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Core Training (2010)

by Andrew Grey(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1615816704 (ISBN13: 9781615816705)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

series

Work Out

review 1: Hugh is feeling depressed. It's his 44th birthday, he's single and hating getting old. However sexy little Max comes onto him at the gym and they end up in bed. Hugh is a one-night-stand-only kind of guy but that just makes him more depressed, however he can't figure out why a hot young thing like Max would be interested in an old fogy like him. Max does his best to convince him, but he's also dealing with an alcoholic father who blames his drinking on the fact that Max is gay. This is set in the world of the gym of Spot Me and Pump Me Up and you get to see Dan and Lonnie. Lonnie kills me, he is so rude and crude and funny. This smacks pretty close to insta-love as well. They only date twice and both are declaring their nearly-love. I think it would have been better if the... morey had more time to get to know each other and work through the age-difference thing. But still, it fit with the rest in the series.
review 2: Core Training was an endearingly sweet tale of love, strength of character and the insignificance of age when faced with important things like common interests, chemistry and friendship.Hugh Douglas is a 44 year-old financial consultant who has never had a real relationship in his life. He spends his days in his office and his evenings at the gym with his friends. Max Pierce is 26 years-old, a waiter at a local restaurant, and is still living with his alcoholic father.Max and Hugh meet when Max visits the gym where Hugh works out and things quickly become sexual between them. However, the sexual intimacy they share is not the sole foundation of their relationship, or rather it may have been at first, but they rapidly discover that they genuinely enjoy spending time with one another.When Hugh is dropping Max off at his house, after their first real date, Max's alcoholic father comes out and scornfully barrages Max with insults regarding his sexuality. The two men promptly leave his falling down drunk father on the curb in front of the house and head to Hugh's house; where they both divulge the stories of their pasts and Max confides in Hugh that he stays with his father, because feels that he needs to and that he is all his father has.By the end of this novella, Max comes to accept the old adage that you can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped. He stands up to his abusive father and beings to understand that he has to live his life for himself and not continue to watch over and take care of a man who lives his at the bottom of a bottle.This was a nice addition to the Gym Series and a few of the characters from the previous books make an appearance in this one as well. Lonnie, of course, continues with his off-color humor, which I have to admit, I love. Really, how can you not love a man that teasingly refers to his friends has “Captain Cock” and “Dances with Dick?” I'm looking forward to seeing what Andrew will come up with in the next one. less

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