Reviewed by Kat
TITLE: Medics, Mayhem and Mojitos 
SERIES: Love’s First Response #3
AUTHOR: Sara York
PUBLISHER: MLR Press
LENGTH: 77 pages
BLURB:
Liam Noble has a hard time talking to guys. When he meets the sexy Jordan McKelvey he’s more than speechless.
When Liam Noble meets Jordan McKelvey the sparks fly, but Liam is too shy to act. Because Liam is so quiet in person, Jordan wonders if his feelings are one-sided. If only he could get Liam to open up.
But one night in the bar’s stockroom shows Jordan just how interested Liam is. Then Liam disappears and Jordan thinks he’s made a huge mistake falling for Liam, but when he finds out where Liam is, everything changes.
REVIEW:
This is the third novella in the Love’s First Response series. And, it changed up a bit. First of all, even though we saw glimpses of the men from the first two stories, we were introduced to brand new characters. Liam just recently transferred in as a para-medic/EMT on an ambulance based in the station that Grady is based in. He is extremely shy and lacks self confidence stemming from a situation earlier in his life. Jordan is a bartender at a local bar that is fiercely loyal and protective of his sister and nephew after she was widowed.
I have to say that even though I truly enjoyed the characters in the previous stories, there is something about this story that grabbed hold of me a bit more. The mechanics of the story were still a problem for me. I need a good story line that builds the characters and their relationships. I am also not a fan of insta-love and even though this happened a bit slower, it was still there. There is a difference between love and lust and this story touched on that a small bit but things still happened pretty fast. The things that Liam suffered in his past relationship was abusive and demeaning. His unwillingness or, even better yet, lack of trust in a relationship is definitely a possibility and I was thankful that they were brought out, even if they were resolved a bit faster than I would have thought that they would have. What has bothered me the most is how fast the men in these stories jumped to talking about commitment and marriage. I realize that the SCOTUS ruling has made this a very popular theme in gay romance but Washington State had gay marriage legalized for awhile before this book was even released, which was quite awhile before the ruling. All in all, I liked this story better but it still felt rushed and I felt cheated again. These stories had the premise of really good books but they were too short and the relationships too rushed to accomplish that. If these were ever to be rereleased again the author might keep that in mind. I would have rated the stories higher because I did like their premise, but they unfortunately fell short.
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