Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Percolation, Poetry, and Passion
AUTHOR: A.V. Sanders
PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press LLC
LENGTH: 38 pages
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Beckett works at a coffee shop to make ends meet while attending a prestigious university. It’s not the most exciting job, but he’s done it long enough he’s good at it—and can avoid the tedium by spinning sexy little daydreams of things he doubts will ever happen.
Daydreams that soon include Simon, the hot, handsome, and older freelance writer who stops in one day. But then Simon becomes a regular, a bright spot more interesting than the inside of Beckett’s head, and daydreams start to seem like they could be something far more tangible—if reality doesn’t get in the way first.
REVIEW:
Beckett is working at a coffee shop, daydreaming about his perfect older dream man. He just graduated from college but he’s going back for his graduate program. Problem is, he still has to tell his mom, who will give him a guilt trip about never ever coming home again.
Then Simon walks in, talking on his cell to his partner and ordering a cappuccino. Beckett is crushing on him immediately. They talk and hang out during Beckett’s break, and this becomes a regular thing. But Beckett has no idea if Simon is gay and it doesn’t matter, because he’s in a relationship. Until one day he isn’t.
Of course the two start dating, but due to miscommunication they are both afraid it’s only a summer fling. They even have a––very brief–– fight about it. This fight is so minor and unrealistic that the author had better left it out. It’s resolved in only a couple of sentences and they are now boyfriends.
Simon comes with him to New Orleans to tell his family about the graduate program and his relationship. This doesn’t go according to plan, but Simon is there for Beckett.
This basically is all we get at the end. No acceptance or happily ever after. Just a fight between Beckett–– or Kit as Simon calls him–– and Simon coming over for support. No meeting the parents, just a kiss. It’s annoying not knowing more of how they end up. It’s too unfinished. Most of the story was quite nice, though. Not spectacular but sweet and entertaining. Beckett is pretty well fleshed out for such a short story, and he’s likable enough. Simon is a bit two dimensional but not bad at all. I would’ve liked to know a bit more about his life and his ex, but his actions towards Beckett are sweet.
It’s a nice read before bedtime or when you have little time, but the ending is a tad disappointing.
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