Where Nerves End (Tucker Springs, #1) in Riptide Publishing

Nov 25, 2012 Heather C rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, ebook, contemporary-romance, series, cloud, gfy-ofy, lots-of-tension, friends-to-lovers, sex-after-40-percent, review-on-amazon

I put off reading this because I hadn't really heard anything about it. And for about the first 50% I was really enjoying it, then it kinda went to shit! Then it got better. Then it kinda fell apart again. (view spoiler) ...more

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Mar 02, 2014 Liz (Bugetta) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, contemporary-romance, m-m-romance, 1st-in-a-series, part-of-a-series

3.5* I didn't realize until I finished reading this book, that I was reading the first edition, not the re-edited Riptide version and now I'm super curious to know how different they are. I enjoyed it but I thought there were a lot of instances where Jason would be thinking about something that was really unnecessary to the story and I'd get a bit bored. I also felt a bit cheated that it was in first person and we only got Jason's side of the story. I really wanted to know what was going on in M ...more

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Aug 25, 2013 Alex rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: queer, romance, contemporary

Overall
Sweet, cute story that isn't incredibly fresh, but holds up on its own. Another lovely Tucker Springs tale.

Review
Oddly enough, this was the first Tucker Springs story to come out, so of course it was the last one I read (not including any future releases)! Part of that was just circumstance, so when I had birthday money to burn on books, I remedied that problem.

I could very much associate with Jason and his pain, and his struggle to find something that would relieve the agony, along with Overall
Sweet, cute story that isn't incredibly fresh, but holds up on its own. Another lovely Tucker Springs tale.

Review
Oddly enough, this was the first Tucker Springs story to come out, so of course it was the last one I read (not including any future releases)! Part of that was just circumstance, so when I had birthday money to burn on books, I remedied that problem.

I could very much associate with Jason and his pain, and his struggle to find something that would relieve the agony, along with the sleeplessness that can join that pain. (And I'll be honest, the story has caught my interest regarding acupuncture.)

While I liked Michael and Jason together, I struggled with the mid- to late-sections of the book. The conflict, while reasonable, didn't feel believable to me. I had trouble really relating to Michael's dilemma, although I realize it's a very real challenge. In real life, something minor--no matter imaginary or not--can stop us from going after what we want. So it wasn't that it wasn't something that needed to be overcome, I just felt he was making a bigger deal about the whole thing than was necessary.

But, along that same vein, the resolution and falling action all fit well with the story, the characters, and the conflict. So I guess I'm a little mixed on the whole thing. It's all perfectly reasonable and realistic, but it also made me want to smack Michael upside the head.

If anyone was scared off by the presence of child in the story, this one is fairly safe. He's 7 years old and only with Michael half the time, so he's barely on screen for those who prefer their romances child free. And toward the end, he has some rather cute scenes with his family.

In general, I found the story enjoyable, but it didn't wow me. Aside from some disagreements with Michael, I don't have anything bad to say about this tale. Definitely worth a read, especially for fans of Tucker Springs, who--if you're anything like me--want to collect them all! (And on that note: These probably work best read in order, but for the most part, it's not necessary. The only points given away is you know who ends up with whom, which is usually obvious anyway in this genre.)

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Oct 16, 2012 Feliz rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, contemporary

This was a slow, unexcited, friends-to -lovers, coming-to terms-with-oneself and each other romance. Nothing too shiny, not too much angst yet enough of a well-wrought conflict, sympathetic heroes,...of the supportive cast I thought Daina almost too good to be true, but I liked her too, and Seth was great.
I liked the ending, the positivity without over-the-top eternal vows. Beautifully done.

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Mar 27, 2013 Debra ~~ seriously slacking on her reviews ~~ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: part-of-series-or-serial, m-m

3.5 stars

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Jan 20, 2013 Didi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, series, romance

I don't really like either one of MCs in this though. To me the way they bridged all the obstacles and made it work were too dependent on circumstantial incidents. A round up of 2.75. The saving grace of this story was the ending, that the author didn't rush thing between the couple and made their (financial?) problems just wooshed away in such sort time. ...more

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