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Chase of a Lifetime (Chase Series #1)
by
Ryan Field (Goodreads Author)
When Jim Darling graduates from Princeton and goes back home to Texas, he dreads everything ahead of him. He’s almost twenty-one years old, still in the closet, and has never been with a man. Though his father wants him to go to law school so he can join him in his law firm, it’s the last thing Jim wants to do.
On Jim’s first night home, during his college graduation party...more
On Jim’s first night home, during his college graduation party...more
ebook, 200 pages
Published
April 3rd 2012
by Amazon Kindle
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Collage graduate, Jim Darling, has returned home to Texas from Princeton, confused and conflicted, the weight of the world on his shoulders as he grapples with not only the fact he has to tell his father that he doesn't want to follow in the ol' man’s footsteps, go to law school and join the family law firm, but also that he’s a gay.
Jim has never been with a man, but he knows he’s gay. On his first night home, he spots his best friend’s father, the strikingly handsome, youthful and rugged cowbo...more
Jim has never been with a man, but he knows he’s gay. On his first night home, he spots his best friend’s father, the strikingly handsome, youthful and rugged cowbo...more
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OK I read a lot of good things about this book but for me it really didn't do anything for me. I found the constant reminder that he was doing his best friends dad was annoying and the first time they are alone together was completely cringe worthy, creepy almost with how he was coming on to Jim. I found I really didn't care if they never saw each other again and Jim was the most annoying man with his sentences starting with 'ah well' and as for t...more
OK I read a lot of good things about this book but for me it really didn't do anything for me. I found the constant reminder that he was doing his best friends dad was annoying and the first time they are alone together was completely cringe worthy, creepy almost with how he was coming on to Jim. I found I really didn't care if they never saw each other again and Jim was the most annoying man with his sentences starting with 'ah well' and as for t...more
I decided to get this one when I read the blurb of a guy getting together with a neighbor and his dad's best friend. I just knew that would make for a dramatic read even if nothing else even happened. And, yes, this one had that 'can't end well edge of disaster' feel through much of the story when I was just waiting for the secrets to come out.
But it wasn't just about the drama of clandestine romance. This is told from a first person perspective of a guy who, yes he has just finished college, bu...more
But it wasn't just about the drama of clandestine romance. This is told from a first person perspective of a guy who, yes he has just finished college, bu...more
"Chase of a Lifetime" by Ryan Field is a wonderfully sweet and sexy May and December romance story.
Jim comes home from college and has never really come out and confided in anyone that he is gay. He believes it is a terrible and horrible secret, which will devastate his family. Then as a shock he meets an older man, Len, with ironically the same problem but in a more complicated sense.
Will Jim finally get the life and peace he wants?
MY THOUGHTS
"Chase of a Lifetime" was well-written, and I loved...more
I am not sure how to review this book because I'm not sure how I feel about it after reading it....So many things were good but equally, many things annoyed me.
Jim is a 21 year old college graduate. He has known he is gay for forever but is yet to admit this to anyone. He returns home for the summer to think about what he wants to do now and where he is going in his life. He is unsure of how to go forward both in his personal as well as his professional life. His parents hold a graduation party...more
Jim is a 21 year old college graduate. He has known he is gay for forever but is yet to admit this to anyone. He returns home for the summer to think about what he wants to do now and where he is going in his life. He is unsure of how to go forward both in his personal as well as his professional life. His parents hold a graduation party...more
I'm kind of at a loss on how to review this. On one hand, I love the older/younger man theme. On the other, I had a problem with one of the main characters.
Jim is an almost 21 year old college graduate. He's gay and deep in the closet. He comes home to Texas from Princeton and is faced with his parents and the confusion of where he is going with his life... personally and professionally. His former best friend's dad, Len (who is married), is at a graduation party given in Jim's honor. Len pretty...more
Jim is an almost 21 year old college graduate. He's gay and deep in the closet. He comes home to Texas from Princeton and is faced with his parents and the confusion of where he is going with his life... personally and professionally. His former best friend's dad, Len (who is married), is at a graduation party given in Jim's honor. Len pretty...more
This book had the potential to be so good. I really liked the story line and the characters were very intriguing. Unfortunately the dialogue was so stilted and the sex scenes so emotionless it completely ruined it for me. Jim is a young gay man who doesn't know for certain he is gay until he encounters his best friend's father after his graduation party. The way Len comes onto Jim is ridiculous with Jim's reactions bordering on juvenile. I almost stopped reading that early in the book but my cur...more
This is the second inter-generational story I have read this week and I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed this one. The writing was terrific and the characterisations were believable. My main problem really was the sleazy nature of Len when he first appears in the novel - I doubt even a naive 21 year old would have been enticed into a liaison of any description with that approach. Otherwise the developing story between Jim and Len is thoroughly believable as both are in the closet and not wa...more
at the moment I have to put this down and maybe come back to it later. The story so far is not appealing to me. It is a older man-younger man story, but I am only about 1/3 of the way into it and it is creeping me out. Because the 21 year old college graduate is so naive and innocent it is like reading about a 15 year old. Then his friend's dad is hitting on him and trying to seduce him and he is not getting it so it only adds to the weirdness. Could not get past that. Maybe I will try this agai...more
I read one third of it and I doubt the rest could get better: stereotypes, repetitions, typos (for ex. naval for navel), the absolutely creepy and stupid way Len is coming on to Jim the first time, illogical things: 21 years old Jim thinks that Len is 49 years old, finds out Len is only 37 and one sentence later he compliments him for looking even younger than 37.
I don't put this under DNF because I prefer that my friends with the same taste as me see my opinion about it.
I don't put this under DNF because I prefer that my friends with the same taste as me see my opinion about it.
Hmm. Not as good as the synopsis led me to believe. I do have the second book, but right now, think I will save it for another time. There was alot of sex, which usually doesn't put me off, but something about the main character seemed too sheltered and 'little-boy' like for ny comfort. His narrative sounded more like a teen-ager to me than a 21-year-old. A bit of a disappointment, but it was a free-read.
While I did enjoy the story in whole, there were a few areas in the biginning were I felt like the story dragged a little. Some a lot of Jim's actions and reactions to Len's advances in the biginning were a little too unrealistic and innocent to me. But once the story moved past the first night it improved greatly, I was truly captivated with it and found it very hard to put down.
This book really disappointed me. The plot is flat, and it never gets that spark that makes a M/M or any romance work. I have read books from this author before that are well thought out and with much better chemistry. This story I would skip, it lacks connection, it was like I was reading a story instead of being inside the story experiencing it with the characters.
Such a let down. I was looking forward to reading this book and feel cheated out of what could have been a great story.
The typos drove me crazy.
Len disgusted me in the first scene with Jim. How could Jim have been so completely clueless, scared, and nervous at first and yet he'd had such a vivid fantasy life and spent the last four years jackin' off with huge toys.
Then the term submissive was used a couple of times and I didn't think Jum was submissive - he just fell for every taunt Len threw...more
The typos drove me crazy.
Len disgusted me in the first scene with Jim. How could Jim have been so completely clueless, scared, and nervous at first and yet he'd had such a vivid fantasy life and spent the last four years jackin' off with huge toys.
Then the term submissive was used a couple of times and I didn't think Jum was submissive - he just fell for every taunt Len threw...more
I became quite frustrated with the characters in this book while reading it.
Spoilers...
Could Jim really be that naive? Could Len really be that self centered & manipulative? While the sex scenes were hot, they seemed empty of meaning. I really didn't like Len at all in this book.
Spoilers...
Could Jim really be that naive? Could Len really be that self centered & manipulative? While the sex scenes were hot, they seemed empty of meaning. I really didn't like Len at all in this book.
This short book was available free today. The story started well but I found the scene where Mr Mayfield was hitting on Jim to be a bit silly and Jim's responses quite immature. However, as their relationship evolved, I actually started liking Len Mayfield. A nice short freebie read.
I cannot deal with the ridiculous dialogue. "Oh Mr. Mayfield, you have an erection! Please put away your penis. This is so wrong." "You are just so adorable and handsome Jim" WTF! Am I reading a historical from the 40's and no one told me? Is Jim 12 or 21? Grrrrrr!
glad this was free because i wouldn't have wanted to pay for it. did not like either of the main characters--one was whiny, the other manipulative and, at first, downright creepy. the characters improved a little bit as the story went along, but still, not a keeper.
I'm not sure what this book was trying to do, but it was a very bad version of the movie The Graduate. It was just awful. Creepy older guy perving on a younger man who used to be his son's best friend. Icky sex scenes that were not sexy at all and WTF ending.
1.5 stars. There were several times that I considered not finishing this book, but continued to the end. I instantly disliked Les and found him very sleezy from the beginning and my opinion did not change throughout the book. I don't have a problem with age differences in m/m romances, but the relationship between Jim and Les just did not work for me and at times seemed kinda creepy. Unfortunately, this book was just not right for me.
I liked this story, it had had me from the beginning. I'm not sure if there is going to be a squeal but I would love to see what happens to Len and Jim after so many changes in their relationship.
Jan 19, 2013
Hearts On Fire Reviews
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Reviewed by: Jon Michaelsen
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Rated: 5 hearts
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Genre: M/M Contemporary
Rated: 5 hearts
Check out the review at: Hearts On Fire Reviews
Finished reading it and it was wonderful, heartbreaking in places and shed more than my fair share of tears. So glad they finally got what they wanted in the end!
I enjoyed the story but I thought an epilogue would have been nice to round off the story and let us know how things were going with all the changes for Len and Jim.
it was okay but not that believable and very insta lovey
the main character was the saving grace for me at least
the main character was the saving grace for me at least
Seriously uncomfortable with how directly the author lifted dialogue and plot from The Graduate. Not cool.
Self-published and sounds like it. Not horrible. Definitely has a m/m Mrs. Robinson theme.
Dec 16, 2012
Lillian Francis
marked it as to-read
Wow, there's some seriously differing reviews for this.
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Apr 08, 2012
Laura M
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Laura M by:
Michele Montgomery
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Ryan Field is a gay fiction writer who has worked in many areas of publishing for the past 20 years. He's the author of the bestselling "Virgin Billionaire" series and the short story, "Down the Basement," which was included in the Lambda Award winning anthology titled "Best Gay Erotica 2009." Though not always, he sometimes writes gay parodies of *straight* mainstream fiction/films in the same wa...more
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“You’re nothing but an aging sad cliché and I don’t want any part of it anymore. You’ll wind up right here, in a room just like this, twenty years from now paying for what I’ve been giving you for free from someone even younger than I am right now. Only you’ll be twenty years older and nothing more than a broken down image of the man you used to be. Good luck with that.”
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