Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Electric Sunshine 
SERIES: Brooklyn Boys #1
AUTHOR: E. Davies
NARRATOR: Nick J. Russo
PUBLISHER: Self Publised
RELEASE DATE: December 26, 2018
LENGTH: 8 hours, 9 minutes
BLURB:
Charlie:
They say time heals all wounds, but it’s been five years since my boyfriend died, and I haven’t dated since. I threw myself into architecture and thankfully there’s just no time to wallow or look for love. My friends push me to get back out there, but I’m not ready to be vulnerable again.
Then I meet Kev. He dresses like a catalog model, but he talks like he’s got an old soul. He shows me what I’m missing, but holds his own heart just out of reach. I can’t stop falling for him, and he might be worth taking a risk for. Can I believe in myself enough to win his trust and his heart?
Kev:
My parents kicked me out for being gay when I was only sixteen. You grow up fast when that happens. You do things you regret just to stay alive. All that’s behind me now. I’m 23, moved to Brooklyn, got an annoying roommate, and all I have to do is stay safe and pay the rent.
Sounds easy? Yeah, my options are closing in fast. I don’t want to stand on street corners again, but everyone in this city just wants to fix their own loneliness, not mine. And then there’s Charlie, who sees the best in me when others only see their own reflection. Can we bare our hearts to each other and build a future together?
REVIEW:
So sometimes it pays to actually read the blurb before picking a book up. Otherwise you might end up like me, believing that the story would go one way and then end up being about something else entirely. For some reason, and please don’t ask me why, because I haven’t got the faintest idea, but I thought this book was going to be about a musician. It’s not, not even close, which is why I was understandably confused in the beginning when we got an architect trying to enter the “meat market” five years after his boyfriend’s death, and a sex-worker trying to earn some extra cash for rent. So yeah, I wasn’t even close. I didn’t mind it, it was just unexpected 😉
Charlie’s been shut down for so long, using work to hide from the world. Finally though, he’s ready for more, ready to dip his toes in the dating pool. At his first night out he’s introduced to Kev, an escort and he realises this might be the start he needs. To have someone guide him through dating again. What he didn’t count on was the attraction to the gorgeous man and it’s not long until he wants more than just platonic dates.
I enjoyed how it was Charlie that decided that he was ready to get out there again. Sure, he had supportive friends and family but they weren’t obtrusive or nagging, just cheering him on. In so many books, and in reality too I imagine, friends and family always push to get the grieving party to move on, to start dating again often before they’re ready. It was refreshing that wasn’t the case here. They were there for sure, but more as company and support being friends and family.
Kev is of two minds in regards to his work. On the one hand, he loves that he decides over his own time, the who and when – and the price. And for the most part he enjoys it. On the other, it’s getting harder to find clients when his profiles keep getting shut down. And with the threat of an arrest and a permanent record is increasing, he’s kind of looking for something new. If he only knew what that was.
Kev and Charlie made sense together. They both were what the other needed – Kev introducing Charlie to the dating world and intimacy again and Charlie giving Kev a push towards something new supporting each other when they faltered. So from that point of view they made sense together. To men though, it felt like they lacked chemistry and their relationship felt kind of forced, not to mention way fast. They’d be great at friends, but should probably stay there.
Nick J. Russo narrates with feeling, adds the appropriate intonations that the current situation calls for; sadness, confusion, passion and even anger. It’s there in his voice and adds that extra flavour that I’m always looking for in my audios. Add in the different voices for the different characters to make the listen effortless and it was a hit for me.
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