Cy Blanca
Forfatter af A Teacher and a Poet
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Warmest Wishes, Dreamspinner Press: 2018 Advent Calendar (31-in-1) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Cy Blanca has enjoyed words since she was in elementary school. They hold magic powers for her, and she loves playing with them to see just what they can do. She got her degree in English poetry, but she’s been doing mostly editorial work for online magazines YAM Magazine, Rock ’N Seoul, and SeoulBeats (yeah… she loves Korean music and gets to interview folks and write about it). She’s exceptionally blessed to actually be able to do exactly what she went to school for, and fiction is a new avenue she’s trying to explore. Hopefully she can make some magic happen with the words she’s been in love with since she was in elementary school.
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Cute, but terribly short. The whole story can be summarized by "They introduce themselves, and make plans for later!"
Well written contemporary romance of Antony and Curtis battling homophobia in their community.
Kansas is the setting for this touching installment in the ‘States of Love’ series with its stories of romance that span every corner of the United States. Antony and Curtis are both primary school teachers, they have to hide their relationship from the school board as well as the mostly conservative community, and they are very much in love. But when they kiss and a student watches them, their determination to be a couple is tested as much as their resolve to stay teachers.
Antony teaches first grade –with a passion. He loves everything about his job, adores his students and teaching them new things (especially how to be polite), and is as dedicated as I wish every teacher could be. Curtis teaches third grade, and while he loves his job, he loves writing poetry more. Since he has no idea how to earn money following his muse, teaching is as good as it gets for now. He is basically ready to quit his job though, except he’d never imagined the circumstances under which he ends up needing to make that decision way before he (or Antony) is ready.
When their kiss is discovered, they know the sh*t will hit the fan. They have very different ways of dealing with the fallout – but one thing is sure: they are determined to stay together. Watching them figure out how to do that while navigating the dangerous waters of school politics and community fury was as suspenseful as it was nerve-wracking.
If you like stories where the setting is as much a part of the story as the characters, if you think two men who love each other deeply should be able to be a couple openly, and if you’re looking for a read that is about real issues, suspenseful, and has the characters deal with more than one problem, then you will probably like this novella.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.… (mere)
Antony teaches first grade –with a passion. He loves everything about his job, adores his students and teaching them new things (especially how to be polite), and is as dedicated as I wish every teacher could be. Curtis teaches third grade, and while he loves his job, he loves writing poetry more. Since he has no idea how to earn money following his muse, teaching is as good as it gets for now. He is basically ready to quit his job though, except he’d never imagined the circumstances under which he ends up needing to make that decision way before he (or Antony) is ready.
When their kiss is discovered, they know the sh*t will hit the fan. They have very different ways of dealing with the fallout – but one thing is sure: they are determined to stay together. Watching them figure out how to do that while navigating the dangerous waters of school politics and community fury was as suspenseful as it was nerve-wracking.
If you like stories where the setting is as much a part of the story as the characters, if you think two men who love each other deeply should be able to be a couple openly, and if you’re looking for a read that is about real issues, suspenseful, and has the characters deal with more than one problem, then you will probably like this novella.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.… (mere)
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I GOT THIS DELIGHT FOR YULE FROM MY FRIEND RONI. *SMOOCH*
My Review: Cute low-steam teaser...straight-people safe. Be sure to bring your sense of humor.
Whatever you're expecting, white people, put it down. Just go for the ride with Will Sheridan & Grant Cary. Trapped in an elevator on Christmas Eve, these men get awkward, flustered, sad, mad, and together in a half hour.
Better for being funny as heck. Best for being unwilling to overexplain, to clue you in...you get no info dumps here. What you do get is a happy story about sad people making each other feel better than they felt before they met. An act of Kuumba, an act of Imani, a start not a stop.
Say it louder, for them still in the back.… (mere)