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The Birches
by
Xavier Axelson (Goodreads Author)
Perfection isn’t everything, although it’s everything Leo wants. His desire to become the perfect chef may keep him at the top of his class, but it drives his friends and family crazy while keeping love and passion on the back burner.That is until he meets Dock, owner and chef of the new and popular restaurant, The Birches. Although Dock isn’t a trained chef, Leo finds the...more
Kindle Edition, 64 pages
Published
October 24th 2011
by Seventh Window Publications
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I started out by saying that this was my first experience with an M/M book. It was just like reading a romance book, just imagining the characters being both male, and it wasn't hard to get into. I would assume its harder for M/Ms to hook up, which may have accounted for part of the anger in our main character Leo. Leo is going to a fancy cooking school, to learn the in and outs of how to be a gourmet chef. His creations are beautiful and he follows the recipes right down to the precise measurem...more
Nov 29, 2011
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The Birches is all about pleasure: the pleasure of food, the pleasure of sex and yes, the pleasure of simple things. Leo has not a bad life, he has the support of his father following his dream of being a chef, the right teachings he received from his mother, good memories about his life as a teenager; sure now his mother is dead, and maybe not having had the chance to prove to her he was able to reach that dream is still something that weight on his heart; plus his father is following in love w...more
Three and a half stars
This was frustrating on so many levels, I’m literally wanting to cry that I couldn’t give this a higher rating. The author is completely capable of a five star. The characters are well rounded and imperfect which was a nice change of pace and the plot itself, while not untried, was anything but stale. The writing style was so simple but utterly lovely.
So why didn’t it get a higher rating? First there is the fact that they just started to get to know each other and don’t...more
This was frustrating on so many levels, I’m literally wanting to cry that I couldn’t give this a higher rating. The author is completely capable of a five star. The characters are well rounded and imperfect which was a nice change of pace and the plot itself, while not untried, was anything but stale. The writing style was so simple but utterly lovely.
So why didn’t it get a higher rating? First there is the fact that they just started to get to know each other and don’t...more
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So why didn’t it get a higher rating? First there is the fact that they just started to get to know each other and don’t really know enough about each other but bam they are having unsafe sex. It threw me out of the story which is such a freaking shame as I mentioned above that I do love the author’s writing style. I kept thinking, um if Dock is that experienced let’s hope he wrapped it up with the other men or otherwise the sex better be to D...more
So why didn’t it get a higher rating? First there is the fact that they just started to get to know each other and don’t really know enough about each other but bam they are having unsafe sex. It threw me out of the story which is such a freaking shame as I mentioned above that I do love the author’s writing style. I kept thinking, um if Dock is that experienced let’s hope he wrapped it up with the other men or otherwise the sex better be to D...more
C+
As was stated in other reviews, there wasn't much connect between the characters. A longer novel may have straightened (lol) some of these issues out. Still a decent read.
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About Xavier Axelson: Xavier Axelson is a writer and columnist living in Los Angeles.
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