’m never disappointed. However, I found Crushed different. To my mind, this is a darker and more disturbing story. Perhaps it is the addition of Roger, the boyfriend of one of the two protagonists. It’s years past high school, even past college, but Nathan and Wes have never forgotten each other. One evening’s quick tryst in Wes’ pickup at the Prom left a wonderful memory, and the longing of thoughts of “what might have been.” But the boys went their separate ways: Wes grew from geeky to gorgeous; Nathan went from long-haired high school basketball star to young career man, out of the closet-Gay, and bored with colleagues and friends trying to find him “THE” man. A chance encounter at best friend Tom’s party throws Wes and Nathan together again, and footloose Nathan is ready to rock. He doesn’t know, though, that Wes is in a relationship: eight months with an abusive alcoholic addict whose behaviour strongly hints of emotional disorders. Wes is torn between love, lust, and guilt, and this makes for a powerful story line. |
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