If Amazon only allowed 10 books on a Kindle at one time then Ash Penn's books would be included and never removed.There is something about the way she writes that's fresh and just does it for me in spades. I love the way she produces emotional, funny - verging on sarcastic character driven novels that portray her protags warts n' all. Love them or not( the characters I mean) you will always leave her books feeling that you have been witness to a slice of real life, like being a fly on the wall! More...

When Louis meets an attractive younger man, he’s faced with the tough choice of either giving up his dead lover’s ghost or clinging to the past. It’s been two years since Carter died and since then Louis has had a relationship with a very realistic, talkative ghost. They can’t have sex but nothing else seems to have changed. Louis is determined to keep Carter’s spirit alive until he’s confronted by a very real, very sexy bartender that forces Louis to face reality. In the midst of his mother’s f More...

2.5 stars

Although Passing Time is definitely a romance, I found it rather depressing. The main character is well crafted and comes across as fully complex and deeply flawed. His struggle with letting his dead lover go takes up the majority of the story and focus. His sexual affair with a younger man is supposed to draw Louis back into the world of the living and it does to some extent. Unfortunately I found the ending to be pretty depressing and sad despite the slight sense of hope amid the rea More...

Louis Duncan and Jake Harvey couldn't be more different. One is older and jaded, the other is young and filled with hope. One sees his life as having happened, the other sees his life ahead of him. The list goes on. Once again, author Ash Penn has provided us with a story in which her protagonists live the imperfect lives of real people. And like real people, they struggle with obstacles in order to discover who they really are…and what they truly want.

At the beginning of the story, we meet Loui More...

"Passing Time" is the story of a man who has given up. He dwells in the memory of the lover he lost, and has come home to provide what little comfort he can to his dying mother.
From the unlikliest of places, a new man enters his life, and refuses to believe Louis can't love again.
"Passing Time" is a story of hope, love, and finding reasons to live again.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and continue to look forward to more of Ms Penn's work.

This story is a bit sad. Louis is a bit to tragic, serious hermit of a character. I liked him overall. Jake is a man who knows what he wants and isn't shy to go after it. I enjoyed this cat and mouse game, but for my taste their relationship developed to fast. But overall it was an enjoyable story.

痛みを抱えた中年男とめげない若い男というシチュは大好きですが、ちょっと流れにぎこちなさが目立った感あり。
死んだ恋人の幽霊とかもいい味だしてると思うけど、やっぱりしっくり収まらずに違和感が残ったなー。

2.5 stars. Ok m/m romance about a guy who's back in England after 20 years because his mother's in a coma and dying. He hooks up with a college student and keeps his emotions at bay by talking to his dead lover. This just never came together for me, particularly the whole ghost/dead lover thing.

This was sweet..... But I find I. Not a fan of the who.e interacting with the dead partner will your current partner is sleeping in the bed. Also the ending? It wasmt an ending more like a middle that got cut off.

This is my least favourite of Ash Penn's stories, but it still gets 4 stars so hey, that says something, right?

As always, beautifully written, with believable (not always particularly loveable) characters. Jake was pretty cute and he put up with a lot from Louis, but I just didn't feel quite as much connection between the characters as I usually do from Ash Penn.

It's pretty much a 3.5* rating from me, but bumped up to 4* for having the balls to tackle that most taboo subject amongst writers: a c More...

I really enjoyed this, I love the authors voice and the sparseness of the prose and emotional impact of the story. It's a little different and quite an authentic voice. I like this author muchly.

I admit, I'm a sucker for an interesting ghost character.