Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: Moved by You
AUTHOR: Ann Lister
PUBLISHER: Rock Gods, Inc.
LENGTH: 67,000 words
RELEASE DATE: March 8, 2019
BLURB:
Vance feels trapped. He never cared about his family’s wealth and prestige, but he finds himself pinned in place by the weight of his father’s expectations. Vance would much rather sweat in his studio creating metal sculptures with his blow torch than take any kind of position at the family firm. When pressure from his father mounts, Vance is torn between going with the flow or making waves. But everything changes when Vance hits a bike messenger with his car.
Kyle has drifted through his life with a massive chip on his shoulder against the privilege that’s always been just out of reach. His job as a bike messenger doesn’t help. He’s stuck delivering packages to the very elites he loathes. When Vance crashes into Kyle, they’re suddenly thrust onto different paths than they ever expected. But can they take this new path together, or will egos and societal privilege create too many obstacles to overcome?
Moved By You is a 67,000 word MM novel with an enemies to lovers theme, and a HEA.
REVIEW:
Vance works for his father in the family architecture firm. He hates it. His father is a homophobic jerk, his mother has passed away and he’s not close with his two older sisters. He has a bizarre meeting with a bike messenger and then he hits said bike messenger later the same day. He’s wildly attracted, but Kyle, the messenger, hos nothing but disdain for the rich boy.
Kyle has had a rough life. He can’t stand privileged assholes – which is how he sees Vance. They have a push-pull relationship that seems to have alot of physical chemistry. But they piss each other off constantly and walk away. Only to fall back together. Kyle makes Vance really angry, and Vance ends up quitting the job he hates.
Vance really wants to be an artist full time. He’s actually quite successful and doesn’t need his father’s money – much to his father’s chagrin. He’s happy creating his sculptures. He just wish this thing with Kyle would work out. They keep coming together only to fly apart again. Then Kyle suffers a tragedy and Vance tries to help. Kyle’s so used to being on his own, he has a lot of trouble accepting anyone’s help, let alone Vance’s help. There is a struggle for them to be equals in a relationship when neither of them really has an experience. But the tragedy will either bind them or end them.
I really wanted to like this book more. Sadly, I just didn’t feel a connection with either Kyle or Vance. I really really struggled with the first half of the book. Their behavior and dancing around each other just made me frustrated with them over and over. Their inability to communicate and assume the worst got old. To me, they behaved more like adolescents than grown ups. I also didn’t believe the behavior of Vance’s dad at the end of the book, nor the reason for it. It was just too little, too late and I found it way too easy. The second half of the book, the conflict felt a bit more real and I did like the way that Vance approached the circumstances of the tragic events that occurred. This is a new to me author. I’d be willing to try another and hopefully I’d enjoy it more. As usual, YMMV.
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