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review 2015-11-26 00:00

The Field of Someone Else's Dreams - Amelia C. Gormley

Well, this one covered a lot of complex issues in just a few pages.

Chris, a young and promising athlete, needs a scholarship in order to not leave college with a debt as high as Mount Everest. But a sports scholarship and coming out just doesn't seem to go together, no matter how much you're wishing for a loophole. Add the pressure of a man-ly man as a father and the guy you're in love with (and just can't shove back in the closet as if it's nothing),and Chris has more than one full plate to deal with.

And shit happens. And everything comes to a head. And we get to watch it all.

I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Chris' desperation on so many levels - career, money, love - felt real and understandable to me. Matt was a sweatheart, he tried so hard to do the right thing again and again without losing himself. Watching these two struggling through real life problems of new adults was heart-breakingly real. Plus, the whole story line with Chris' parents was a great illustration of the power of words & the power parents' actions and casual remarks have over their children and their inner strenght or strife.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and was very happy with the way things worked out. It definitely got me interested in reading the next Saugatuck story.

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review 2015-04-27 00:00

Saugatuck Summer

B3 - Brooklyn's Book Bites

I went through so many emotions with this book. At first I couldn't understand why the characters were acting this way. They seemed to be total asses. But as I continued to read, their actions started to make sense. It slowly all came together in a way that worked. I loved Jace. He was a beautiful person. I'm really glad that Topher had the decency to feel regret for his actions and to know it was wrong, even though he couldn't stop himself.

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review 2014-10-21 00:00

Saugatuck Summer

Reading and Rambling

Topher is a mess! He grew up with an alcoholic, emotional abusive mother, an aunt and uncle who belittled and hated everything that made him who he was, and then he has an affair with his best friend’s married, closeted father. Enter Jace, an artist he meets on the beach and has an amazing night with. He thinks he’ll never see him again, but right after everything with his friend’s father implodes, Jace reappears. With Jace’s help, Topher is able to start healing and forgiving himself for the mistakes he’s made. Throw in some super-hot sex (the bathhouse scene WOW!!!!) and you have a really great book!

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review 2014-06-03 00:00

Saugatuck Summer

liz blue ~ paperback reader

I'm disappointed this doesn't have warnings listed. The Riptide site has them, but I didn't realize. Upsetting to realize they weren't added here.

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review 2014-05-22 00:00

Saugatuck Summer

adrianamae

I can't say that I liked this story. In fact, I had to push myself to finish the story, especially because I did not connect with the character or the plot. I'm not sure how much it has to do with being written in 1st person POV or how much I felt that this character was a self-centered train wreck, committing mistakes, especially the big one that we could see a mile away. I think I'm just going to wuss out, and make it an issue that this story just wasn't for me, and leave it unrated because I like this author so much.