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A Present In Swaddling Clothes (2011)

by Andrew Grey(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1613722834 (ISBN13: 9781613722831)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

review 1: This whole story was like one huge epilogue read for me.Josh and Sammy are already together. They've met, fallen in love, moved in together and have established a life together for fifteen years. They are no spring chickens, no, cute young twinks. These are two men who are happy with their lives.Sort of.Josh is with his sister Nicole when she gives birth to her daughter Vivian. Josh steps in to help whenever "Nicky" needs help, to the disappointment of his partner, Sammy, who feels as if he's wearing himself out too much. Sammy knows that Josh wants kids, just like Josh knows that Sammy doesn't want kids. The two men seem to be on opposite sides of a few things, but one thing they are certain of, they want to be together, forever, and the rest is just details.When tragedy ... morestrikes Josh steps up and takes in Vivian and is shocked when Sammy steps up to help as well.This whole book made me smile. I did have a small gasp of pain moment over the nickname for Vivian (Vivi), but it was a bittersweet gasp.I was extremely happy to read about an already established couple, because it lets me know that whatever I'm reading the epilogue to a previous story, and as the Epilogue whore, it makes the entire thing enjoyable.This story was all of that and more. Mr. Grey's writing is always very classy and I find myself not only being enchanted but falling in love with the characters each time I read something of his, this was no exception.It was a delightful quick read and I highly recommend it to everyone.
review 2: 3.5 rounded up to 4.0.While this isn't a traditional Christmas story at all (I suspect it was originally written without the Christmas overlay and then adjusted for the Advent calendar), it kept my attention throughout, and I enjoyed it. Actually, this is a nice surprise, since I've only read one other Andrew Grey book ages ago that didn't quite work for me, and now I will probably go check out one of his more recent offerings. I did especially enjoy the depiction of a long-term relationship and the way it has its ups and downs. We don't often see that in the gay romance genre. less

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