It's All Geek to Me in Riptide Publishing

Jan 02, 2014 Mandy*reads obsessively* rated it really liked it

Shelves: sweet, feel-good-read, m-m, short, fun-or-funny, cottoncandy-fluff-cupcake, cute-easy-light, h-o-f, book-for-review

3.75*

Rhys is sexy and hot and a geek, what's poor Jez to do? Well, pesters is best friend Tel in to giving him geek lessons, obviously.
“Tel might not be the High Priest of Geek, but he was definitely some kind of acolyte at the Temple of Geekdom.”

This is a fast, cute and funny read. Jez just keeps digging himself in deeper, but he so wants Rhys to like him he can't seem to stop himself. I wish it had been longer and that the conflict/deception and its resolution had been more drawn out. But th ...more

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Jan 03, 2014 J.L. Merrow added it · (Review from the author)

Shelves: books-i-ve-written

This book owes its existence to two things: a friend's book signing, and an email from Riptide editor, Sarah Frantz.

When Saxon's Baneby Geoffrey Gudgion was launched in London's Forbidden Planet bookshop I knew at once I had to set a story there. So I pranced around taking about a hundred pictures on my phone, shoved them in a folder with the working title of "Temple of Geekdom" and put the project to one side while I finished up Relief Valve. A little while later I added some notes on character ...more

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Feb 06, 2014 Heather C rated it liked it

Shelves: m-m, ebook, contemporary-romance, cloud, funny, short-stories, the-blogger-girls

A JL Merrow short story is always a guaranteed fun time…and I had a lot of fun with this one.

Jez is trying to cheer up his best friend Tel by replacing Tel’s comic book that was ruined in an accident that has him temporarily confined to a hospital bed. Tel knows all things from comic geekdom. And Jez? Well he’s only interested if it has been made into a movie. So when Jez enters the Hidden Asteroid book store and encounters the hunky Rhys working behind the counter, Jez pretends to know all abou ...more

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Feb 01, 2014 Shirley Frances rated it really liked it

Shelves: mm-read, read-2-review, reviewed, glbt, contemporary, 2014

Jez was only planning to get in and out of the comic book store to get his friend the comic book he lost. The last thing Jez expected was to find a handsome young man behind the counter. Especially one that flustered him by only sending a smile his way. He knows nothing about comic books or the 'geek' way, but he can't let the opportunity pass him by. He pretends to be into the scene to get Rhys' affections and later quizzes his friend about everything 'geek'.

With what little he could get his fr ...more

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Mar 21, 2014 Cryselle rated it really liked it

Shelves: short-story, humor, riptide

JL Merrow’s been accused of humor, and I’m happy to give her that particular shaky finger again. She’s plopped us into the head of Jez, whose cheerful blithering is the soundtrack to his pursuit of the hunk he’s found selling comic books. Jez has little or no governor on his mouth; what he thinks is internal dialog comes flying out into the open air, so he’s in dread fear of the truth popping up.

In a maneuver every insecure paddler in the dating pool will recognize, Jez decides that the best way ...more

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