Drawn Together
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Drawn Together
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Narrated by:
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Greg Boudreaux
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Written by:
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Z. A. Maxfield
Summary
Re-release of best-selling 2009 novel - What happens when Rory travels halfway across the country to meet the girl of his dreams? Certainly not what he expected.
Rory's just a simple southern boy from St. Antoine's Parish, Louisiana, but he knows what he wants - the girl of his dreams, reclusive and mysterious artist Ran Yamane. He's loved her since junior high school, and now he has the chance to meet her. He chucks everything and travels 1,500 miles to Anime Expo in Long Beach just so he can tell her. He's determined that nothing and nobody are going to stand in his way.
Turns out, Ran Yamane isn't a girl, but he gets that a lot. People come to him with teddy bears and chocolates and disappointment by the truckload. He's trusted fans in the past and paid the price. So when he meets Rory he is understandably wary, but resigned. He isn't prepared for his magnetic attraction to the young man, Rory's apparent willingness to overlook his gender, and the chaos that ensues when his number one fan (and psycho stalker) shows up to get revenge.
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Greg Boudreaux is one of my absolute favorite narrators. He never fails to bring the story to life. Thank you, Greg.
Fantastic Listen!
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And then suddenly the story becomes a thriller and a soap opera, when Ran's stalker re-emerges. She's described as having BPD (which feeds into the stereotype that neurodivegent people are violent) and somehow is untouchable no matter how publicly she lashes out. Here there are a lot of tropes that push the story forward, from police being completely incapable of doing anything to phones being absent in crucial situations to the main characters deciding to jump into situations themselves rather than get help. Ran is a sometimes insulting caricature of a gay man, being hauty and flamboyant and demanding luxury. Rory is often dismissive of Ran, calling him "Princess" and acting as though Ran is being dramatic when he's upset at someone for being homophobic and transphobic. Rory is a country boy, charming, and blessed by the story's macguffin to never lose at poker and be liked by everyone. At 5 hours in I realized I no longer cared how this ended and dropped the book.
Yaoi Soap Opera
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My favourite Maxfield book so far.
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This novel is a thriller romance as the characters; Rory, a tall white Cajun Rory and Yamane, a petite Asian-American; travel from Long Beach to New Orleans try to escape a murderous stalker.
Suspend disbelief when reading to this story. Everything is dialled up to 11 - Rory is trying too hard to help save everyone, and his attitudes toward Yamane are often uncomfortable (eg not allowing him to smoke, or act with his own agency), & Amelia is too OTT to be believable, and the plot holes are there - a few things hinges on people not having access to cell phones when they need it. There are some lovely sexytimes, (but a couple of times I felt interfered with the flow of the action/pacing).
The narration was EXCELLENT, and when there were plenty of Louisiana voices they were still differentiated by Boudreaux.
M/M Romance and Suspense Thriller
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