Pick Up Between You And Me Executed By Willa Okati Listed As Script
really didn't care for this one, which is a shame because the sample had a lot of promise, The whole story takes place over one night, on the beach, in the rain, Way too talky. Too much angst. And I kept losing track of whose POV we were in, Quiet, reserved Daniel admits to being a "serial monogamist", He's holding out for a hero and waiting for his one and only, Someone who gets his jokes and has his back, Someone who's looking for forever,
Ian, Daniel's closest friend, is, . . not a monogamist. He lives his life to the fullest in a whirlwind of whiskey, celebration, and seduction, falling in love at least once a week, No one can help falling in love with Ian when he turns his charm on them,
Except Daniel. He'd do anything for Ian except get tangled up in the sheets or hearts, Everything changes when you mix
friendship with romance, Take a chance on losing his best friend No thanks, Ian He thought he agreed, and he was looking forward to spending the rest of his life enthralled by discovering one new passion after another.
Only somehow, when neither of them were looking, Daniel stole Ian's heart, and Ian stole Daniel's, tucking it in his pocket for safekeeping.
Now he's pinning that heart on his sleeve and going after what he wants, Who he wants. Who he loves, and who he knows, deep down, has always been in love with him too, Not that it's exactly easy to change everything they thought they knew about themselves and each other, or to update their dreams, But they're both smart enough to know when you can and can't fight fate and to understand when someone who makes you laugh and shows you what love really means is something worth fighting for.
Between you and me Theirs is a love story that was only waiting to happen, Sooooo slooooooow. Also sex on the beach is not sexy, Sex on the beach is sand getting into EVERY orifice and scratching, There was a lot of internal monologue going on, Sex on the beach is eeeh fun but so messy and it rained, I dunno but rain means cold here, I did not get why they stayed in it, all night even, And Ian drove a convertible, doesn't it need covering up when it rains Two men in their thirties, One is an adventurer, a modern version of Indiana Jones, and the other is a smallcity librarian, They have been best friends since college freshman, They know each other better than each knows himself, Would there be life together for them
This is an interesting book, The whole book happens in the span of abouthrs, but it provides us enough backgrounds to understand the characters, and more importantly, why they need to assure each other.
In that short span, they share their minds and their bodies, trying to understand what's going on between them and see how to work it out.
I like both characters. The plot, bestfriendsturnlovers, is standard, but the execution is nicely done, We feel their fear, their love,
It's romantic and sensual at the same time, This story just never clicked for me, I've enjoyed many of Ms, Okati's previous stories but this was one was just an okay read for me, OK read. I thought that the writing was way too over the top and too serious, Lots of rambling internal debate that was trying to be very poetic, like others have said in their reviews, I completely agree. It may work for some readers, but it didn't work for me, ½ Good, worth a reread.
This book was bad, Cut half or more of the yakkedyyak telling and actually get TO THE STORY, Blah. Waste of money. Daniel and Ian are more than interesting, hard to put my thoughts down, I enjoyed this so much its unusual, When Ian first discovers he is in love with Daniel, awe that moment is perfect, Daniel letting go of his fear and trusting his heart, believing that the relationship would work and their friendship would still be forever.
I loved it, a truly touching romantic love story, I only wish that this was a full length novel maybe Willa will continue their story "Daniel accompanying Ian on one of his many expeditions now that would be something".
Just one of the many quotes that stuck with me very moving! Loved it! I really wanted to like this story, but it was a difficult read.
It was hard to tell who was saying what at times and I found myself backtracking to see who started the conversation and the back and forth after that.
I also didn't get a chance to bond with the characters as they were suddenly together, I think I would have preferred for the story to start before this point in time so that we could build the relationship between them first before attacking each other on the beach.
A long sex scene, lots of talk where I didn't always know what they were talking about, . . was it just edited poorly It's not something I'll read again, I love the friendstolovers concept, so I was looking forward to this book, Sadly, I never connected. This is not how people talk to each other in real life, The prose was trying for lyrical, but it hit "tedious" for me instead, Perhaps other people will be swept up in it in a way I was not,
Also extended sex on the bare beach in the rain in late summer No thank you! Just reread this one, First read inwhen I was new to the genre, and I still liked it, though not as much, Something about the dynamic between the two friendstolovers MCs bugged me, Unfortunately, two days later and I still can't put my finger on it, Cover: Not bad. Typical of Loose Id, with the guys at the top and a scene at the bottom, I like that these guys have clothes on,
MC's: Daniel, a librarian, Ian, an adventurer who travels the world seeking treasures for buyers, POV alternates third person between them,
There's a lot, a lot, of internal monologue going on here, In fact, it makes up most of the writing, Lots of thinking, reflecting, planning, And for me that got to be tedious, Also, it seemed like the author was trying very hard to be poetic, but didn't quite succeed in my mind, at least,
The entire story takes place in the course of one night, as Ian comes to town, finds Daniel at work, and they go out, ending up at the beach.
There is only one secondary character, Daniel's coworker, and she appears at the beginning of the story, and very briefly at the end,
The setting is some itty bitty town in California, described with some detail but never given a name, I found this irritating. It's a silly thing, but there you go,
Ian realizes he's in love with Daniel in Chapter, Daniel realizes what's going on not much later and sees that he has similar feelings and the rest is them figuring it all out.
They spend most of the time at the beach, in the rain, Thinking, talking, and finally having sex, Pages and pages for the sex scene on the beach, During which I can't help thinking sand, everywhere, in every crevice! Seriously, I kept thinking that, and it bumped me out of the story repeatedly.
For me, the best part is the discussion/argument after the sex the first time, with Daniel worried that they can't go from being friends to lovers, that he's not going to be enough for Ian, and Ian baring his soul to convince Daniel they can do it.
It seemed like when they were arguing the story was actually moving somewhere,
This wasn't to my taste, Perhaps for those who like a lot of rumination with a bit of purple prose,
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