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reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2010-02-22 01:26 pm
Quinn’s Hart by Cassandra Gold
Quinn’s Hart is a sweet and nice love story, as often the stories by this author are. There is a good story behind, but nothing of complicated or too much angst, and basically there is a “dream date” plot that most of the time doesn’t happen in real life, but it’s not so unconceivable that couldn’t be. Quinn is a big and shy man; due to his body, more than 6’7’’ of height and all heavy muscle, Quinn scares off people who see him for the first time, and since he is also shy, he doesn’t try to make them change mind. So at 37 years old he is still alone, even if, aside from his looks, there wouldn’t be any other reason, Quinn is quite a catch on a relationship level, he is gentle and caring, with a good job and a above average life. So when his friend Stephanie forces him to book a travel in an organized trip for single, Quinn faces the thing with worries but also hopes, maybe this is the time that he will find the right man.
Josh on the other hand is the perfect man: handsome and nice, a doctor, he is the perfect dream date and obviously he is the one that all the other singles in the group would like to catch. But since Josh is tired of the twink type, and he is not attracted by the best friend type, truth be told he arrives to Quinn by exclusion. For Josh it’s not love at first sight, like he himself says, you have to look at Quinn twice and trice to start to notice that he has a kind smile, that when he smiles he has a special light in his eyes, that even if he is big and strong, he has always a gentle touch…
Even if both men are not exactly “boys”, the feeling of the story is almost innocent. Maybe it’s since they are on vacation, and real life doesn’t intrude. Maybe also the location of the travel, the amusement parks around Disneyworld, gives a light feeling to the story. Or maybe it’s simply since this is, as I said, a nice and sweet love story. The two men will have the time to know each other, and to understand, especially Josh, that they were lucky enough to meet a soul mate, exactly what everyone secretly hopes when is booking a travel like that, and that, most of the time, doesn’t find. Yes, they will have to face some little trouble, nothing insurmountable, and the reader knows, without doubt, that they will find the way to smooth it over and to reach for their happily ever after.
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