Hey Everyone,
As you know, I’ve been trying a new thing for me, where I share a book I love and provide a free ebook link to it, if possible.
I feel the blogging Gods are with me because since I’m doing this in May, I forgot that June so Pride month. I downloaded this for my flower list since that’s the only list I still have unread outside of the lists I did this week. I’m picking the novel Building Forever by Kelly Jensen, something the author mentioned in her notes that resonated with me. We see Charlie trying to get back to writing his book series, but life got in the way after he lost his wife and had to raise a teenage daughter who wants to do things her way. He kept finding himself in unclear waters.
Simon enters the story after a recent breakup and the need for a fresh start in his career, so he moves next door to the family. In a way, I found it cool how Simon could connect with the daughter, allowing the family to fit the new pieces together. Something notable is that the author discusses here how, most of the time, sexuality isn’t a clean-cut line, as people from the outside view it. I wasn’t a fan of some of the writing and the smut scenes, so I gave it 3/5 stars.
First Lines:
For all he didn’t consider himself a religious man, Charlie King had a particular reverence for Cheez-Its. Now and again, he’d worship a single cracker by placing it on his tongue like a communion wafer. As sucking the life out of one little square usually proved unsatisfying, he more often scooped up handfuls and shoved them in the general direction of his mouth. It could be a messy business; he often ended up playing catch with a stray cracker or two, which was exactly what he was doing when Simon Lynley walked into his life.
Goodreads Blurb:
harlie King is doing fine. Sure, he’s a widower raising a teenage daughter who just got her first boyfriend, his book series isn’t writing itself, and he has a crush on his new neighbor — the guy next door. But everything’s just fine.
Simon Lynley is doing better. He moved to Bethlehem to fall out of love and rebuild his career. An affair with his neighbor isn’t part of the plan, but the attraction between them is too hard to ignore.
But when Simon’s ex follows him to Pennsylvania seeking reconciliation, and Charlie’s life starts to feel like a video on repeat, everything comes apart. Charlie worries that he’s failing as a father, and Simon is a distraction he can’t afford. Meanwhile Simon doesn’t know if he could survive being left again, and he hasn’t come all this way to make the same mistakes. But despite their fears, it’s only together that they’ll find the strength to slay old foes and build the forever they’ve been waiting for.
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Alex
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