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Four Corners
by
Kate McMurray (Goodreads Author)
Since childhood, Jake, Adam, Kyle, and Brendan have been teammates, best friends, brothers. Then one day, when they were twenty-five, Adam disappeared without a word, devastating his friends-none more so than Jake, who had secretly loved Adam since they were teenagers.
Now, five years later, Adam is back, and he has his mind set on Jake. But those years of anger, hurt, and...more
Now, five years later, Adam is back, and he has his mind set on Jake. But those years of anger, hurt, and...more
ebook, 220 pages
Published
August 8th 2012
by Dreamspinner Press
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4.5 stars out of 5.0
Three thirty-year-old men in Chicago, who used to be best friends in their childhood baseball days, find their world shaken when Adam the fourth member of their group returns after an unexplained five-year absence, for which they still understandably resent him.
Our first person narrator Jake is gay and has always been in love with Adam. But Adam used to be seriously conflicted about being gay and still seems to be deeply in the closet. When Adam indicates he wants to start...more
Three thirty-year-old men in Chicago, who used to be best friends in their childhood baseball days, find their world shaken when Adam the fourth member of their group returns after an unexplained five-year absence, for which they still understandably resent him.
Our first person narrator Jake is gay and has always been in love with Adam. But Adam used to be seriously conflicted about being gay and still seems to be deeply in the closet. When Adam indicates he wants to start...more
2.5 stars
On the surface, this story has my favorite elements that excite me: (1) best friends turn lovers and (2) reunion of the one that got away. Unfortunately, the story doesn't really work. There are several things that I love and there are that I don't. I will try to be fair and mention them all.
So, on the plus side, I really like the secondary characters, namely Jake's two other best friends. Kyle the oversexual bi-sexual with an adorable daughter a result of one night of passion and Brend...more
On the surface, this story has my favorite elements that excite me: (1) best friends turn lovers and (2) reunion of the one that got away. Unfortunately, the story doesn't really work. There are several things that I love and there are that I don't. I will try to be fair and mention them all.
So, on the plus side, I really like the secondary characters, namely Jake's two other best friends. Kyle the oversexual bi-sexual with an adorable daughter a result of one night of passion and Brend...more
I thought I was going to give this book 5 stars when I started. I got completely suckered in by the excerpt, so I bought it and didn't put it down until I was done. The beginning was great; but, when I got to the end, I felt like I had been waiting for the big climax only for there to not really be one. (view spoiler)...more
Four Corners by Kate McMurray centers on three young men in Chicago who used to be best friends in their childhood baseball days with a fourth guy, Adam, who hurt them badly when he disappeared with no explanation five years ago. The story opens when Adam unexpectedly returns for the funeral of their beloved coach. First-person narrator Jake is shocked to see Adam, and deeply hurt because Jake was in love with him. Five years ago, the two had managed to share a fleeting moment of mutual attracti...more
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4 Stars
A great group of friends Jake, Adam, Kyle, and Brendan have grown up together. Then suddenly Adam changes things. At 25 Adam leaves the close knit group, not to be seen or heard of for 5 years. The only person who has any idea why is Jake; Jake thinks he’s the blame for putting his feelings on Adam but with Adam being gone for 5 years no one really knows but Adam.
Told from Jake’s perspective we see what happens when the love of your...more
4 Stars
A great group of friends Jake, Adam, Kyle, and Brendan have grown up together. Then suddenly Adam changes things. At 25 Adam leaves the close knit group, not to be seen or heard of for 5 years. The only person who has any idea why is Jake; Jake thinks he’s the blame for putting his feelings on Adam but with Adam being gone for 5 years no one really knows but Adam.
Told from Jake’s perspective we see what happens when the love of your...more
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4.5 Kisses
I love a friends-to-lovers themed romance. There’s something very special about watching two people who have always be friends and depended on each others relationship evolve into love and romance. I admit that after I read the blurb to this book, I was pretty excited to read it, so it wasn’t long before I found myself pushing aside my daily chores so I could finish it once I started it. Believe me when I say I wasn’t disappointed. Four Corners i...more
4.5 Kisses
I love a friends-to-lovers themed romance. There’s something very special about watching two people who have always be friends and depended on each others relationship evolve into love and romance. I admit that after I read the blurb to this book, I was pretty excited to read it, so it wasn’t long before I found myself pushing aside my daily chores so I could finish it once I started it. Believe me when I say I wasn’t disappointed. Four Corners i...more
Kate McMurray became a must buy author for me couple of her works ago, so I really should not be surprised that I liked her book so much, but I am surprised nonetheless. I did love the building romance between Jake and Adam, and I loved how the writer makes it so *not* easy for them to reconnect after Adam left and at the same time how she made it so true to who they both were and who they became before they reconnected. I however also liked just as much how the writer showed the non sexual frie...more
A really enjoyable story, dragged down somewhat by sex scenes that veered into purple prose territory for me. I still liked the book very much overall and will definitely be trying other books by the author. Hopefully soon.
It was...quite nice reading a book that didn't have me mentally taking a red pen to it every other page. You get to a point where you can mostly shrug off a smorgasbord of mistakes, as long as the characterization and plotting are working for you, but gosh, leaving the red pen...more
It was...quite nice reading a book that didn't have me mentally taking a red pen to it every other page. You get to a point where you can mostly shrug off a smorgasbord of mistakes, as long as the characterization and plotting are working for you, but gosh, leaving the red pen...more
This book started very promising, I was on team Jake, because Adam seemed to be the idiot who run away from his friends and love interest without reason. So I was feeling with Jake about Adam's sudden appearance, his issues with his sexuality and was wondering why Jake gave in so quickly, truly if he was so hurt, why did he let Adam in his life and bed so easily?
Then came New York and well this turned the whole dynamic, while I disliked Adam at first and the way how he behaved towards Jake in Ne...more
Then came New York and well this turned the whole dynamic, while I disliked Adam at first and the way how he behaved towards Jake in Ne...more
Aug 14, 2012
Lauraadriana
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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So I LOVED this book...Did it annoy me at times? YES it id!! Did I feel like I wanted t sit these boys down and get them to talk because they frustrated me, as it happens in so many gay romances? No, I didn't
Why?...Because I was perfetly happy (if irritated at times) to let them figure it out. This just felt so authentic to me. It just made sense. This relationship was SO complex, so much history and heartache between these two men, that I just truly enjoyed watching them work it out and let t...more
Why?...Because I was perfetly happy (if irritated at times) to let them figure it out. This just felt so authentic to me. It just made sense. This relationship was SO complex, so much history and heartache between these two men, that I just truly enjoyed watching them work it out and let t...more
3.75 stars.
The story is not complex at all - 4 good friends since childhood, two secretly in love with each other; one left and broke the other's heart. Years gone by - he returned, tried to amend...
I went through a bit of roller coaster ride when I read this book. From finding it engaging to a bit "what more to say now?" in the middle, to finally appreciate the story. Not that it is anywhere an angsty intense story - far from it - it's actually a quiet portray of friendship and growing up. To...more
The story is not complex at all - 4 good friends since childhood, two secretly in love with each other; one left and broke the other's heart. Years gone by - he returned, tried to amend...
I went through a bit of roller coaster ride when I read this book. From finding it engaging to a bit "what more to say now?" in the middle, to finally appreciate the story. Not that it is anywhere an angsty intense story - far from it - it's actually a quiet portray of friendship and growing up. To...more
It was a well written story.
I find that Jake seems to take things way too personal whenever he talked to Adam. I supposed Ms. McMurray intended for Jake to be the nice guy but way he kept thinking that Adam's behavior or way to live means he didn't think Jake was good enough made me think of Jake as rather self-centered. Especially when Adam was simply *telling* Jake what happened and didn't asked for opinion.
Perhaps it stemmed from the feeling of being abandoned.
On reflection, Adam also have a...more
I find that Jake seems to take things way too personal whenever he talked to Adam. I supposed Ms. McMurray intended for Jake to be the nice guy but way he kept thinking that Adam's behavior or way to live means he didn't think Jake was good enough made me think of Jake as rather self-centered. Especially when Adam was simply *telling* Jake what happened and didn't asked for opinion.
Perhaps it stemmed from the feeling of being abandoned.
On reflection, Adam also have a...more
Still thinking on the rating....
I really have enjoyed the last few McMurray books I've read and was anxious for this book. As with authors I enjoy, it doesn't always mean I like all their books, some I love, some I don't like...just happens sometimes.
This story didn't work for me. It had the components that I normally love (friends to lovers, coming together after a long separation), but the story was flat for me and very repetitive in the beginning. I just couldn't believe the story...there wer...more
I really have enjoyed the last few McMurray books I've read and was anxious for this book. As with authors I enjoy, it doesn't always mean I like all their books, some I love, some I don't like...just happens sometimes.
This story didn't work for me. It had the components that I normally love (friends to lovers, coming together after a long separation), but the story was flat for me and very repetitive in the beginning. I just couldn't believe the story...there wer...more
If I had written this at the halfway mark it would have been 3 stars. The chopping around with the timeline wasn't working for me, and both guys needed a smack on the head every now and then; but at the end of the book I just loved it. 5 star kinda love! Kate layers her stories so beautifully, I love all her works. In this one she highlighted beautifully how different a path can be, to what is ultimately the same destination - not a right one, nor a wrong one - just different. I loved it. Loved...more
4.5 Kisses
I love a friends-to-lovers themed romance. There’s something very special about watching two people who have always be friends and depended on each others relationship evolve into love and romance. I admit that after I read the blurb to this book, I was pretty excited to read it, so it wasn’t long before I found myself pushing aside my daily chores so I could finish it once I started it. Believe me when I say I wasn’t disappointed. Four Corners immediately swept me up into the lives of...more
I love a friends-to-lovers themed romance. There’s something very special about watching two people who have always be friends and depended on each others relationship evolve into love and romance. I admit that after I read the blurb to this book, I was pretty excited to read it, so it wasn’t long before I found myself pushing aside my daily chores so I could finish it once I started it. Believe me when I say I wasn’t disappointed. Four Corners immediately swept me up into the lives of...more
I really enjoyed this book. It had a good storyline and I could really empathize with the feelings of both the lead characters. It was hard to decide who to side with. It was pretty slow reading because it lacked a lot of excitement but in the end the story made up for that. Kate is such a good writer if you're in the mood for something emotional.
Grade: C-
A no-go on this one too. The writing mechanics are good (sometimes really good), but I found the high school flashbacks to be really intrusive, the present-day interactions were repetitive, and Jake (The One Who Stayed) was a whiny, self-...more
I didn’t want his words to make my heart soar. I didn’t want my skin to tingle where his palms rested. I didn’t want to get aroused by the way he smelled. I didn’t want the proximity of our bodies to make me shiver. All of those things happened anyway.
A no-go on this one too. The writing mechanics are good (sometimes really good), but I found the high school flashbacks to be really intrusive, the present-day interactions were repetitive, and Jake (The One Who Stayed) was a whiny, self-...more
I liked this one The story itself was well written, I enjoyed the way the author took us back and forth between past and present. The beginning started out really well. I kept waiting for this spark to happen between the two MC's Jake and Adam, but it never happened. On more than one occasion I was annoyed with them. If there was chemistry there I didn't feel it.
I'll admit that I was a little let down by this one. Not really sure why, but I was left with a slightly unsatisfied feeling at the end of it all. It was a nice, friends to lovers story, with some conflict that had to be resolved and secrets that needed to be revealed. Maybe it's because it had the potential to be great, to be so much more than was delivered which let me down. I truly don't know. I did feel the epilogue was rushed; tacked on almost to give the reader the required HEA that is nee...more
Oct 29, 2012
Hearts On Fire Reviews
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Reviewed by:Kevin
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
3.5 stars. Well written but not entirely comfortable to read, kind of like being a guest at a dinner party where the hosts have a big argument. I loved the friends-to-lovers angle, but as late as 90% into the story, I wasn't convinced that this couple would last. Thankfully, it all worked out (believably so, I thought), and I loved the epilogue.
Aug 09, 2012
jules0623
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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first-times,
friends-to-lovers,
friends-with-benefits,
homophobia,
in-the-closet,
long-distance-love,
relationship-m-m,
public-sex-or-exhibitionism,
religious-themes,
talk-of-or-scenes-depicting-suicide,
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Kate McMurray is a nonfiction editor. Also, she is crafty (mostly knitting and sewing, but she also wields power tools), she plays the violin, and she dabbles in various other pursuits. She’s maybe a tiny bit obsessed with baseball. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with a presumptuous cat.
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