Get Hold Of Equilibrium (Superpowered Love #1) Conceptualized By Katey Hawthorne Presented As Booklet
and boring with extra extra nonpenetrative sex on the side until almost the end of the book, not that I cared at that point anyway, The plot is considerably watered down by meaningless dialogue, DNFing at. It was an entertaining book, It took me a while to get myself into it but eventually I got to a point where I was hook to it, The final moments of it were really interesting,
I liked the whole paranormal thing going on about the guys but I think I couldnt really understand the sense of it or what it meant.
It that matter, I felt the plot was underdeveloped, It had a lot of potential but I dont think it really get to be explored, What I did liked about it was the final moments, there were some events that were very exciting that I just couldnt read fast enough, Sadly, I didnt feel the same way for the rest of the book,
Hansen and Sam were a very nice couple, I liked their moments together, even though I did felt like there was too much sex, I would rather have more emotion between them than it actually was, Even with the issues I had I did enjoy the story and being part of a series and really interested on discovering what will come next, I do think the plot whole will be solve in the next instalments,
The guys were sweet and the sex was hot, I wish they'd talked a little more and I wish it had been longer, but a good read all in all,.Stars
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I was eager to read Equilibrium for two reasons: First, I had read book three in the series, Nobodys Hero, accidentally out of order, and enjoyed it.
Secondly, I am making my way through the authors attending this years GayRomLit Retreat and Katey Hawthorne is on that list, I was pleased to find Equilibrium did not disappoint!
Sam was adorable, and it was sad to think of the struggle he went through before he met Hansen.
I liked how Hansen handled all the situations thrown at him and kept his “cool”, Together they were hot, even if it took Hansen awhile to believe Sam was not just experimenting with him, By the end, they reached “equilibrium” nicely,
I also appreciated that this novella was well edited, I found no errors that I could recall and everything flowed smoothly, In the end, the only thing holding it back from astar rating is that I never felt that “spark”, It was good, really, really enjoyable and maybe a reread is needed, but in the end I did not have the necessary connection for it to be amazing.
sitelink This novella introduces us to the Awakened, a group of people with superpowers, Hansen and Sam meet in college when Sam blows up a toaster, Hansen was raised in a family of Awakened people and was taught control, Sam was raised by adoptive parents who have no idea what he is, As a result, his control is very poor, This is a very sweet friends to lovers romance, Both characters are adorable, and they obviously care for one another from the start, I recommend this to anyone who likes m/m romance with a paranormal twist, I look forward to reading more of the series, .stars
A paranormal romance about guys with superpowers awakened living amongst us nonpowerful sleepers, NO vamps/weres/sprites or demons, they just control physical phenomena like heat and electricity.
Hansen and Sam are college roomies Hansen is gifted with heat/fire control and helps Sam learn to control his electric abilities, This is a GFY with Sam seemingly into girls until he discovers that Hansen has been secretly yearning for him for four years, Theres a pretty immediate turnaround Sam dumps girlfriend and hippity hops into bed with Hansen, oh my, But it worked for me as it was refreshing to just have Sam accept that he can like guys too AND the sexual chemistry was steaming hot and distracting enough that I didnt care.
So the lads discover the hots for each other and their powers play a bit in the sexual frolicking, I loved Hansens voice and liked the chemistry between the two I found this a light and entertaining read and will read the sequel, Grabbing a book this small, a reader can easily shelf it for a good month or two, if they are unwise to the glory of Katey Hawthorne.
While the book is an absolutely amazing book to read on a cold day, wet day, boring day, it deserves to be read aside, as well,
The tension and panic of the characters grips you and pierces you, carrying you along for Sam and Hansen's wild ride, Unlike many erotica books, you actually really care what becomes of these two characters and, unlike a lot of women writing gay erotic fiction, she understands that they're both men.
The emotions come hard, ahve to be read into, aren't as splayed out as they would be in a straight relationship, It's masterful, and along with her fantastic characters and the backdrop of the superpowered awakened world and the expert understanding of collegeage dialogue, Hawthorne manages a rare thing:
She makes you want to read the rest of her work which I do reccomend.
Every author wants that, and she has it, so kudos to her,
If I had to complain, there are a few things of course, when reading these, one must consider that this is a first book, . The more intimate scenes, on ocassion, seem to falter, are sort of interchangable at times though not every time, by any means, It's also a little confusing as to who is speaking, at times, which is a risk any writer runs using fixed firstperson POV,
Would I reccomend it You bet your bonnet, It's a nice, light read, You chuckle, you get a little prickle behind your eyes, and you come away three hours after starting knowing you've read a good book, and with a romantic hopefulness.
This may very well be just my personal issues, having grown up with superhero stories, but I see "superpowers" in a blurb and I just automatically imagine the superpowered trying to use their abilites to help people.
So when that wasn't at all what this story was about, I was more than a little taken aback,
The whole tone of this was just so very much different from what I had anticipated, Ominous and angsty and rather frustrating at times, as opposed to the lighthearted superpowers story I'd expected, Hansen keeps not only his abilities secret from everyone but Sam, but he also keeps his sexuality secretfrom everyone, And then even once Sam figures out Hansen is gay, Hansen does his best to keep his feelings from Sam,
Sam, though, Sam saves the story. He is so sweet and so brave and so patient, What he did to call Hansen out on the attraction he'd felt earlier that day was amazing, And how persistent he was in not letting Hansen shut him out was beautiful,
Once I accepted that this story wasn't going to be what I thought it was, I was able to relax and enjoy it for what it really was.
The relationship between Hansen and Sam, once Hansen stopped trying to talk his way out of it, was lovely and very worth the read, The superheronerd in me, though, can't help but wish I'd gotten to see more awesome superpower wielding, :P
Favorite Quotes:
He was a good roommate and a better
friend, He only got on my nerves when I needed to concentrate and he needed to be naked,
"But I was really lucky it happened now, because, . . because I just needed to know that someonethat you could still love me when Ieven when I was fucking up the whole world, ".