Brackets by AKM Miles

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Brackets is almost a fairy tale, not since it has paranormal events, but since it's soo sweet and romantic that you almost have a glycaemia attack reading it. You think this is a bad thing? well not, I have a passion for sweet thing.

Let us start from the beginning. Austin is a photojournalist for a glittering New York gay men magazine. He is specialized in "from the heart" stories equipped with stunning pictures. So when the news that two twin brothers were killed in Iraq, and that they were two of the eight sons the same couple has lost, Austin has the job to show to the world the love that pushed the two guys to join the army.

Austin is a city boy, more than that, he is the son of a gang leader and he would be like his father if not for the boy he fell in love when he was only 15 years old. He walked so far from his youth thanks to the memory of that boy. So when he is plumbed in deep Tennessee, he is a bit disoriented. And the welcome committee is not of the best, since they are three homophobic who try to beat him up for good. The rescue arrives from a big bear of a man, Brack, so big that he seems never end. Brack is also the man who will be his guide in the unknown territory and who will bring him to the isolated ranch where the family he wants to interview lives.

If the sad tale of the twin brothers was not enough for your tender heart, and the angst story of Austin and his lost teen lover didn't put your down for good, here is the lethal blow (no pun intended): Brack is an out and proud gay man, so handsome and big, but tender and caring, the perfect wet-dream for every gay man, and he also switches in bed! I have no problem to admit that, when they kiss more or less one hour after they first met, I have given up trying to find a bitter thing in this story, and I was happily drowning in the sugar sea.

All right, don't get me wrong, I'm not sarcastic, it's only that you really need to let the story have its course, with all its ethereal and fairy tale events and don't try to be reasonable. You are a bit like Austin, unexpectedly cast in a unknown world (country town are like that for a city boy), and everything is new and strange, but if you let go, you can have the most stunning experience of your life. Well maybe for the reader is not so stunning like for Austin, who finds the love and the meaning of his life, but it could be a enjoyable experience. And also the sex in the book is quite enjoyable, free and easy, and often and everywhere. 

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Publisher: Torquere Press1 (October 8, 2008)

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