Simple and Easy by Gavin Atlas

[reviews_and_ramblings]

This is the third and last short story I had to read by Gavin Atlas; it would be interesting to see how he works in a longer novel. The starting point is always the same, a young boy, a bottom for nature, that starts wanting a romance and ends having a bedroom full of men ready to fu*k him, but I'm not sure to love him. Probably again the problem is that I'm searching romance where romance has no reason to be: this is a pure erotic piece, without any hint of romance, and if I have to be sincere, it's also arousing in some part; but be warned, if you are not able to put aside the romantic in you, this isn't for you. At least in this short story, Derek is tricked in giving up his bottom for a lot of men, but at least he is able to understand that it's exactly what he wants. He has even the chance to stop the men, even if a very small and maybe too fast dropped chance, but he decides to not catch it.

Derek moves on a small town hoping to find love. He is tired to be considered only a sex toy, and in a big city he has not the characteristic to be other than that. But the first man he meets in Richmond, Virginia, is not exactly searching a real boyfriend, and when he finished with Derek, the boy has a reputation to be simple and easy. And truth be told, Derek is not a very clever man... He is only 22 years old and in the end, he realizes that he is not ready for romance; I have still a doubt on this story, that probably if Derek was lucky enough to meet a different man, he would have the chance to find the romance he was searching.

At least, Mike, the man who tricked Derek, is not so bad: yes, I believe that he has little consideration for Derek's needs, he is only lucky that what he wants is for now what Derek thinks to want. But for sure, Mike can't be the real thing for Derek, sooner or later the boy will change again his mind and Mike is not the man he will choose for good.

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Comments

[gavinatlas.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the review. When I wrote Claiming Danny and Simple and Easy, I had no idea that readers would want romance. Now that I know that, my writing is changing somewhat. I have a story in an anthology called How the West Was Done from Ravenous Romance that is somewhat more romantic. (On the other hand, I have a story in Ultimate Gay Erotica 2009 which is not romantic at all.) What I'm thinking of doing is keeping the name Gavin Atlas for when I'm writing work that is not very romantic (more pure erotica) while using a different name if I'm working much harder to please a romance-loving audience.

I really appreciate that you take the time to read my stories and write about them, and I'll remember to contact you here if I publish something more romantic.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thank you Gavin. You are right, I believe there are two different target, and I'm obviously in the one that wants romance. But I'm sure that there is another, and maybe huge, target that prefers pure erotica. What I can say is that, despite being with less romance, I like your writing style, and the fact that you give deepness to the characters even in a short story. Elisa