How I Met Your Father in Riptide Publishing

Nov 22, 2013 Mark rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary, gay-fiction, christmas

From "How I Met Your Father" to How's Your Father? is only one small step. Grammatically speaking a harmless open question. Idiomatically speaking? Well, you might want to answer it carefully. Justin finds this out the hard way, but all's well that ends well.

Justin is a member of an aging boy band and on his way to his friend's wedding on a Carribean Island. The turbulence on the way makes him nervous and there is an immediate connection to the passenger sat next to him. The connection is so str From "How I Met Your Father" to How's Your Father? is only one small step. Grammatically speaking a harmless open question. Idiomatically speaking? Well, you might want to answer it carefully. Justin finds this out the hard way, but all's well that ends well.

Justin is a member of an aging boy band and on his way to his friend's wedding on a Carribean Island. The turbulence on the way makes him nervous and there is an immediate connection to the passenger sat next to him. The connection is so strong that there's no denying them there hormones and they both end up having a quickie, or a bit of how's your father in the toilet of the airport. Usually, this would be a case of wham bam thank you ma'am, have a nice life and the biological need sated. However, passenger X, alias the toilet quickie , turns up at the party planned for his band mate Chuck who's getting married. Yes, Justin just had his wicked way with the last person on earth he thought he would ever see again. When I saw the name Justin, knew it was a boy band singer, for some reason my brain went into Bieber picture mode. Just couldnt shake the image for some reason - lol!

I love embarrassing situations, especially those of others. Maybe I'm a little mean, but this book did get me laughing. I could see Justin's eyes like organ stops, goofing up the song lyrics and wanting to die on the spot when Jack (passenger X) walks into the bar where the party is happening.

I loved the idea of an aging boy band theme, all becoming more mature, but the cohesiveness of the friendship is still there as it was before. This is also the thing, Justin is gay, his band mates know it , but due to his public profile of being a teenage heart-throb then his public face has to remain secret. Well, needless to say after a hike up the mountain with the boys, Jack and his brother, another embarrassing situation leads to the fact that some things can't be kept secret any longer and the truth will out! I also ended up laughing at the whole predicament ~ normally everyone's nightmare. But Justin is not the only be with secrets. Actually the book is full of secrets and embarrassing moments. But everything comes together in the end. Wonderful! Can't say more really otherwise it would get too spoilery.

This is a delightful little novella for the Chrsitmas season. This story is not about Chrsitmas trees, snow flakes, tinsel, etc. It's about two weddings that take place on a Carribean island at Christmas. Nice idea I thought. All in all a nice little holiday treat.

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Dec 10, 2013 Vanessa North rated it really liked it

Really cute and funny--I loved the beginning especially. As someone who is terrified of flying, the opening scene made me crazy-nervous, and then the airport shenanigans afterward were the perfect antidote to those nerves. SPOT ON tension-building and release!

I do wish it had been longer, and well, I wouldn't have cried over more sex, honestly. ;)

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Dec 18, 2013 Katharina rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary, humour

This was a fun, lighthearted read, angst-free, drama-free (well, almost), with great characters and an awesome character constellation. I don't know why, but I'm just a sucker for the "love-my-friend's-sexy-father" tropes - there aren't even close to enough stories about that out there. Don't judge.
Seriously, Jack was fantastic, unapologetic, mature and experienced (not too old, though ;-D), and as much into Justin as Justin was into him. I loved that! Justin is a little more insecure still - e ...more

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Oct 22, 2013 Nic rated it really liked it

Shelves: zz-amazon-yes, mm, musician-actor-celeb, riptide-purchased

This was a fun short story that made for a nice quick read - a bit of escapism with humour, a hot airport encounter, sweet romance and lots of secondary characters to keep things moving along at a rapid pace.

"Heat blistered my cheeks. Mandy could never find out I'd had sex with her father. Notever. Those were five words I wouldn't string together in this lifetime.: Sorry I had your dad."

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