Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Finally – Summer Bigger Than Others Anthology
AUTHOR: Amelia Mann
PUBLISHER: Beaten Track Publishing
LENGTH: 54 pages
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Not everyone spends their summers on sandy beaches or in luxurious resorts. World-famous opera singer Philip Jameson has arrived in Munich to perform at the Opera Summer Festival after making the biggest mistake of his life. For years he has been secretly in love with his best friend Andrew and believes the shield he has built is bulletproof: Andrew was never to know. But at a boisterous party in London following the most successful live TV broadcast of his career, whatever walls Philip has built crumble and he can’t resist the urge to kiss Andrew in the middle of the dance floor. Painfully he realizes what he did was so very wrong.
Andrew Greene has traveled more times than he can count during the last four years. To every city in the world where Philip sings, he flies to spend all his spare time with his best friend. At the breakneck speed in which Philips career is developing, he is the constant. When Philip reveals he intimately cares for Andrew, it is finally time for Andrew to change his life completely – in favor of love.
Part of “Summer Bigger Than Others – A Summer Anthology” from Beaten Track Publishing.
REVIEW:
This is my first book by Amelia Mann. I was intrigued by the prospect of reading about two close friends who apparently had feelings for each other but were too scared to admit it. While this book was written well, I really didn’t connect to it or the characters or the story.
Phillip is a popular opera singer who travels all over the world doing what he loves. He’s lucky enough to be surrounded by people who love and care about him. He’s also lucky enough to have his best friend, Andrew by his side when he’s able to get away from work.
Andrew and Phillip both have pretty big secrets they’re hiding from the other. Phillips been in love with Andrew for years but believes him to be straight. Andrew also has feelings for Phillip. These two dance around each other but one night Phillip makes a move on Andrew. Horrified Phillip runs away and Andrew lets him.
One of my biggest issues was the fact that I couldn’t really get a feel for how Andrew felt about Phillip. The story is entirely told from Phillips point of view. I didn’t really get a connection or chemistry between these two characters.
There’s a lot of miscommunication and assumptions which causes a lot of heartache between these two.
This was a short friends to lover’s story and like I mentioned earlier the writing is really well done. Even this was a miss for me I would definitely be interested in check out maybe a longer novel from this author.
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That’s the great thing about anthology’s you can try different authors and see if you like the writing style. I love friends/lovers theme so this is certainly something i would love to check out. Thanks for your review.