Avail Yourself Knives And Feathers Written And Illustrated By Sage Marlowe Shared As Paperback

is an emotionally deeply moving storyline, I have to admit to having hard time trying to figure out what kind of secret did Sheridan hide, Sure, partly I figured it out myself, but not as much I thought, And I was totally amazed by the whole written story, At the start I had so many questions, I really wanted answered, but with each page it got better and better, I was really deeply engrossed in this story, Actually I couldn't put it down till the end, Chester is amazing character. This was a rollercoaster that made me tear up more than once, When writer Chester meets a man in a bar for a one night stand, he has no idea what he has gotten himself into, Forensic pathologist Sheridan has a twisted past that has left him scarred in ways you cannot imagine, I was surprised by some of the twists this story took, The heat was amazing, the emotion was incredible, and I loved both Chester and Sheridan, who was so much more than I first thought he was.
Author Chester Banning is researching the life of a forensic pathologist for his next book,

He meets Dr Nicolas Sheridan who is a bit serious and closed to making friends with Chester,

Chester is intrigued by Nicolas, . . he tries to do everything possible to get to know Nicolas but he is not counting that Nicolas is an relationship, . . Relationship in which Chester has many doubts how Nicolas is being treated,

When the truth starts to come out and Chester sees for himself what is truly going on with Nicolas he does what he feels is correct and opens an invitation for Nicolas.
. . to go see him

The surprised appearance of Nicolas at Chester's home bring them together but there are still things that need to surface in order for Nicolas to be free to love Chester, who has already fallen hard for him.
. .

The truth indeed shows Nicolas that he can be happy and that Chester is all he needed, . .

The twist and turns in this story will keep you reading, It is an excellent book and I am very glad it was recommended to me as my first read from author Sage Marlowe, . .

Looking forward to read more from his work, . .
I really liked the premise of this book, therefore I thought I'd give it a try, I'm so glad I did, It was a good way to spend a few hours, and I will definitely try more books by this author,

On the negative side, there is a repetitive term of endearment, sunshine, that was usedtimes and eventually became an annoyance, However, it didn't detract from my enjoyment, Definitely recommended!
I do love a good angst fest and this fits the bill, My only complaints are that the cutting storyline was wrapped up far too quickly and easily, and the feather metaphor at the end didn't really fit.
Otherwise, a good read with interesting MCs and a very evil villain, .stars Well . . We almost made it. It was a bit OTT and it's not like we didn't see THAT plot twist coming from ten miles away, But. God. Damn. Was that cheeeeesy. It's something I fear, because it's quite easy to do when writing romance and HEA, And this was avoiding it well to a point, But fuck me. The last few chapters Oi.

Liked Sheridan and the firstof this book, But yeah. Cheese factor:out of. A bit of the story first, . .
Take a writer, Chester, A writer makes research before or during the writing process, Here is one who needs to make research in a morgue, Ok, so, I've made funnier research than that BUT he meets there Sheridan, Actually, he met him the night before, shagging him like crazy but shush, . . no need to tell anyone ! At first, Sheridan is really mad at him because he doesn't want anyone alive in his morgue, Yes, he has some temper, to say the least,
But Sheridan is not that easy to understand, And when Chester wants to know more about his story and maybe take the relationship a bit further, he meets, . . Jake. Jake is problems. But the least in Sheridan's life, And if Chester wants him, he'll have to fight for him, Nothing is as simple as it seems first,

You know sometimes, you meet books, Here I met the book but I already knew the writer, But in this particular story, I repeatedly told myself "wow, when I'm a full growup that I am lol, I want to write like him".
There was so much emotions, so much truth in the words he used, . . I feel changed.
I finished it last night and I woke up in the middle of the night, I couldn't sleep because of this book, I kept thinking, what can I say to make people read it, if they haven't, I finally found out. You want to read a book you'll never forget You want to know what being a writer means You want to cry and laugh and cry again til your eyes burn You want to be upside down at the end of a book So go for it.
No hesitation. Go. Now.

I will finish by quoting the reason why the book is called Roses and Thorns,
'"Remember when you told me there were good and bad things in our lives You said it was like roses and thorns ""Uhh.
. . right. " Sheridan put the roses back on the worktop, He hesitated, then laced his fingers through Chester's and looked into his eyes, "In the two years before we met, my life was so full of thorns, I couldn't find the way out anymore, Then you came and brought roses with you, You are the biggest, most beautiful rose in my life, Chester, and I love you very, very much, "

What are you still doing here ! Go buy it !!!,

points for the story and/point more because I liked the characters and I definetely wasnt bored, Story plot is very simple, A guy lost his boyfriend when he was young and couldn't forget himself for being a life, So he let himself being abuse and also hurt himself on daily basis, I just have to say main character Sheridan is an idiot and we need one more guy Chester to show him the right way out of his shit.
Roses amp Thorns is so beautifully written, Amusing, emotional, engaging. Sheridan amp Chester are two well thought out, deep characters, who pull you into their lives so quickly and powerfully, Sheridan is a mystery to Chester, a man hes deeply attracted to from the moment they meet, Chester needs to discover what lies in Sheridans heart to understand him, but Sheridan is closed up, cold and unwilling to open up to anyone, let alone the nosy new man who just entered his life.
Chesters curiosity leads him into the dark past of his new lover, one Sheridan desperately needs help to escape,

Their journey is emotional, passionate and heart wrenching, but one Im happy Ive travelled with them, Sheridon has to overcome so much to move on with Chester, He has to allow Chester into his life, accept his love and care when all he wants to run and hide his head, forgetting the bad situation hes found himself in.
Chester never gives up, and his love and devotion to Sheridon makes me feel all warm inside, I love all of Sages books, but this one will always be my favourite, I was all on board with this sumbitch until our fine doctor seemed suddenly all better after Chester tells him what he found out, What That guy was seriously messed up, Yes, it was wrapped up in a pretty HEA bow but still, that guy still needed some serious therapy, This one did get some strong emotions going for me though, I was sad, angry, disbelieving, happy, frustrated, . . what a roller coaster. Pretty good book if you can suspend belief for the lastor so, I agree with most of the last review, but what bothered me the worst was the quick wrap up and the unhealthy/unrealistic of some of the major issues the MC had.
I didn't get why the "big reveal" changed the messed up way the MC thought, and he needed a LOT more than a few days of therapy to start getting well.


Overall, just too superficial of a treatment for such an angsty situation, Okay, There are a lot of things I liked, and a few I didn't,
I liked Sheridan and Chester, Sheridan was a mess. At first I thought it was very interesting, I kept reading because of it, I thought the background cause of his issues was a little weak, Ya, it would'a been traumatizing, but I just can't see Sheridan letting it get to that point, Also, the wrap up was was weak, But, it was still worth the read, You just have to suspend belief a tad bit, And hey that's what fiction is for,


But I really enjoyed the story, I think I would have liked it better, if it expanded on the dark side that was originally forming, But I still loved Sheridan, and

Chester was cute and funny, The story was engaging, and I never thought about putting it down,

Oh one more thing bugging me, . . when they met, Sheridan was wearing clothes that looked like they "cost more than an average weeks salary" Then he was riding a motorcycle and whoooo, thinking of him in a suit on the motorcycle was hot but then he was wearing biker boots.
. . so it wasn't a suit, Later it said he had been wearing jeans and a tshirt, Even designer jeans and a tshirt, doesn't sound like a weeks salary, But I gotta admit, for that moment picturing him on that motorcycle was EXTRA hot, I know, it was a little detail, but it stuck with me, Normally those things don't bug me long,

I would rec this book, for someone looking for a book with a traumatic past, with self harm,

Called Roses and Thorns when I bought this augKnives amp Feathers is the proof that Sage Marlowe is an author worth watching.
Some scenes in here were painful in their emotional depth,

As in most of her books, Marlowe enhances an interesting plot with a beautiful, clever writing style but above all, amazing characters,
Portraying people with all their facets and quirks is where this author's true talent lies, Marlowe's characters are anything but stereotypes, They are like real people, they could be living beyond the books and, just like real people, they are intriguingly flawed, They can be egoistic in their wants and needs, and they don't always make sense in their emotions,

Sheridan got to me like few fictitious characters ever have, He's a strong, clever man, but the loss of his lover and his feelings of guilt make him irrational and send him to the verge of an emotional abyss.
At the bottom of his heart, he probably knows that something's fishy, but he has no reason to fight and get away from his abusive lover.
When he meets Chester, he is obviously ready for a turning point and Chester with his quiet understanding and support, is just the one to give it to him.


Chester sees Sheridan's problems for what they are and he isn't afraid to tackle them, right there at Sheridan's side, While the sexual attraction to Sheridan is instant, his own painful past helps him understand Sheridan's trauma, This is a love that is truly inspiring,

Even the support characters are realistic and come eqquipped with perfectly human character traits, like the "poor, misunderstood" Dr, Molly Templar, as she was referred to in a previous review, This woman is described with an intriguing attention to detail which, admittedly, may be a bit hard to recognize if one doesn't look beyond the obvious.
Templar is an attractive, successful woman living in a small town, She has a lot on her hands handling rogue employees who don't respect her, Her heart is in the right place but she just can't resist chasing some hot male flesh when she sees it, Sounds familiar Yes. This behavior in a man would be perfectly acceptable but in a woman it is still controversial, What better proof could there be for a fictitious character having amazing depth and being portrayed close to a real person, than a reader feeling the urge to defend them against the author, of all people

Sage Marlowe has a gift for portraying emotionally intense characters and this book truly stands out in a genre that is overloaded with pseudogay, shallow characters and mediocre story telling.
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