Reviewed by Susan65
Title: Solo Flight
Author: Pia Veleno
Series: Eostre’s Baskets
Heroes: Hawk and Joe
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 145 Pages
Publisher: Loose Id
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Available at: Loose Id, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
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Blurb: Hawk pulled the trigger too soon. He invited his boyfriend, Jarrod, to live with him, and the man balked. When Hawk decides to show him there are no hurt feelings with a gift basket from Sundae’s, what could go wrong?
Ask and you shall receive. Hawk, the ever-doting boyfriend, delivers the basket in person only to meet Jarrod’s twink-on-the-side. Hawk finds himself with a broken heart, an unwanted gift basket, and an entire weekend to either mope or move on.
With the help of a sexy book and the wise words of a novelty magnet found in the basket, Hawk begins the journey of healing his heart and learning his lesson. But will Hawk recognize new love when the time comes, or get stuck on his solo flight of self-discovery?
Review:
I am always a sucker for hurt-comfort books where one guy is dealing with the pain of a lost relationship, especially one with infidelity. Hawk tends to fall in love at the drop of a hat, and predictably he ends up getting hurt. He forgets to be himself and spends all his time and effort trying to be what he thinks his boyfriend(s) want him to be. Therein lies the gist of this entire story: Hawk coming to terms with his issues and learning to love himself before he allows himself to be in a relationship again.
Enter Joe. Of course Joe would happen to be the perfect guy, just as Hawk commits to being non-committed. Funny how that happens. Anyway, Joe is the delivery guy who brings Joe his first Eostre Basket, one he intended for his bad boyfriend Jarrod. Of course, Jarrod is bopping a twink on the side and Hawk finds out as he is trying to give him his basket. Needless to say, Hawk has sworn off men. Even perfect ones like Joe.
The majority of the story is Joe being patient, actually being a tad bit unbelievably patient with Hawk. Hawk is attracted but doesn’t allow Joe any opportunity for anything but friendship. This goes on and on and on, until Hawk finally realizes that he doesn’t actually need a boyfriend but he wants one. Finally!!!
The best part of the entire story was actually a side character, Danny. He was funny as all get-out and I was more interested in him than I was Joe and Hawk, I actually thought Joe and Danny would have been a better couple.
I have nothing against magic or Wicca or what have you, but the part where Hawk comes out of nowhere to describe is magic-user parents and his own altar was just a little too farfetched. I didn’t think it enhanced the story at all but actually made me shake my head wondering where that came from. Had it been mentioned at the beginning or just thrown in subtly somewhere in the middle than I would have been fine. But for it to be a big part of the ending was just too weird.
So all in all this was a pretty good story; one that was quick, enjoyable and easy to read.
Overall Impression: It was good
*I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for a fair and honest review.*
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