day 8
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Best Laid Plans
SERIES: Dreamspinner advent calendar 2014 Celebrate
AUTHOR: John Amory
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 21 pages
BLURB:
George is an anxious, neurotic mess. The only thing that calms him is his partner of ten years, Scott. So despite how nervous it makes George to travel alone, he decides to go to Europe, where Scott has been working for two months, to visit for Christmas. George plans a day on his own in London before traveling to Paris, where Scott is staying. But on George’s day of sightseeing and shopping, everything goes wrong, from a misunderstanding with the hotel concierge to getting lost in Harrods. All George wants is to be with his partner for Christmas, but he’s not sure he’ll survive long enough for that to happen.
REVIEW:
These little Advent Calendar books are always so fun… short and sweet.
George is a neurotic mess, flying to Paris to spend Christmas with his partner Scott. They have been together for ten years, never missing a Christmas. George hasn’t flown since he was a child, and nearly drives himself and everyone one near him crazy, on the plane and in the airport! He makes a stop in London for a day, thinking he’ll take some time to explore a city he has always wanted to visit. Unfortunately his London experience isn’t all he hoped for.
I can’t tell you much more than that, there isn’t a lot of time for a plot. This is all from George’s perspective, so we get to know him best, and he is a mess! But a sweet mess. For all of his issues he seems like a happy guy, and we can see that Scott loves him. We get just a little glimpse of the lives of an established couple, they are in their forties and have been together for some time. There were several sweet lines about George looking forward to aging together. I liked that. There isn’t any sex, no action, adventure, or drama. This is just a nice story about a anxiety plagued man meeting his patient lover in Paris and having a fantastic evening. There was a lovely moment that brought a tear to my eye…
This is the only story I have read by John Amory, and the writing seemed good to me. It flowed well, had some great descriptions of George’s experiences, and some interesting characters. It was short, it took me less than a half hour to read, but it was good!
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London Christmases always sound so good!
Traveling holiday stories are always a fun read.
Another good review. You’re making it hard for me to choose. 🙂