Mercedes's Reviews > Auguries of Summer

4.5 Stars

I loved! This story absolutely sucked me in. I couldn't put down and stayed up until I was done with it.

I am so thoroughly impressed! I've been reading Bossa's books for years now, since falling in love with Split. But there were some stories that just didn't work for me at all. Yet, I felt Bossa's Books were my Brokeback Mountain, I just couldn't quit them. And I am glad I kept trying because this book is a gem.

I loved both Jack and Sebastien, both are very real and flawed characters that you just can't help falling in love with them AND their story. These guys are not lawyers or millionaires or anything extravagant. They are a cleaning guy and a store manager and they are both school dropouts. And that's part of what makes them believable and relatable.

I loved the way their story is told. For a change not a lot of dramatics but just a lot of missed opportunities. I found a flashback midway through the story initially annoying but then I understood that was the right spot for it and was also the missing puzzle piece to this story.

My favorite quote is this one by Sebastien:

After all was said and done. The truth was, I wasn't strong enough to be Jack's man.

You were killing me Seb! Until you finally grew a pair! Although this is very much a character and relationship driven story, the sex scenes were hot! I am normally the type to actually skip them but these two were on fire!