Reviewed Sarina

TITLE: Found at the Library

SERIES: Found Series (Book 1)

AUTHOR: Christi Snow

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 159 pages

BLURB: His entire life, Tommy Garrett has dealt with self-doubts. He thought he’d conquered the majority of them until a chance meeting with an author brought his illiteracy to the forefront…again. Growing up with un-diagnosed dyslexia has left Tommy barely able to read, but books are his Nirvana. Now he spends his life creating art dedicated to the love of those “untouchable” items.

Robert McIntyre, Mac, is a best-selling, highly celebrated author. But his point of view has become a little bit too narrow…until Tommy opens his eyes. That chance meeting has changed everything about his world. He has no idea how to find the beautiful man he met, and offended, at the library book sale. But when he does, Tommy’s life is in crisis-mode. It’s the holidays and Mac can’t just standby when Tommy needs help, whether Tommy wants it or not.

Two artistic men. One shared passion for books.

Life is hard, and sometimes when conflict arises you have to write your own plot twist to pull yourself out of the fray.

REVIEW:

Robert McIntyre loves books, which makes sense since he’s an author, so when he comes across a man who plans on, to his mind, destroy that which is his world, he’s horrified. One foot in mouth later and the attractive man with a truck full of books is gone which is too bad since now he can’t get him out of his mind. Tommy Garrett loves books, he just can’t read them very well. Finding a way to express how much the stories trapped within various bindings means to him, he turns to his art and transforms the words on and in the pages into stunning visual representations that inspire and awe those who see them. He has little time to pursue his art, however, as he turns to helping the one person he has left and then there’s this author he can’t seem to push away…

I adored this book; I thought the characters were very well written, even the secondary characters, and I found myself invested in them all achieving their happily ever after. For an author, Mac is surprisingly bad at expressing himself sometimes and when he works, its usually to the detriment of everything and everyone around him. All of his little flaws is what made him real to me, however, as it showed him as human. Tommy isn’t perfect either; he’s had it rough, especially this last year, and he isn’t used to trusting that people don’t just want to use him for something. He also makes snap judgments and decisions that he later comes to regret. Neither man is picture perfect but they really are perfect for each other and that connection practically shined in this book.

Now, I’m aware that it isn’t even Halloween yet and this story takes place around Christmas, which might make some want to give it a pass, at least for another couple of months, but this book is really less a Christmas book and more a book that just happens to take place around that time. Mentions of Christmas were there but in the background and as such I think I could happily read this book at any time of year. There is enough holiday mentions, however, that I could also read it when there’s snow outside and get myself some holiday feels. This is the first time I’ve read this author but I don’t think it will be the last; I’m really looking forward to the next book in this

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