GP: Garoto de Programa

by Jean de Helegh

You have only one first time; may as well make it something to write home about. Until Rio happened, Aleks had always been under the impression that he was perfectly contented with his comfortable, predictable London life. But an afternoon at Farme is all it takes for everything to change. That’s where he meets Jay, the energetic young carioca who charms him out of his routine and into a carnival adventure he won’t soon forget—if he can just manage to remember what happened before his girlfriend arrives to bail him out… GP takes a salacious splash along that infamous stretch of Ipanema Beach—Farme de Amoedo—where gringos and locals spend their days (and nights) criss-crossing the lines between gay and straight, attraction and exploitation, seduction and saudade.

Genres: Bisexual

57 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 3, 2016

About the author

I'm a first-time author and a complete goodreads virgin. I apologise in advance for any stepping on of toes while I frantically try to learn the dance moves ;)

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars for the writing and effort.

I neither connected with the MCs nor did I care for them. What I liked was the good writing. Though I think the book could have benefited from better editing.

Only one example among too many others:

After showering and changing, and a bit more sulking, she finally chilled out enough to agree to be taken to Amazônia Soul, which was, after all, the first spot on her on her original list, (…)


And I wanted to tell the main protag to tone down his tsk tsk tsk.

All in all, I'm interested to read more by this author, preferably a full-length novel, even though this short story didn't particularly rock my book world.