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Lovers And Other Strangers (2011)

by Josh Lanyon(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Just Joshin

review 1: I enjoyed this book very much. I really liked the setting of the story and the mystery that had to be solved. As usual, Josh Lanyon is very good at creating great chemistry between the two main characters. The sex scene in the book is not very explicit at all, but quite delicious all the same. My only quibble with the plotting was that it was never really explained why none of Fitch's family members wondered why he wasn't heard from for 3 years. But that is really a minor thing and it didn't keep me from enjoying the story. I recommend this book.
review 2: I had a lot of fun with this book. It held several of my favourite story components:1. A good mystery - in true Lanyon fashion, not too transparent to make it boring, nor too outrageous to make a mockery out ... moreof the whole thing. To be fair, though, the mystery was actually secondary to the real focus of the story: Finn and Con's past, present, and future, and Finn and Fitch's relationship.2. A harried artist as a protagonist. He could have been older (that's how I like 'em), but other than that he was pretty damn perfect. Harried artists are among my favourite species of main characters. They suffer so beautifully. 3. Generally interesting characters. I didn't get to know Con too well, unfortunately, which is maybe the one major drawback in this story. But what I did see of Finn and Con at that time (not the three years earlier versions) I liked. Finn didn't give in without making Con work for it, but Con didn't give up easily. That's nice. Fitch was maybe the most fascinating character in this story, even if he didn't get any actual on-page time. He was clearly ambivalent, seemed to have two faces, and at the end I'm still not sure whether to believe Finn's idea of him (whom he was obviously closest to) or that of the many other people who put their two cents in. I've read Lanyons before that packed me by the neck and shook me up emotionally, because of their plots, their characters, but also because of the beauty found in their prose. This wasn't one of those, but it was still a great book, one I'll remember, and one I might want to reread at least partially at some point. less

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