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Angels on Top (Toowoomba Boys #1)
by
N.J. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
All Marlowe wants to do is find his place in the world with someone to love. Someone who sees just who he is.
Thrown out of home for not conforming to his family wishes, Angelo heads to the one place he knows he will be welcome with open arms.
With a little help from their family and friends can Angelo and Marlowe figure out just who is stalking Marlowe before Christmas morn...more
Thrown out of home for not conforming to his family wishes, Angelo heads to the one place he knows he will be welcome with open arms.
With a little help from their family and friends can Angelo and Marlowe figure out just who is stalking Marlowe before Christmas morn...more
ebook, 85 pages
Published
December 9th 2011
by MLR Press
(first published December 7th 2011)
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Jan 12, 2012
Erica Pike
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People who want realism in their books
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*Gasp* I thought I'd reviewed this already. I guess it's lost somewhere on my computer...
Anyway, N.J. Nielsen is a breath of fresh air in gay literature. Her writing is fun and her characters, plots and twists are unique. Just what us avid readers are looking for, right? Damn right!
What I like about this story is that the characters are not the typical characters in gay romances. They feel very real and they have lives outside the romance itself. There are also more than just the two characters....more
Anyway, N.J. Nielsen is a breath of fresh air in gay literature. Her writing is fun and her characters, plots and twists are unique. Just what us avid readers are looking for, right? Damn right!
What I like about this story is that the characters are not the typical characters in gay romances. They feel very real and they have lives outside the romance itself. There are also more than just the two characters....more
This review was originally written for The Romance Reviews and can also be found there.
Another short Christmas story with wonderful characters and plotting friends was just what I needed. They made me laugh, made me sad and by the last sentence I was rather happy for having read this book.
Marlowe is a man who just wants to be loved by that special someone. So when Angelo, his new neighbor, drops in on his birthday party and sweeps him off his feet he can't help it but fall for a straight guy.
Th...more
Another short Christmas story with wonderful characters and plotting friends was just what I needed. They made me laugh, made me sad and by the last sentence I was rather happy for having read this book.
Marlowe is a man who just wants to be loved by that special someone. So when Angelo, his new neighbor, drops in on his birthday party and sweeps him off his feet he can't help it but fall for a straight guy.
Th...more
This is a dumb and poorly written, but still kinda cute, GFY story about discovering love during Christmas in Australia. The first MC, Marlowe, is a flamer and often quite the drama queen. Over the course of the story he deals with not one but TWO stalkers, misguided relatives and friends, and a new best friend -- Angelo -- who keeps insisting that he's NOT GAY. In capital letters. With exclamation points.
In addition to clunky dialog and bad prose, this little story is also saddled with Evil Ho...more
In addition to clunky dialog and bad prose, this little story is also saddled with Evil Ho...more
Is it weird if I say that there is so much going on here, the story is so busy (I think there's uhm, first introduction as friends, a guy who stalks but end up being quite good, another stalk that ends up not as it seems, I think there's sex ....) but I still think it's an okay one?
Yes, I feel my eyes rolling with so many things being cramped into one place. Many plots that being introduced but the quickly dissolved and going nowhere ... but I don't dislike/hate these guys.
Plus since the serie...more
Yes, I feel my eyes rolling with so many things being cramped into one place. Many plots that being introduced but the quickly dissolved and going nowhere ... but I don't dislike/hate these guys.
Plus since the serie...more
I would give this book 3.5 but have rounded it up to 4.
Marlowe is 21 and Angelo is 18, and atraight. The story deals with how they get together. The main thing that kept me reading this book are the characters. Marlowe, despite the crying is a likeable character, and Angelo at 18 is just coming into adulthood and exploring his first real relationship.
The supporting characters were likeable if a little scatty and crazy (re: the stalker issue!)
Marlowe is 21 and Angelo is 18, and atraight. The story deals with how they get together. The main thing that kept me reading this book are the characters. Marlowe, despite the crying is a likeable character, and Angelo at 18 is just coming into adulthood and exploring his first real relationship.
The supporting characters were likeable if a little scatty and crazy (re: the stalker issue!)
I HAD to read this book - I'm from Toowoomba! Every other book I've seen based in Toowoomba is non-fiction, most likely agricultural. Couldn't resist...
The storyline had promise but I feel the writer has yet to mature and work out how to pull characters and plot together effectively. It felt jerky and disjointed; incomplete in terms of style and flow.
The storyline had promise but I feel the writer has yet to mature and work out how to pull characters and plot together effectively. It felt jerky and disjointed; incomplete in terms of style and flow.
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This book is fun, if you don't take it too seriously. There is a lot going on, and was at times a bit busy for me, and Marlowe's crying and Angelo running hot and cold was a bit much to take.
Angelo's parents are over the top and I try to remember the MC's are 21 and 18, so i suspended disbelief and just went along for the ride.
Angelo's parents are over the top and I try to remember the MC's are 21 and 18, so i suspended disbelief and just went along for the ride.
3.5 stars for me. I enjoyed this...thought it was light, fun to read, and one of the better holiday stories I've recently read.
see my review on my blog: http://smoochersvoice.blogspot.com
Quick read--love the story--look forward to more stories by N.J.
A good short story - GFY themed...
Cute short story
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Jun 30, 2012
Fehu
marked it as to-read
I'll have to come back to this one, now I'm simply not in the mood for a Christmas story. :)
Aug 01, 2012
Raevyn
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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I loved Marlowe! This really was a sweet story - I cried, I laughed, I awwwed many times and I really wanted to smack the friends a few times.
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NicStar ~ Because two men are better than one!
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Noughty
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NJ, is just an ordinary person that has a million stories in her head that she needs to get out and share with the world. I began writing at the age of Twelve with a book Called Admetus Gaea-Untamed World... which I have only recently just found and am almost finished writing it.
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