{"id":12667,"date":"2020-03-29T20:32:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T00:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12667"},"modified":"2024-07-04T20:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T00:20:50","slug":"hottie-scotty-and-mr-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12667","title":{"rendered":"Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter<\/a><\/em> (2016) R. Cooper<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Scott Yun moved to Montgomery to help his sister take care of her kids, but it’s an extremely small town, and one of the few single gay guys is extremely cute, but also a widower.<\/p>\n

So Scott goes to work at the firehouse, helps to care for his niece and nephew, and spends his free time running and working out. After all, what else is there to do?<\/p>\n

The women in town have decided that Cole should start dating again, but apparently Scott isn’t in the running as far as they’re concerned.<\/p>\n

Kathy wasn\u2019t really listening to him. She never did. \u201cYou\u2019ve got that body and your sweet face\u2014 and that booty, let\u2019s be real. But Cole went to college, hon, a lot of college. And he lived in the city.\u201d Scott had gone to college and had lived in the city, but Kathy didn\u2019t allow him to argue.\u201cHe didn\u2019t share a dumpy apartment, he lived in style in the city. And he\u2019s been abroad.\u201d She gestured wildly. \u201cHe\u2019s a librarian, Scotty! He listens to opera and he reads through the bestseller lists. Yes, he loves an occasional bow tie, and his shoes are fancy, but you aren\u2019t the kind of big, brawny thing he needs to sweep him off his feet, or pin him to the wall\u2026.\u201d She trailed off with a dreamy sigh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was one of the few problems I had with the story. Kathy was so utterly horrible she didn’t even feel like a real person.<\/p>\n

However, she probably is based on someone just that awful.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Cole may be cranky, but he’s also lovely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more interested in someone\u2019s excitement over something they have just discovered, than someone\u2019s smug, pompous insistence that there is a right and a wrong way to learn to love something.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This story is told entirely from Scott’s POV, which means that although it might be obvious to the reader what is happening, Scott is so conditioned to believe that guys are interested in him for a one-night-stand, but never anything more, that even if he wants to date Cole, he can’t see why Cole would be interested in him.<\/p>\n

Scott’s sister makes it clear that this is a long-standing issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou dumbface.\u201d Angie snorted like a furious but soft-hearted bull. \u201cAre you telling me you think he could do better? Did he tell you that?\u201d Scott shook his head before steam came out of her ears. She was still pretty pissed though. \u201cHoly shit, I am going to fucking murder your exes.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not really exes,\u201d Scott pointed out, because she couldn\u2019t blame them for not acting like boyfriends when they hadn\u2019t been boyfriends. <\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I know. Hence this problem.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I really liked Angie. She may have issues of her own to deal with, but she still takes the time to listen to him–and to understand him.<\/p>\n

This was a sweet story that was actually deeper than it seemed on the face, since a lot of it was Scott learning to value himself–and the issue of allies that aren’t really allies.
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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