Country Mouse (Country Mouse, #1) in Riptide Publishing

Mar 17, 2012 DayDreamer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbtqa, easy-read, angst, want-more, short-m-m, reviewed-or-kinda, fucking-finally, arrogant-mofo

London is my favourite city. Doing tourist shit in London was a great experience which I'd like to repeat. Probably not as great as Owen's, but we can't all be that lucky.

I loved everything about this story - the setting, the characters, the kinks(!), the sweetness, and the ending.
It's sodding perfect.

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Mar 19, 2012 Darien rated it really liked it

Shelves: release-2012, pants-off-reviews, tie-me-up-and-use-me, my-m-m-lovin, 2012-reads, m-m-short-stories

So some crazy shit happened! Amy Lane and Aleks Voinov wrote a book together. I know what you’re thinking ‘OMFG! Am I gonna die of angst? Will someone be dying, getting raped? Will I be crying; will I throw my e-reader?’ The answer is no folks, you will be freaking smiling and losing your pants all over the place. I can see your shocked faces, the WTF faces, of are we talking about the same Amy Lane and Mr Voinov. It’s them alright, and it comes through in the writing.

Owen is vacationing in So some crazy shit happened! Amy Lane and Aleks Voinov wrote a book together. I know what you’re thinking ‘OMFG! Am I gonna die of angst? Will someone be dying, getting raped? Will I be crying; will I throw my e-reader?’ The answer is no folks, you will be freaking smiling and losing your pants all over the place. I can see your shocked faces, the WTF faces, of are we talking about the same Amy Lane and Mr Voinov. It’s them alright, and it comes through in the writing.

Owen is vacationing in Europe, and currently checking out the sites London has to offer. His tour guide, also his ex-girlfriend hooked up with an old flame and Owen has to entertain himself in a city he doesn’t know. He finds himself in a seedy bar, with questionable looking beverages and drinking glasses. Owen says what the heck, might as well just kick it, until the over confident man approaches him and offers him a drink. Owen is unsure if he’s feeling the sexy stranger, but what the hell he’s on vacation.

Malcolm has just been stood up by his sub, when he spots the ‘Yank’ and he’s just looking to get off. He thinks he can top the crap out of Owen cus he has that look, but clearly Malcolm called this one wrong. Owen is so much more than he anticipated, and is bringing out a side in him that he prefers to keep hidden.

The guys hook up, and let me just say hells never been hotter, or sugar any sweeter. Malcolm and Owen pull out surprises and you can see what character belonged to which author. It’s surprising that the author, who gave us Talker, presented us Owen. Or the man who wrote Silvio blessed us with Malcolm. Though not the same level of memorability, but fuck they are just so much fun. I am talking about going all Julie Andrews with “the hills are alive with the sound of music” birds chirping and just feeling so good you can’t help but smiling.

I have to say that Malcolm is my fave because he pretends to be all toppy and ‘I am an island’ but he just wants to be lurved. Plus, I love a man in glasses it's my very own Krytonite. Owen is so cute, and he might be country but he throws down like a big city boy. We can’t forget that London sets the tone for these guys to fall for each other. The description of all that awesome would have me salivating over my sexy tour guide. And they say Paris is the city of love, obviously they never toured the streets of London.

Overall, I really enjoyed Country Mouse! It made me smile, and lose my pants all in the same bloody paragraph. Owen and Malcolm truly are a delight and I would love to read about them again.

Real Talk: I am just loving this dynamic duo and I hope they have something for us in the future. If they decide to write the angst, and bring the sad and tortured. I am not worried, I have a defibrillator on hand and I’m not afraid to use it.
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Apr 18, 2012 Heather C rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-romance, ebook, m-m, cloud

Lane and Voinov...now that's an odd combination... but it worked perfectly for me. To be honest, I was terrified of reading this book simply because of the two authors named on the cover. I expected it to be hardcore and full of angst. But no, it was the complete opposite. There really was no angst at all and it could even be said that it was a little too perfect and a little too unrealistic, but it fit my mood perfectly at the time.

It was about Owen, the toppy country mouse, falling for Malcol ...more

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Mar 20, 2012 ~♥*Marianna*♥~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, five-stars

*completely flabbergasted*
O_O
I didn't even know this was in the realm of possibility. Apparently, I don't stalk Aleks enough...

Is there a blog where Amy Lane talks about her experience with Aleks?

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Mar 29, 2012 Arzu rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebooks-owned, mm-romance, contemporary

4,5 stars

Why? Because I wanted more.

I really loved both characters ... the "badass" dom and the "sweet shy" sub .. yep, exactly like that! I never expected this, love both authors and really was curious about their co-writing. And did they surprise me! :)

I am not writing a review. There are plenty of readers out there who do a better job with writing one and expressing feelings than I do, but I just wanted to say .... read and smile, my fellow readers. It really is worth it! ...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Feliz rated it liked it

Shelves: contemporary, m-m, bdsm, sweet

Good try.
Amazing writing- would't have expected less from a writing team as versed as those two.
But the BDSM element didn't make much sense here. And what would've worked as the beginning of a longer novel- falling in love over the course of a vacation- didn't quite work here with the short format. The HEA ending felt rushed and overly sweet. ...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Kate McMurray rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, romance

Very likable story with likable heroes and a bit of a deliriously happy ending, but I think it works within the context of the story. (I was thinking as I read, actually, that the story has something of a movie arc—two guys meet improbably, have a whirlwind romance, but then everything goes back to normal... except, wait, both men have changed!) (I loved the last scene. I won't spoil it for you, but yeah. Epic movie moment, very well described.) I finished the book wondering about Owen and what ...more

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