30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Intresting story with a bit too much sex, November 9, 2009
This review is from: Collision Course (Kindle Edition)
Collision Course takes you on a journey of discovery between Aaron and Joey. They both have their own problems about their past.
The story itself is interesting but comes a bit too short due to a lot of sex (the sex-part takes roughly about 1/4 to 1/3 of the book). For my part a bit too much sex - not that it isn't well written or varied, but it actually holds back the good story itself.
If you like lots of male/male sex mixed with an good story, you will like this book. I still enjoyed it (due to the story), but would have more with less sex and more story.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Collision Course, July 22, 2009
This review is from: Collision Course (Kindle Edition)
Child services worker Joey Miller never had a problem falling in love, it was staying in love that was the problem. Starting his new job in a new city he meets Aaron, a paramedic who makes it quite clear anything going on between them will be just sex. Even though Joey has known love he has never felt for anyone what he feels for Aaron and he wasn't going to let this relationship end without a fight.
Aaron doesn't know what to make of Joey. He's not looking for a serious relationship and the last thing he wants is to get involved with someone who works for the department that made his life hell, but Joey's openness and sweetness was hard for Aaron to resist.
I liked this story. Aaron and Joey's hang-ups at times were comical, especially when their loved ones stepped in. The people around them, friends, family and co-workers had their own advice and opinions about Aaron and Joey's relationship. I really liked the boys and found Joey to be absolutely adorable even if he was a tad bit annoying at times. Collision Course is a sweet story of building trust and lowering defenses. I enjoyed it and I am sure many others will too.
Ley
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
More sex than I expected, but overall a good read, November 3, 2009
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating: 7/10
PROS:
- I was hooked literally on page 1. Something exciting and dramatic happens at the VERY beginning of the book, and that scene serves to illuminate many of Joey's character traits in a sweet, amusing way.
- Joey is quirky and cute, and Aaron has just enough of an OCD complex to make him interesting but not too annoying. They also behave in matter-of-fact, believable ways: I had to chuckle when Aaron drops Joey off after their first night together and Joey says quite cheerfully (I'm paraphrasing here), "You know, you're great in bed, but a total jerk."
- The sex is hot and plentiful, and in spite of the pervasiveness of sex scenes, I didn't find them terribly monotonous. (see cons below also)
- Just like with this novel's predecessor, Diving in Deep, the relationship in this book develops gradually from attraction to affection to love in a way that I thought was realistic and pretty normal.
CONS:
- On a few occasions I had trouble keeping up with the dialogue because the characters converse as though one or both of them are on speed.
- I didn't have a problem with the AMOUNT of sex in the book, because after all, the relationship is based on nothing BUT sex at the start. It did irk me just a little that the characters sleep with each other so soon after meeting (as it always does), but the main criticism I have of the sex is that Joey...doesn't quite have a FIXATION on what it must feel like to go raw, but he's really curious. So it seemed to me like one of those things that would happen toward the end of the book once the characters have confessed their love for each other...but it doesn't happen.
- There's a big dramatic finish at the end that I felt was unnecessary. For one thing, the main story arc--two guys who are pretty determined not to fall for each other DO fall for each other--is already pretty much wrapped up. And for another, that final climactic scene doesn't last as long as I thought it should; when it ended I turned the page and thought, "Wow. The ordeal is over? Just like that?"
Overall comments: I enjoy books that are mostly about the relationship and don't focus a lot on plot, which is the case here. If you don't like a really healthy dose of sex, though, you should probably stay away from this one, because there are easily ten separate sex scenes in this 260-page book.
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