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Book Review: Play Me, I’m Yours – Madison Parker

Posted on October 28, 2014 | 1 comment
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This is Madison Parker’s debut offering and I’m kinda on the fence with this one. Reading it makes me feel like watching “Popular” meets “Glee” meets “Gossip Girl.” The story centers on Lukas, an introverted teenage boy who takes solace from his music and is bullied at school for being gay. I find the interchanging POV’s between characters a bit distracting. The first half was excruciating to read because of its slow pacing aside from the constant changing of POVs. I almost stopped but was glad that it picked up once it centered again on Lukas. I also thought there is more to Zach’s character that the author failed to capitalized. Overall, it was a decent story, a bit overbearing but decent.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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Book Review: Sock it to Me, Santa! – Madison Parker

Posted on October 1, 2014 | Leave a comment
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Ryan is assigned to Jamie Peterson for his class’s secret gift exchange. If word gets out that he has to make a handcrafted gift for flamboyant and openly gay Jamie, Ryan will be the laughing stock of the school. It’s a good thing no self-respecting boy would be caught dead in a craft store, because otherwise he’d be at risk of being spotted when his mom drags him to her weekly craft workshops. He hopes Jamie will appreciate all the trouble he’s going to for this assignment. Finding the perfect gift is gonna be tricky. Jamie deserves something good, though, after all the crap he has to put up with at school. At least, Ryan tells himself that’s the reason he’s putting so much thought into the gift. It couldn’t be that he has feelings for Jamie, could it? Via Goodreads

Oh, I just love me some young sweet love! This story is just the cutest ever with the underlying drama of teen bullying (Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!) and acceptance. I got me two titles by Madison Parker and this is a really good teaser before I forge ahead with her other full length novel (review to follow for that one). This one’s just a well-written story and my oh my! I’ve been reading heaps of stories with the central characters obsessing on feet or socks! Awwooff!

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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