Title: Collide (Blackcreek #1) Main Characters: Noah Jameson & Cooper Bradshaw Author: Riley Hart Genre: Contemporary Romance Length: 332 pages Publisher: Riley Hart Date of Publication: Novermber 17th 2013 Story: At ten years old, Noah Jameson and Cooper Bradshaw collided mid-air when they dove for the same football. For three years, they were inseparable…until one day when Noah and his parents disappeared in the middle of the night. Noah and Cooper never knew what happened to each other. Now, seventeen years later, after finding his boyfriend in bed with another man, Noah returns to Blackcreek looking for a fresh start. And damned if he doesn't find his old friend grew up to be sexy as sin. Coop can’t believe Noah—the only person he trusted with the guilt over his parents’ death—is back. And gay… Or that Cooper himself suddenly wants another man in his bed for the first time. There’s no denying the attraction and emotion between them, but can they overcome the ghosts of their pasts to have a future together? Me and this book: I think I expected too much from this book, from this new author. All I’ve seen, like majority of the reviews of this book from goodreads are all positive, five stars and all. So maybe I set the bar a little too high because I was kind of disappointed. Not that it was bad, it was just okay for me. Not super good but not that bad either, It’s kinda in the middle. But I can totally feel the effort of the author to convey the emotions and such but it just wasn’t working for me. But I did love the twist plot in the end though, I think that part saved it for me. Plus, of course, all the sex scenes were good too. But this book was clearly missing something, the plot was there, the story was there, the characters were there but it just wasn’t enough, it needed more editing, more stretching of scenes. I kept reading same lines over and over again throughout the book and it was just repetitive. Some of the highlight scenes were also too cheesy for me, like I’ve already read them in other books, it needed something else. And this makes me sad because this is the first time I’m going to make a review to a book that I didn’t particularly like. But I have to be honest, right? Review: This was basically a story about two bestfriends that were separated back then and just now found each other again. The click of the story was what caused one of them to go away without ever telling the other where he was going. And for years they lived on like that, separated. Until now, when Noah finally decided to come back home to Blackcreek after more than 10 years. And what better way for them to meet again than for Cooper to accidently hit Noah with his truck. The sudden meet up was too quick for me, it was like those years of separation haven’t happened. But then, maybe that was what the author was going for because in the next few pages it was obvious that these two fell right back to the way they were. Because they were bestfriends and all. So, maybe it was just me. After that the story moved on. Noah just conveniently ended up staying with Cooper for a while and since Cooper has been trying to fix his house, he opted Noah to help him in exchange for his stay. That was all good and all, until Cooper found out that Noah was really gay. The story spiraled down further from that one scene. Every scenario afterwards evolved around how Cooper was trying to cope with knowing that his bestfriend for years back then was now gay. It was refreshing to see a character like Cooper because I believe everyone had been like that at first. Knowing that someone you knew or close with was gay could really juggle up your perspective about them but only in the beginning and that was how Cooper acted. What further complicated the entire story was how Cooper was responding to Noah’s presence as if he too was feeling something he believed that he shouldn’t, that maybe he too was gay. There are other sub plots in the story, including the story behind Noah leaving back then and I think that was a huge part that saved this story. The twists and turns around the ending part of the book was actually well made and could really surprise the readers in the end. But however, I will stick to my beliefs that this book needed something more. Some of the highlight scenes could have been stretched a little more, in order for the readers to really capture the moment while reading. Some of the scenes that should be a heavy read left me asking, “Was that it?” And that’s not a good thing to hear from a reader. But aside from my wining, this book was actually really well made. This book can totally be recommended to those reading MM books for the first time, the newbies readers in this genre. It’s not too heavy and too light, it’s just right smack in the middle. |
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