Reviewed by True
TITLE: Faraway
SERIES: Escape #3
AUTHOR: Casey Cox
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 1459 kB
RELEASE DATE: June 22, 2021
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Ever woken up after you’ve been struck by lightning only to discover you’ve got the skills to be a world-class pianist? *crickets* So…just me then?
It might have been the most terrifying ordeal of my life, but at least it got me the heck outta Blessing, Texas, out of the clutches of my homophobic family, and away from a pack of high school bullies that tried to make every day a living nightmare.
Keyword: tried.
Even as a kid, I never let anyone succeed in beating me down. I knew that as soon as I could, I’d be outta that small town and leaving the crappy start I’d had in life behind forever… Or so I thought. Until I came face to face with one of my former bullies at the last place I ever expected to run into him—on vacation at a luxury, all-male resort.
The thing is my life’s going great. I am who I am: free, fierce, and fabulous. I’m an accomplished pianist and truly loving the person I am today. Him? That’s a whole other story. And one that, despite my better judgment, sucks me in. It’s a weird feeling, seeing a former tormenter failing at life. It’s even stranger to start developing feelings for him.
But after all these years of getting as far away from my former life as possible, what are the chances I fall for the one guy who takes me back to it all?…
Faraway is part of the Escape series. You can read the books in whatever order your heart desires!
REVIEW:
Emry is a flamboyant personality, feisty, and fought hard to be where he is now, emotionally.
He loves himself, his spirit is sparkling, with a feminine appearance some guys think he can be pushed over easily. Don’t make this mistake because he’s fierce and a strong top with an ever stronger attitude.
His youth was awful, bullied at school and bullied at home. After he got struck by lightning his parents didn’t know how fast to get rid of him.
But here he is, a successful pianist, enjoying his holiday at the gay holiday resort Elysian with his best friend Hawk. They made up a nickname for them both, funny af.
Emry can’t believe his eyes, on stage stands a stand-up comedian (who’s terrible with jokes btw). He knows this guy. It’s one of his bullies from home!
Self-punishment is Miguel’s goal, he deserves it, what he did back home, bullying was his lowest moment in life. He flew his hometown and traveled back to his roots in El Salvador, to end up somewhat disappointed back in the US.
These days he’s the head of the housekeeping of Elysian, doing a great job. He has also other ambitions. The owner gives him the stage for one night, a try-out.
It was a lovely story, quite friendly. I hoped for some real struggle, but that didn’t happen. No problem, the way the story goes is satisfying enough.
Emry’s sparkling personality stole the show and was the highlight of this narrative.
The development was slight, for the course of this story it was enough to enjoy reading.
It’s a lighthearted sparkling read, with fun, entertaining, sexy, some appealing encounters to watch, it touched the somewhat heavier parts just lightly. The learning process was well done. The environments were attractive, I wanted to join them where they were.
Conclusion? An entertaining story with a nice plot, it had a comfortable pace, some sweet main characters, there are some interesting secondary characters and I guess they get their own story!
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