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railway1721 's review for:
One-Touch Pass
by J.J. Mulder
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“Any horniness on my part is completely your fault,” I tell him around a mouthful of crab rangoon.
“What did I do?”
“Exist.”
Plot: 4/5
Spice: 2.5/5 (this isn't bad, like the ACE rep book, this made sense and didn't detract)
Characters: 5/5
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Overall reco:
I did not think it was possible to like a pair more than Max and Luke, and while I'm not really sure that I do, Marcos and Nate are so damn close to them. These 4 are my babies. I love them. I will protect them.
First, as someone who grew up around horses (jumpers mostly, thought I was around a lot of barrel racers surprisingly) the horse parts of the book felt spot on and it felt so good for someone to get things right. Especially the thing with Annabelle. You have no idea how many times-Sorry, ranting about people buying the wrong horse for their kids is a hot button issue
Anyway, JJ Mulder has this way of writing trauma that I just love. The development of that and really showing how it affected the characters. The self doubt on both sides that comes from that. I was so impressed (not that I expected them to write about it poorly) but, just like with Max, we really got a sense of the anguish it caused. Not just the immediate pain but the long lasting after effects. The questions that never get a good answer. The ways that you don't expect it to manifest, and how, as a partner, you work through that.
I know in the past I've complained about how JJ Mulder doesn't wrap up stories in a way that leaves me feeling satisfied, needing to know where the characters go. This one felt much better at the end. I still am not ready to be done with them, but this time the story felt like it ended at a point that I felt good about.
In the end, I loved this. I will scream about this book to anyone that listens.
Spice: 2.5/5 (this isn't bad, like the ACE rep book, this made sense and didn't detract)
Characters: 5/5
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Overall reco:
I did not think it was possible to like a pair more than Max and Luke, and while I'm not really sure that I do, Marcos and Nate are so damn close to them. These 4 are my babies. I love them. I will protect them.
First, as someone who grew up around horses (jumpers mostly, thought I was around a lot of barrel racers surprisingly) the horse parts of the book felt spot on and it felt so good for someone to get things right. Especially the thing with Annabelle. You have no idea how many times-Sorry, ranting about people buying the wrong horse for their kids is a hot button issue
Anyway, JJ Mulder has this way of writing trauma that I just love. The development of that and really showing how it affected the characters. The self doubt on both sides that comes from that. I was so impressed (not that I expected them to write about it poorly) but, just like with Max, we really got a sense of the anguish it caused. Not just the immediate pain but the long lasting after effects. The questions that never get a good answer. The ways that you don't expect it to manifest, and how, as a partner, you work through that.
I know in the past I've complained about how JJ Mulder doesn't wrap up stories in a way that leaves me feeling satisfied, needing to know where the characters go. This one felt much better at the end. I still am not ready to be done with them, but this time the story felt like it ended at a point that I felt good about.
In the end, I loved this. I will scream about this book to anyone that listens.
I’ll sleep in a damn hazmat suit if that’s what it takes to keep him next to me.