The Kinsey Scale by CJane Elliot
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (78 pages)
Other: M/M
Rating: 3 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Life is good for Eric Brown. He’s a senior theater major, an RA for a freshman dorm, and has a great circle of friends. Single since sophomore year, Eric isn’t looking for love. But then Will Butler—fellow senior, co-RA, and the cutest guy Eric’s ever seen—walks into his dorm. Will has a girlfriend he sees off campus—a minor disappointment that becomes a major problem when a housing shortage causes Will and Eric to become roommates, and Eric is forced to witness Will’s hotness day in and day out. For protection, Eric asks Jerry, his ex-boyfriend, to pretend they’re still together. Jerry warns him it’s a stupid idea, but he reluctantly agrees.

Too bad it won’t save Eric from losing his heart.
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Will Butler has never believed in himself. His dysfunctional family saw to that. Although Will has loved music since childhood, he’s never seriously considered pursuing it, and the person he’s dating doesn’t encourage him. Then he and Eric Brown become roommates, and everything changes. Eric believes in Will and his talent. He’s also gorgeous and playful and fast becoming Will’s best friend. And that’s not good, because Will is hiding some big things, not only from Eric, but from himself.

Eric and Will are co-RA’s, both thrown together and sharing a room due to over-crowding. Despite the fact that Will’s straight and seriously hot and Eric is gay and annoyed at the attraction he feels, the two men work together well as a team and both enjoy counseling and helping the kids under their care.

I found this to be an interesting and emotional read. I really loved how Eric and Will didn’t just hop into bed together, indeed for most of the first half of the book Eric didn’t even know Will was bi. For the readers there were a few flags to my mind that indicated Will’s life and character wasn’t as clear-cut as he portrayed to Eric, but I really enjoyed the journey through the school year as Eric and Will learned more about each other. I also really enjoyed how there was a strong cast of secondary characters, Eric’s bff and ex-boyfriend, Jerry, Eric’s family and the hovering shadows of Will’s family – these all helped the story feel more fleshed out and realistic to me.

While I normally enjoy a slow-burning romance I did feel in places, especially the first half of the story, that the romance blossoming between Eric and Will was just a little too slow. While there is some chemistry from Eric’s perspective most of the book is from his point of view so it was a little harder for me as a reader to grasp exactly what was in Will’s mind and how he was truly feeling. This was a small niggle, but one that did detract a little of my enjoyment of the story. It added to the tension and conflict of the story, however, so I can understand where the author was coming from, it just wasn’t ideal from my personal perspective.

While there is a bit of steaminess toward the end of the story I didn’t personally feel this was a strongly erotic, explicit story. Readers looking for a load of sex and descriptiveness might not find this story satisfying in that respect. While I admit I would have enjoyed Eric and Will getting together a little earlier in the story and exploring their chemistry and the physical side to their relationship a bit more I have to admit that watching them interact as friends and get to know each other platonically really was interesting and I did enjoy that.

A fun and happy short story this is a great college/coming-out style of story that has interesting and vibrant characters. With a slow pace and very happy ending this was a lovely read.

Gateway To Love by Sarah Hadley Brook
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short story (98 pages)
Other: M/M
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Ten days to finally make the leap from friends to lovers….

Craig and Mitchell have been friends for years, but each of them reached a point where that camaraderie became… more. Mitchell’s kept his feelings close to his chest. So has Craig, but now that they’ve graduated from UMKC, he knows it’s his last chance to show Mitchell they’re meant to be before their careers take them to opposite sides of the country.
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He insists they can’t leave Missouri behind without one last adventure. Mitchell agrees to a road trip to visit all the touristy spots and say goodbye to their home state.

As they spend their days and nights together, buried feelings rise to the surface and hope blossoms. When their journey ends with a dance beneath the Branson stars, will they find love and a future together at the end of the road?

Having finally graduated, Mitch has been enjoying his summer holidays for the most part. He’d almost made the entire way through college without telling his room-mate and best friend, Craig, the true depth of his feelings. And then Craig, knowing they were both at a loose end, had suggested a road trip. Mitch knows it’s a bad idea, knows the deep desire he feels for Craig will probably shake loose, but he can’t resist one last chance to spend time with the man he’s fallen in love with.

I found this to be an interesting and fun road-trip style of story. Admittedly, there’s not much to the plot – Craig and Mitchell have been secretly in love (and lust) with each other for years, both of them too worried about the guy-code and their solid friendship to rock the boat and admit their feelings. But with college finishing up and both of them moving to opposite coasts of the country for their new jobs they each become determined to come clean about their feelings for the other. While I did enjoy both characters, what really made this book memorable for me was all the tourist-traps and experiences the boys shared together on their road trip. I found it a little ironic that I presume this part of the story was meant to be the “filler” but to be honest I found it refreshing, different and interesting and while the romance and two main characters truly were good – without the road trip and tourist attractions this would have possibly fallen into “just another friends-to-lovers” style of story for me.

With a lovely and friendly third wheel, plenty of chemistry and mis-communications between Mitch and Craig and a whole lot of driving and fun, I found this to be an interesting and well-paced story. I thought the sex was sizzling and wonderful but personally I found it more sensual and steamy rather than strongly erotic. The chemistry and passion between the two guys was undeniable though and I feel most readers should be very satisfied with the heat level. I did feel the two guys could be really confusing sometimes with the circles they’d talk themselves into. While I had no problems following along with the story and enjoying the ride a part of me did wonder why two guys who were best friends and had been room-mates for years had such difficulty expressing themselves to each other. Even with the mis-communications between Mitch and Craig – and some really tall tales being told to strangers – I was very happy with the way the two boys came together finally and the way their story is left.

With a wonderful happy ending and some very sensual, steamy sex this was a great story and a brilliant road trip that I enjoyed.