No Small Parts Bluewater Bay Book 16 edition by Ally Blue Romance eBooks
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The Bluewater Bay stories can be read in any order — jump in wherever you'd like!
Nat Horn is almost living the dream. His part as a werewolf extra on the hit show Wolf’s Landing has somehow turned into a regular role. Beautiful rising star Solari Praveen has taken an interest in him. He’s even making enough money to think about getting out of Bluewater Bay someday. Except his retired dad’s dependence on pain medications seems to be getting worse, and Nat’s the only one around to take care of him.
When Nat learns that Solari’s interest isn’t romantic, his disappointment is surprisingly short-lived, because in getting to know her, he also got to know her assistant, Rafael. And Rafael turns out to be the kind of friend — and potential boyfriend — Nat never dared to dream about.
Distracted by his astonishing new life, new friends, and new possibilities, Nat lets his guard down, and suddenly his life goes careening out of control. Racked by guilt, he tries to push his new friends away, but the bonds he’s formed are already too strong. In fact, they’re strong enough to pull him forward, into the future he’s been longing for — but to get there, he’ll have to let go of the past.
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Word count 53,600; page count 204
No Small Parts Bluewater Bay Book 16 edition by Ally Blue Romance eBooks
While there were some elements to enjoy in this book, I'm actually much more impressed that I got over halfway through the available books in this series before I got to one that I vaguely enjoyed rather than devoured.Perhaps the biggest problem is that I found no chemistry between the characters of Nat and Rafael. Much of the friendship built between them occurs offscreen, so once Rafael broke down Nat's "defenses," it feels like they went straight to wanting sex. Without that chemistry, I found myself even skimming the sex scenes and wondering when I'd get back to the plot.
About halfway through the book, I realized what wasn't working for me. Though I've never been on a professional television set, I have enough experience assisting film-makers that this book felt the least "realistic" in terms of how the industry works. Which meant that Nat and Rafael's involvement ended up feeling less like an addition to the Bluewater Bay series and more like "Real Person Fanfic" of the actors and crew of the Wolf's Landing television show. Well-written fanfic (and I certainly have nothing against that particular genre), but nothing I got attached to.
The good points of the book: Nat's incredibly realistic family and family issues, especially the representation of the current opioid epidemic. Though the ending to that particular story arc did not result in a happily ever after, it was well executed and made me feel for Nat much more than at any point during his relationship with Rafael.
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No Small Parts Bluewater Bay Book 16 edition by Ally Blue Romance eBooks Reviews
The struggle was real unfortunately.. I gave this one my best shot, I read through all of it, yeah from round the middle I DID skim a little but I tried and failed to connect to either Nat and Rafael. While Nat's life situation is heartbreaking, Rafael's life is nearly perfect (just needs to kickstart his directing career which he achieved throughout the story). He was too damn nosey but I guess it's what made Nat open up to him in the end. The story felt flat for me, even though it was dealing with difficult stuff - Nat's father addicted to pills, struggling with depression and Nat having to deal with all of it by himself with no help from anyone. Yet there were very few instances where I truly FELT Nat and ached for him. Which was a huge part of the problem..
Nat is playing a "silent werewolf", meaning his role doesn't include any lines but it's still the best paying job he could dream of, for taking care of his father and his issues though it's never actually enough.. His other family members couldn't care less about his father.. or rather, how Nat is dealing with all of that on his own even if his uncle (his mother's brother) and sister could help HIM and not directly his father. It was annoying how self centered they were and how much they didn't see what Nat needed.
Rafael is working as an assistant to two stars on Wolf's Landing - Carter (whom we've met in previous books though it doesn't matter even if you haven't a clue who he is..) and Solari. Nat actually had a crush on Solari but in the end they both realized they are better off as friends. Also while Nat is bi, Solari is gay (and has a serious girlfriend, even if they have problems). That's how Rafael and Nat meet and from there the three of them form a friendship. While there are a few secrets between them they still make a friendship/safety net for Nat who couldn't believe his luck any time they step up and help him out. Back to Refael. His role as assistant is exactly what he needs to get in touch with Anna - the director of the show, so he can learn from her and also he has a little side project on his own he wants to promote (mostly through kickstarter) and he finally found his dream star for it - Nat! For him, Nat is a natural, even if most of the time he doesn't speak on his role as werewolf. Though even Anna realizes how much potential Nat has even if he doesn't have any experience in acting.
Nat and Rafael start off as friends. It was actually nice this way. It takes them half the book to become more, and when they do, it's obvious how much they mean to one another as they are already good friends and as Nat gets more and more frustrated with the situation at home, he has someone to grab unto.
I didn't like the way things were resolved (and at times never resolved) between Nat and his father. I mean, it was the PERFECT solution, I ask for this exact same thing in so many books were there is a poisonous character you want OUT of the picture. BUT, it's also the easy way out. Not to mention SO many things were left either unsaid or unresolved between them, between his other family members. It was totally flat, as so much of the book felt to me. The story was a good one, but the way it was written didn't grab me at all. I was bored out of my mind most of the book even though the things that were happening felt like they SHOULD matter, yet they didn't.
Very disappointed. Don't know how to recommend this one (or not). I think if you can FEEL this story when you start you might have a totally different experience but for me it was a struggle almost right from the start. I couldn't connect to neither Nat nor Rafael's character. That's the frustrating thing about reading this kind of a series, the previous one was AWESOME, there were some others I really enjoyed but there were also quite a few I didn't enjoy.. and when each is written by a different author you can never know what you'll get.. Funny enough I started this series because of ONE book, and that one I didn't connect with as well.. grrrr frustrated!
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An M+M Series set in Bluewater Bay in the shadow of the Olympic Mountains overlooking Vancouver Island. A group of authors have been taking turns writing romances set in a small fishing port that has been invaded by a Hollywood movie set that shoots a successful TV Series. This outing # 16 is set among the actors and support staff.
These romances are well-plotted, not simply a pretext for getting two men in the sack. I’m still somewhat put-off by idea of female authors writing about gay sex. Aside from issues of confronting one’s own sexuality, finding love, and coming out the books confront issues of alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, gay porn, and homophobia.
This book has the kind of spelling and grammatical errors I’ve sadly come to expect from e-books. It also veers somewhat toward the melodramatic, characters filled with angst and overwhelming emotion. After all that strain the inevitable HEA seems somewhat strained.
The author wrote a "SWEET tale; fit 4 young men negotiating their lives 'one out & proud'; the
OTHER navigating family & friends & how HE sees & accepts himself as a GAY MAN
This time around we are following the lives of Nat and Rafael. Nat has spent his entire life trying to get his father to be proud of him. Rafael, a PA for a couple Wolf's Landing stars, wants to be a director. The story weaves its way through family drama. 3.25 for hiking.
While there were some elements to enjoy in this book, I'm actually much more impressed that I got over halfway through the available books in this series before I got to one that I vaguely enjoyed rather than devoured.
Perhaps the biggest problem is that I found no chemistry between the characters of Nat and Rafael. Much of the friendship built between them occurs offscreen, so once Rafael broke down Nat's "defenses," it feels like they went straight to wanting sex. Without that chemistry, I found myself even skimming the sex scenes and wondering when I'd get back to the plot.
About halfway through the book, I realized what wasn't working for me. Though I've never been on a professional television set, I have enough experience assisting film-makers that this book felt the least "realistic" in terms of how the industry works. Which meant that Nat and Rafael's involvement ended up feeling less like an addition to the Bluewater Bay series and more like "Real Person Fanfic" of the actors and crew of the Wolf's Landing television show. Well-written fanfic (and I certainly have nothing against that particular genre), but nothing I got attached to.
The good points of the book Nat's incredibly realistic family and family issues, especially the representation of the current opioid epidemic. Though the ending to that particular story arc did not result in a happily ever after, it was well executed and made me feel for Nat much more than at any point during his relationship with Rafael.
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