Release Date: April 5, 2014
Length: Novel (161 pages)
Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance
Cover Art: Unknown
Links: Amazon Goodreads
Blurb: “Is there a voyeur inside you? Or are you the one who would like an audience in the bedroom?”
Cory can’t keep a job. Flynn has a job he can no longer hide behind. A simple proposition in an effort to solve both of their problems leads two young men to confront the heartbreaks of their pasts in order to make a future together.
What starts as an innocent bit of voyeurism turns into a public display of…everything.
You know you like to watch.
Review:
In one sentence: Gorgeous klutz falls for the socially awkward owner of a voyeur/exhibitionist website. This is a great story–light, zero-angst and all sorts of adorable. I loved Cory and Flynn both together and separately. Cory’s a bit of a mess, but has a good solid heart. Flynn’s not so neat-and-tidy either, but he also seems to be on the autism spectrum. It isn’t explicit in the book, but I’m pretty sure that’s the source of his awkwardness. It was a pleasure to see that his brain challenges didn’t hold him back from having a “normal” life nor did it dominate everything. It’s just a small part of who Flynn is and it doesn’t define him.
Yes, this is a clear case of insta-love, but it works for these two. Both men seem to have been flailing around trying to find each other in a very big world. They had to move all the way to London from the US for that to happen.
The voyeur/exhibitionist thing was great as far as it went, but I really wish it went a lot further into exploring the kink. There was a lot of potential for some drama from that corner that went completely untapped, which is too bad because the story was a little light on the conflict. A scene with Cory and Flynn watching another couple would have been scorching hot too.
On the downside, the Luke subplot was a bit disappointing. Mostly because it was built up to be the big drama driving the story, but took a sharp left turn into Nada-ville leaving the story without the big emotional payoff I was waiting for. Don’t get me wrong the story is still satisfying, it just didn’t have enough conflict to lift it into 5-Heart territory.
Cara Dee is an amazing writer, if you’ve read Aftermath and Outcome you already know that. If you haven’t read them, go buy both. Right now. I’ll wait…. The editing here is superb. I didn’t make one note about the technical side of the story which is unusual, especially for a self-published book.
The cover, like the blurb, is okay, but a little hard-edged for the story. Flynn and Cory are more sweet/adorable than edgy. And, it doesn’t reflect the voyeur/exhibitionist thing at all. Still, it’s a solid B-.
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