REVIEWED BY: Taylor

TITLE: Better Than New

SERIES: Love’s Landscapes

AUTHOR : Charley Descoteaux

LENGTH: 7,957

PHOTO DESCRIPTION:

Extreme close-up of a handsome young man with beautiful blue eyes and a sexy bit of scruff. He’s exhaling a drag from a cigarette, the smoke curls around his face, framing his jaw and pouty mouth. His expression leaves no doubt he’s looking at something― or someone― he’d like to get close to.

BLURB:

Dear Author,

Please use this excerpt as a prompt:

O’ God it’s wonderful

to get out of bed

and drink too much coffee

and smoke too many cigarettes

and love you so much

― from Steps by Frank O’Hara

Any setting or time period. A slice-of-life story would suit me fine. No BSDM, violence, mpreg, or shifters, please.

Thank you,

Jenna

REVIEW:

This was a really nice, intimate and quiet  look at two men that fell in love in a coffee shop.  Theo is recovering from an accident that has left him disabled and unsure of himself.  He feels safe and welcomed at Ben’s coffee shop, The Broken Cup.  There’s a bit of misunderstanding between the two of them, which had hindered them partening together sooner, but I love that everything came to life in a simple alley stealing a quiet moment together.

I just wish we had gotten a bit more bonding time with them or at little bit more of who they were as men.  We are kind of thrown into their story at the very end, and I would have loved to see them enjoying each other’s company in an extra scene or two. 

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LINK: Goodreads