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Ships in the
Night
Series: --
Pub: May 2011
by Silver Publishing
Author: Ann T. Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance, m/m
Format: iBook; 79p w/ 14 chapters
Whose: Ian & Logan
Synopsis
Ian Richards moved to LA with dreams of becoming a successful
musician. That dream was shelved after years of struggling to make it in the
music industry. While making ends meet at one of his jobs as a waiter, Ian met
Logan Adams, Hollywood’s favourite movie star. More than he cared to admit, the
handsome actor left a lasting impression on Ian. Three years after the intimate
night they shared, memories of Logan still lingered on Ian’s mind. What happens
when they meet again for the second chance encounter of their lives?
The
Thoughts
I have many thoughts about this book, it’s short and yeah I’ve
decided that this was a good one to end my week of romance (everything else,
and large, I have to read tie too nicely with other plans so they weren’t going
to happen).
This book had me intrigued, even when I read the first paragraph when
I was thinking about reading it another time (the other book won out) I was
still a little buzzed about reading it. though even then it held the start of a
story (movie—TV show that I stumbled across) that I’ve read before, it was too familiar.
But reading it.
Did you know why I love reading off my iPad (and I’m sure kindle)
you get to take notes and highlight as you go along. Its awesome. It’s great
for stuff like this, make you able to remember what’s happening.
The only problem is when you end up commenting on all the problems
rather than the things that you liked—saying this, there was many more that
bothered me than I liked. Though overall, the story had so much parental that I
would love to say only need a better editing job. Really the fuck up, the inconsistences,
and the story line starting all over again.
Okay, and now I’m doing what I always seem to do and talk about
the experience without giving an actually view of the book.
It starts out with Ian bitching about the snobbish people he is
serving and Logan who ends up laughing at him, and sticking around longer than
he would have (by the way Logan, big wing actor/ director) they hook up. And the
misunderstanding is all on Ian’s ends in making what they had a one-night stand—I
say this, because it’s mega clear that it’s all in Ian’s head.
But that kinda works, it’s his personality, you can understand his
understanding in this point. There isn’t anything in what they shared, and they
don’t share deep down feeling.
Then chapter 3 comes along, and the story starts again. Really. To
a point that I thought it would have been much better if Ryan made the first two chapter’s prologue really the book had an
epilogue.
It’s been three years since they last saw each other and now Ian
is a big wing (or starting out to be one) musical in a group. And after a
little convincing Ian agrees to date Logan, and that goes well, except for the
convert hints that there’s something horrid in Ian’s past and his need to not
go into an open relationship, not if he wants to hide his past (can anyone else
see what’s wrong with this? like it’s only the relationship between them that
would dig up his past not the fact that he’s become famous too.
But this is the head space that Ian has, he is high maintained. Which
is cool, we can deal with that. I can deal with that (I love Josh Lanyon’s
work, really, he’s got some highly strung male POV’s, really when it’s done
well, when you can love the character because of these flaws it’s even better. Ryan, just seemed to be writing a woman’s
character with a dick, and that just annoyed the fuck out of me. and it wasn’t…no,
really, I was reading it and I swear if the whole book wasn’t third party I
would swear he was a chick, he was so emotionally over the place. Hard to get
to a point that him and Logan rubbing cocks and he was still saying he wasn’t
that easy…. That’s truly a woman’s line. Really people. We say that shit all
the time.
Saying this, if you’re a fan of the likes of Joyee Flynn, than you’ll
like this, it had that same emotional level as her books.
I’m just not a fan, and I’m sorry for that.
We end this book with a spewing of their pasts and telling off
love. The Epilogue’s is meant to be about putting things to end, and I guess it
was nice, but I have a feeling (though I can’t find it again) that it had been
another three years since that time above, and they were just winning an award
for their song they wrote for the movie that was made (it’s a long time, isn’t
it?) I don’t know, but it ended with a nice speech, him all chocked up,
chocking up Logan and finishing off nicely, I suppose, but still quite girly,
to me.
It’s only to me, maybe more so because it had been that way the
whole way through.
Still. I’m on the fence. I can’t say that I hated it, really I even
teared up slightly at one point, but it defiantly needed something to clean it
up. It would be so much better if you weren’t having to shake your head, or
figure out why they were even saying that shit again, chapter after chapter.
Still, it’s short sweet, and if it’s something you could read, and
are still interested in reading, then give it a shot, and tell us what you
thought?
Others
My King’s Seraglio, Mate of the Tsatrya, The
Godfather’s Lover
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