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Quiet and imaginative, Derek O'Reilly spends a lot of time watching a movie in his head. His fiancé Nathan wonders why Derek hasn't taken any interest in their wedding planning, and Aunt Fran -- his spiritual guru -- would like to know when her guilt-tripping nephew became a kept boy. When she drops Derek's childhood journal on his lap, he's forced to remember the name he's been trying to forget since he was twelve years old. Nicolai Lund.

Nick was Derek's neighbor ... and first love.

Weeks before Derek's engagement party, a chance meeting with Nick catapults Derek into the past. But Nick isn't that seventeen-year-old rebel anymore. He's a man hardened by invisible scars. A man struggling with grief.

As Derek reads through his childhood diary, he realizes what Nick was to him, still is today, and yet might be ...

This edition has been expanded and substantially edited.

296 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 12, 2011

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Mel Bossa

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I think I've written and changed my bio on here a hundred times in the last decade. See, that's why I don't have tattoos!

I've been a GR for over ten years and I still use it daily to keep up with my reading and to learn about books, old and new ones, but more importantly, because as I grow older and hopefully wiser, I realize that readers are my favorite type of people. They seem to be a little more empathetic and open-minded, and generally more cultivated.

If you look at my shelves, you'll see that I used to read about 70 books a year but in the last years, I've grown more selective and take my time with my lovers, ahem, books.

Yes, I am also a LGBTQ writer and Francophone Montrealer.

I cherish my readers, and want to take this space here to thank you all personally for reading and reviewing my books. You make reality tolerable like a good class of wine.

May your life be blessed.



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June 13, 2016
Sinceramente, no sé qué puntuación poner a este libro... Ando ahí, ahí, entre el tres y el cuatro.

Lo que no me ha gustado:

Esa portada... Horror del averno... No creo que el que la eligió haya leído el libro, porque no da ni la más remota idea de lo que te vas a encontrar en sus páginas... Cuando la veo pienso en un flyer para una disco de mazaos...

El personaje de Nathan: No porque sea un cretino (lo es), sino porque me ha parecido un personaje muy plano y porque en general encuentro un recurso facilón presentar al tercero en discordia como un capullo integral... Entonces, ¿Por qué está Derek con él? No se entiende del todo.

El romance: Me ha dejado bastante fría, tanta anticipación, tanta acumulación de sentimientos (tanto en el plano emocional como en el sexual) y cuando los protagonistas se encuentran finalmente... o.O Pinchada de globo.
En lo emocional, porque me han faltado momentos entre los protagonistas, no he llegado a vivir su historia, ni a creérmela del todo... Y en lo sexual porque, chica, después de acompañar a Derek en sus calentones y temblores de rodillas Y que conste que no tengo ningún problema con que no haya escenas de sexo en los libros, pero en este caso concreto, como que no me cuadra.

A pesar de todo, he de decir que el libro, en general, me ha gustado. Me ha atrapado la forma de narrar de la autora, lo he devorado y he evadido mis obligaciones para seguir con la historia de Derek y Nick. Sobre todo, ha conseguido transmitirme los sentimientos de Derek de manera eficaz en todo momento.

Veo que en mi reseña ocupa mucho más espacio la parte negativa, y siento que estoy siendo algo injusta porque me ha parecido, a pesar de todo, una buena lectura, especialmente las partes en el pasado. El presente y la resolución del romance es lo que no ha acabado de funcionar para mí.
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