Guest Reviewed by Morgan
Title: Skye Blue
Author: Alexa Land
Series: Firsts and Forever #6
Heroes: Skye “Blue” Fleischmann and Darryl “Dare” Evans
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 279 Pages
Publisher: Alexa Land
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Available at: Alexa Land, Amazon and Smashwords
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads
Blurb: Sometimes, the road to happily ever after takes you where you least expect it.
Skye was only interested in finally losing his virginity, but he might have found much more than that. Two guys both feel so right to the twenty-one-year old art student, but maybe that means they cancel each other out. After all, if either was the one, Skye wouldn’t have feelings for both of them. Would he?
But what if he really did just meet the love of his life?
This male/male romance is for ADULT READERS ONLY. It includes graphic sex and explicit language. Skye Blue is the sixth book in Alexa Land’s best-selling Firsts and Forever series, but each book can also be read as a stand-alone, so jump in anywhere.
Review:
Skye is the son of a hippie, hence the name, who attends an Art school in San Francisco, where he makes art from pieces of scrap metal. Up until recently, he lived with his half-brother, River, and worked part-time at a skeezy night-club and part-time as an assistant caterer. River gets fed up with Skye, he loses his job with the night-club and the caterer and his roommate, pretty much in one fell swoop.
Dare is a go-go dancer at a club where Skye auditions for work, and he hates Skye upon sight. He doesn’t like his blue hair, his attitude about life or work, and he thinks Skye is a pretentious rich boy playing at dancing and art.
Skye thinks Dare is a stuck-up prick who thinks too much of himself and nothing for anyone else.
Of course they end up hot for each other!
If you’ve been following the series, you know essentially what we’re in for. In Alexa Land’s First and Forever series, we pretty much can expect one or both of our MCs to have a pretty hard life and then for them to have some pretty hysterical interactions wherein they defy all odds and fall in love. Throughout the story, various parties from the other books will pop in and out and Nana, the grandmother of the former mobsters from previous books, will do something outrageous and will express her pride in all things gay and homosexual. (Thank you Sir Elton John!)
Skye is a great character. He is genuine and sweet, confident yet shy, a virgin desperate to get some experience, but mostly a lonely guy, out to find true love. Dare has been through a lot with his past lover and tries to shut Skye out, but their blazing attraction overcomes his initial concerns and dislikes. There are some brief plot twists that keep the story moving, and we get more hints about the enigmatic Christian (who is sure to have a book of his own soon.)
I always laugh when I read these books and enjoy the sweet predictable happiness they guarantee. Nana, as always, is a riot.
Overall Impression: I really liked it!
*I purchased my own, personal copy of this book for review.*
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