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Astronomical (2013)

by Silvia Violet(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Loose Id LLC

series

Astronomers

review 1: Blake lives a nice quite life. He goes to work, helps his sister take care of his niece, and loves to cook and read. Then sexy astronomer Greg moves in next door and things are fine until Blake sees him in his kilt. DEAR GOD A KILT! Then he becomes a shy stuttering fool who can't complete a sentence.Thankfully Blake has his sister Renee and niece Haley, who have decided that Blake has been alone long enough and they are going to help him.Greg is drawn to Blake in spite of the stuttering and tripping but knows he has to take things slow and ease Blake into a relationship. But as soon as he gets the chance Greg is going to take it and Blake won't know what hit him.This was such a fun, sexy read. I fell completely in love with Blake and Greg. This is a novella that reads much... more longer because of the writing and development of the characters. Not just the MC's but secondary characters as well. I for one couldn't wait for the next book in this series.If you want a quick read about smart sexy men, and oh yeah one of them just happens to like to wear kilts then Astronomical needs to be in your library!
review 2: 2.5 starsThis is my first foray into the imagination of Silvia Violet. The premise of her novel Astronomical was endearing--bringing together two nerds and watching their chemistry ignite the sky. I must admit that, at first glance, this novel was so promising and, in some ways, delivered a sweet story of second chances and love. However, for as nice as those moments were, they simply could not carry an entire novella successfully. For that, we needed a solid plot line that delivered again and again and Astronomical fell short of that goal.What worked:Both characters were nice guys--each in their own way a bit backwards, a bit unusual, and while both were handsome, neither was your typical main character. The addition of Blake's nine year old niece was a brilliant move as it not only tied the two men together, (Greg being an astronomy professor and Haley being totally into astronomy) but allowed for some really sweet interactions between Greg and his niece. The initial sexual encounter between Greg and Blake where Blake allows Greg to dominate was not only hot and sexy but character revealing--giving us a true glimpse at just how fragile Blake was and how much he needed to "let go" and give over control.What simply did not:The insta-love for both men. Within a month of meeting we are led to believe that both have fallen in love, given their difficulties just in getting together, it was fairly hard to believe that Blake could overcome years of insecurities and obsessive control issues to cavalierly fall in love.The "switch" in Blake as it pertains to the bedroom. First we encounter this fierce, all-consuming need for Blake to be dominated and Greg eager to fill the bill. Then we are thrown a huge curve ball and were expected to believe that the reverse could and did happen--it simply did not compute. I felt like a yo-yo on the end of a string being pulled this way and that and never really feeling that the abrupt shift in the story line made much sense.This is really where the story fell apart for me. I was involved in Blake's struggle and his needs and then all that was shifted and he became this dominant person, and then, it shifted again and he was back to being submissive--I just wanted the author to make up her mind--which was he? How could she set us up and lead us to believe we were beginning to really key into who Blake was and then pull the rug out from under us? I needed a whole lot more story for this shift to work and, unfortunately, that was not to be.Astronomical by Silvia Violet had such great potential but, ultimately, left me more frustrated than satisfied. less

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