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Strangers With Candy (2011)

by G.A. Hauser(Favorite Author)

3.09 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1936387239 (ISBN13: 9781936387236)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

All Romance eBooks

review 1: A nice quick and easy read, but this book fails to impress, and yet I still manage to draw inspiration from it.There is quite a few things to draw from this story. It's a light read (which is good, any more pages would be unforgivable); the storyline is uncommon; and the narrative isn't difficult to follow and you do not get confused between who is who.However I have to admit it does stumble across the line of inclusion of names. Urie and Gareth's names are used far too often towards the end, and I found myself rereading paragraphs just to understand who was narrating.Urie's speech was difficult to follow, and I feel more research into both characters backgrounds would've made these characters more identifiable. We know Urie is from the Ukraine... And most people know a bi... moret about the laws over there in regards to homosexuality, and yet I still feel I learned nothing from this, and the author is expecting me to do the research myself.As for Gareth we know zilch about him, we know his job and that he has foreign parents, as well as a confident action towards Urie. How do we not know he is lying through his teeth, he could well be an unreliable narrator, and just be a man whore.I will be reading more books from this author, to attempt to understand more about the concept of including two main male characters without confusing the reader, as my writing tends to do that often. But I think this ebook failed to help me much, if at all.I just felt this was something that would never happen in real life, and it was way too hesitant to keep me entertained.
review 2: Kalyko’s Review:Oh I loved this story! I think it was just because Urie and Gareth were so much alike under the skin and that, taking the chances they did, they ended up with their hearts’ desire. A sweet and heartwarming tale that is perfect for the buildup to Valentine’s Day!Being party to Urie’s thoughts and feelings adds a depth to this story that I hadn’t really expected. We’ve all been lonely, but to feel, as he did, that he didn’t belong and that he would never have what his heart yearned for was so poignant. So when Gareth made the first move, the hope that started to build in Urie was incredibly touching. And to discover that Gareth too had little to no hope for a happy-ever-after, just made the development of what happened between them that much more beautiful.G.A. Hauser has, once again, taken a fairly simple story-line and added so much emotion and personality to it that you can’t help but be taken in. And if she were ever to write more about these two men, I’d be very happy to indulge myself once again. Strangers with Candy is sweet, but not achingly so…just the right touch with which to celebrate love.Rated 4½ Ravens by Kalyko! less

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