Slings and Arrows (Petit Morts, #2) in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

May 30, 2010 Tara rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2010, mystery-suspense, m-m, paranormal-romance, romance-contemporary, things-that-go-grr-arg-in-the-night

This book is many things and it was my first Josh Lanyon book. It was also the second book in the Petit Morts series.

The story takes place at a college. There is Carey, boy that is not only smart (he's an anthropology major), but he is athletic (he's on the swim team), and he's a nice guy as well. His roommate leaves much to be desired (not uncommon among college roommates), so he spends time with the guys next door, Heath and Ben. Ben is also an anthropology major, so when Carey receives a box ...more

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Feb 27, 2010 Elisa Rolle added it

It’s common knowledge that I like college boys, they are always so cute, and the two in this novella are even cuter in their indecision, typically of an age that is not meat or fish, when you are on the edge of becoming the man you will be.

Carey is an average student, not particularly clever so that, he is doing good in College, but he needs to work a lot for it, he has good friends, he is on the swim team, he is not a nerd but he is not even a jock, he is cute but not drop dead gorgeous, and s It’s common knowledge that I like college boys, they are always so cute, and the two in this novella are even cuter in their indecision, typically of an age that is not meat or fish, when you are on the edge of becoming the man you will be.

Carey is an average student, not particularly clever so that, he is doing good in College, but he needs to work a lot for it, he has good friends, he is on the swim team, he is not a nerd but he is not even a jock, he is cute but not drop dead gorgeous, and so he basically has to be committed on what he does. Then to this average guy happens something unexpected, two days before Valentine’s Day he receives a box of expensive chocolate from a Secret Admirer. He has not idea who he or she is, but he would like for it to be Walter, the TA of one of his college courses: Walter is the odd one, aloof and seldom smiling, he is not even so handsome, but love is blind, and he is the one Carey is in love with. Maybe pushed by the search of this Secret Admirer, or maybe by the love is in the air feeling near Valentine’s Day, Carey has the courage to approach Walter, and surprisingly Walter seems to reciprocate the interest. But Carey and Walter are so young and insecure, that when one offers a way out to the other, fearing the other wants it, but hoping he doesn’t take the chance, the other thinks the same… it’s like a pull and push, like pulling the stone and hiding the hand, sometime I wanted to knock them on the head to make them see the true, but in the end, they were so endearing and sweet.

I have already noticed it in the recent past, but here even more than before, I had the feeling that Josh Lanyon was really writing a true to good romance, even the little “mystery” of the Secret Admirer is really nothing in comparison to the love story between Walter and Carey. And despite their insecurity when dealing with feelings and the awkwardness when they have to admit them, sex instead is easy and nice, as it should be at their age.

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Jun 21, 2010 Merith rated it really liked it

In this new series combining two of my favorite authors (Josh Lanyon and Jordan Castillo Price), I can see so many wonderfully delicious bites of decadence coming from both of them.

Josh's first contribution, "Slings and Arrows," drops us right in the middle of college life; filled with finals, all night studying, wanna be frat-boys, jocks and nerds. Resident nerd-slash-jock, Carey finds himself wanting more than class help from GTA, Walter, but Walter keeps giving Carey mixed signals. A box of e ...more

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Jan 24, 2011 Mara Ismine rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, male-male, paranormal, contemporary, 2010

Normally I would avoid stories about college students, but I'm glad I didn't avoid this one. The mysterious Chance and his candy store play a part in getting Carey and Walt together. ...more

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Mar 10, 2011 Alyosha rated it liked it

Shelves: sports, light-n-sweet, high-school-college, geeks-nerds-teachers-professors, stalkers-on-my-grounds

Very good, dark-ish and short valentines fic that plays well with the jock/nerd stereotype. Walter and Carey were absolutely adorable.

It's by Josh so obviously the writing is excellent.

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Sep 16, 2011 Victoria rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, m-m-short-story

Slings and Arrows is a sweet, well paced, well written romance, with a hint of suspense. Though it ended feeling like part of the story was unfinished, Carey and Walter made up for it.

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