The Quirk

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Summary: This is my first gay novel, so be gentle!
Review: I was a quivering 18 year old looking at the bookrack of my local drug store when I saw this book. I noticed the cover art and the strange title. I read the first three pages and immediatly knew I needed it.

The story of two excessively sexy and talented men who finally find true love in each others arms had me quaking. Sure, this is not great literature. It is, in fact, a bodice-ripper without the bodices. But when you are a young man living in a steel town in southwestern Ohio, you can be blown away by a book where true love between men wins out.

This book has some of the faults of the genre. Everyone is beautiful, sexy and constantly aroused. You can telegraph the ending ten pages into it. The obstacles to getting to the ending can sometimes seem far-fetched. But obviously the most important thing is the underlying romance.

A bit of a period piece now as the action is set in pre-AIDS times. But still worth the price of admission. And if you happen to be reading a used copy with an "M" (for mature) written into the top of the pages, just smile and think of me.

Rating:
Summary: This is my first gay novel, so be gentle!
Review: I was a quivering 18 year old looking at the bookrack of my local drug store when I saw this book. I noticed the cover art and the strange title. I read the first three pages and immediatly knew I needed it.

The story of two excessively sexy and talented men who finally find true love in each others arms had me quaking. Sure, this is not great literature. It is, in fact, a bodice-ripper without the bodices. But when you are a young man living in a steel town in southwestern Ohio, you can be blown away by a book where true love between men wins out.

This book has some of the faults of the genre. Everyone is beautiful, sexy and constantly aroused. You can telegraph the ending ten pages into it. The obstacles to getting to the ending can sometimes seem far-fetched. But obviously the most important thing is the underlying romance.

A bit of a period piece now as the action is set in pre-AIDS times. But still worth the price of admission. And if you happen to be reading a used copy with an "M" (for mature) written into the top of the pages, just smile and think of me.