Alternative Treatment
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(Gay / Contemporary) Mark Harrison has exactly what Nolan Daniels wants–his signature on a sign-in sheet. Even better that Mark is gay and seriously good-looking. Nolan’s got these one hundred hours of community service nailed, just as soon as he nails the handsome doctor. It’s his pride that takes a hit when Mark rejects his advances in no uncertain terms. What else did Nolan expect from a man of privilege? Certainly not that Nolan would want Mark more than he wanted Mark’s signature. Mark’s the good boy who always plays by the rules, always does what’s expected of him…and secretly chafes at the restrictions of his straight-laced life. Now he’s faced with the leather-jacketed bad boy who arouses the closeted Mark more than he wants to admit. A man he can’t resist. A man who helps him admit other things about his not-so-perfect life. It’s time to take a stand. Time to burst the protective bubble each has built around himself in his own way. Little do they realize that moving forward could also cause them to lose each other and the love that has grown between them.
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Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating: 7/10
PROS:
- Both guys are essentially tops, but they’re so into each other that they figure out the logistics of sex pretty quickly. Some of the sex scenes are also very tender.
- Mark’s calm, disarming responses to Nolan’s snarky comments about how different the two men are made me smile.
- There’s a coming out scene that’s a little painful because of people’s reactions to the news, but I couldn’t help cheering at the character’s courage in finally facing the truth about himself.
- One of the guys makes a big mistake and the other one confronts him about it. There’s stupidity and some fallout from that, but the problem is solved fairly quickly, which I was glad about. Sometimes disagreements in real life really are left unresolved for weeks or days or years on end and simply fester as a result, but other times they’re resolved the next day, and I was happy to see the characters working out their issues so quickly.
CONS:
- In some instances the characters’ thoughts aren’t examined in much detail. For example, Nolan gets some shocking news early on and Mark says something hurtful to him based on an incorrect assumption, but Nolan’s offense at Mark’s insinuation is barely explored.
- One character is a total weakling at one point and does something really stupid. It’s not unrealistic or anything, and like I said above, it’s resolved quickly, but I cringed as I was reading it and kept thinking, “No, no, no…bad idea. BAD idea.”
Overall comments: A decent read with a fairly good romance and fairly good sex. Not outstanding, but if you like simple stories that focus on relationships as opposed to complicated plots, you’ll probably enjoy this.
Rating: 4 / 5
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