{"id":13351,"date":"2020-08-10T20:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T00:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=13351"},"modified":"2022-08-14T09:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:07:03","slug":"taxes-and-tardis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13351","title":{"rendered":"Taxes and TARDIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taxes and TARDIS<\/a><\/em> (2012) N.R. Walker<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Taxes<\/a>Brent Kelly and his shoe-box of receipts are about to meet his new accountant. But Logan Willis isn’t old, but is instead Brent’s age, and wearing a startlingly blue shirt. Logan is nothing like the kind of guy Brent usually likes, but then Brent generally doesn’t see the same guy more than once.<\/p>\n

The POV remains with Brent the entire time, which I think works particularly well for a novella, since it keeps us from knowing precisely what the second character is thinking.<\/p>\n

Brent is strong and good looking, and although he has a good job and a best friend who is also his roommate, he doesn’t really believe he’s good enough for Logan.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you going to see him again?\u201d <\/p>\n

I nodded. \u201cI sure hope so.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHoly shit!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI know, it\u2019s weird,\u201d I admitted with a smile. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen do I get to meet him?\u201d <\/p>\n

I looked at him, horrified. \u201cI don\u2019t want to scare him!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(H)e grinned. \u201cWell, this guy must be something special. You\u2019ve never cleaned up for anyone before.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I don\u2019t want him to think we live like pigs.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tim snorted. \u201cBut we do live like pigs.\u201d <\/p>\n

I looked at my housemate. \u201cWell, Logan doesn\u2019t. His place is clean and organized and expensive and\u2026 and\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd gay?\u201d he deadpanned. <\/p>\n

I rolled my eyes at him. \u201cI just want the place to look nice.\u201d I looked around the living room at the old mismatched furniture, and I amended it with, \u201cWell, I want it to look clean.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brent and Tim bantering amused me very much, because they are very much best friends, even if they give each other shit all the time.<\/p>\n

While Logan on the other hand is small and delicate and spent a lot of time being bullied.<\/p>\n

For a novella it does a good job of showing time passing as the two get to know each other better.<\/p>\n

It’s a very sweet story, and although there was a fair amount of boinking, there was also a lot of dialog between both Brent and Logan AND Brent and Tim.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Blue Heart Press
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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