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As Hollywood's biggest holovid star, Adrien Grant has all the money and fame a man could want. The price he pays is keeping his sexuality firmly in the closet. When damning photos get leaked to the press, he decides a nice long vacation in the Spanish countryside is just what he needs. But Spain holds a surprise that he never could have foreseen.
Cristian Rodriguez wants nothing more than to run his bed-and-breakfast in peace with his partner, Felix. But every glance in the mirror reminds him of the one thing he’d rather forget—that he's Adrien Grant's clone, a pale imitation of Hollywood's biggest celebrity. Still, they live a peaceful life until the day Adrien himself shows up on their doorstep, insisting he has a reservation.
Adrien's a spoiled celebrity with the paparazzi hot on his heels. Cristian's got a chip on his shoulder the size of Europe and a lifetime of resentment burning inside him. Felix just wants to salvage what remains of his and Cristian's crumbling relationship. But what if each of them is just what the others need?
Cristian Rodriguez wants nothing more than to run his bed-and-breakfast in peace with his partner, Felix. But every glance in the mirror reminds him of the one thing he’d rather forget—that he's Adrien Grant's clone, a pale imitation of Hollywood's biggest celebrity. Still, they live a peaceful life until the day Adrien himself shows up on their doorstep, insisting he has a reservation.
Adrien's a spoiled celebrity with the paparazzi hot on his heels. Cristian's got a chip on his shoulder the size of Europe and a lifetime of resentment burning inside him. Felix just wants to salvage what remains of his and Cristian's crumbling relationship. But what if each of them is just what the others need?
238 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 30, 2011
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August 7, 2011
About a couple of chapters in, I was moaning to myself about what the heck had I gotten into. This was either a farcical tragedy or a tragic farce and I wasn't sure if I could stomach the rest of the story.
But...this turned out to be at least a 4.5 star story despite the niggles. Adrien, the hot Hollywood star, did steal the show and was the one who kept me reading when the other two MCs, Cristain and Felix, made me want to smack their heads together. While I could sympathize with Felix's unhappiness over his partner's obsession with his clone - and an obsession that Cristain is in denial over - I wasn't sure I could accept Felix fucking Adrien. Now, cheating-sensitive readers will likely hate this but I did find myself accepting that Felix did it only because Cristain pushed him to do it and Cristain's hatred of Adrien and of himself, made for a very difficult relationship to have. If you hate such triangles (as opposed to a "real" and consensual menage) I urge you to give this trio a chance and after you've read it, you just might see it as I did in the end - that Adrien's appearance in Cristain's and Felix's lives saved their relationship, it got Cristain to love himself, so to speak (since he and Adrien are clones) and Adrien found a home for his vulnerable heart with these two men.
Following Felix and Cristain as they wrestle with their issues wasn't easy and at this particular time in my RL when I'm having to listen and deal with some couples undergoing relationship problems, I'd have preferred a more leisurely read. But, as I said, Adrien gave the incentive to continue. He has a wry sense of humor that I would have liked to see more of and towards the later part of the book, I began to feel a lot more for Cristain than I thought I could. Felix was not such a well-developed character for me but theirs is a complex situation because of the cloning issue and I hope to see more of them as an established menage because when the story ends, Adrien is in the US while Cristain and Felix are in Spain, albeit on their way to meet him.
What I liked, even though I was a little bemused at the start, was that the futuristic aspect was given a light touch. Beyond Adrien's datascreen (which, at first, I thought was an iPad!) and the ability to turn his wall into a TV screen (my husband would love that gadget!) and the cloning, I couldn't tell that it was a futuristic. As a result, the focus remained solely on the dynamics between the three men and at the end of the book, it was a menage that I could believe in for them. I think the author did a good job building up the premise and the journey but the book, despite the strong HFN, does end rather abruptly which leads me to suspect there is a sequel.
But...this turned out to be at least a 4.5 star story despite the niggles. Adrien, the hot Hollywood star, did steal the show and was the one who kept me reading when the other two MCs, Cristain and Felix, made me want to smack their heads together. While I could sympathize with Felix's unhappiness over his partner's obsession with his clone - and an obsession that Cristain is in denial over - I wasn't sure I could accept Felix fucking Adrien. Now, cheating-sensitive readers will likely hate this but I did find myself accepting that Felix did it only because Cristain pushed him to do it and Cristain's hatred of Adrien and of himself, made for a very difficult relationship to have. If you hate such triangles (as opposed to a "real" and consensual menage) I urge you to give this trio a chance and after you've read it, you just might see it as I did in the end - that Adrien's appearance in Cristain's and Felix's lives saved their relationship, it got Cristain to love himself, so to speak (since he and Adrien are clones) and Adrien found a home for his vulnerable heart with these two men.
Following Felix and Cristain as they wrestle with their issues wasn't easy and at this particular time in my RL when I'm having to listen and deal with some couples undergoing relationship problems, I'd have preferred a more leisurely read. But, as I said, Adrien gave the incentive to continue. He has a wry sense of humor that I would have liked to see more of and towards the later part of the book, I began to feel a lot more for Cristain than I thought I could. Felix was not such a well-developed character for me but theirs is a complex situation because of the cloning issue and I hope to see more of them as an established menage because when the story ends, Adrien is in the US while Cristain and Felix are in Spain, albeit on their way to meet him.
What I liked, even though I was a little bemused at the start, was that the futuristic aspect was given a light touch. Beyond Adrien's datascreen (which, at first, I thought was an iPad!) and the ability to turn his wall into a TV screen (my husband would love that gadget!) and the cloning, I couldn't tell that it was a futuristic. As a result, the focus remained solely on the dynamics between the three men and at the end of the book, it was a menage that I could believe in for them. I think the author did a good job building up the premise and the journey but the book, despite the strong HFN, does end rather abruptly which leads me to suspect there is a sequel.
November 6, 2011
Adrien was suppose to be seasoned and conscious member of BDSM community, a successful actor, an accomplished man with inner insecurity - but in the course of book his its image falls apart - and he ends as lonely, whinny submissive. When Adrian gave his full consent to be tied and beaten by someone with anger issues fixated on him my only thought was: does he had a death wish? Felix - loving and understanding partner goes to bed with Adrian because Cristian in the course of fight I said so. Inconsistencies in the creations of heroes image also reaches Cristian. He has problems with going outside his own threshold, but within a few seconds decides to throw everything on wind and go halfway around the world to join his lover, and thus put himself in the centre of public attention. And it's only few of major issues I had with this book - overall it has promising start but fail to suspend my disbelief.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 25, 2011
Set in a sort of near-future, this menage/poly book is one of the better ones I've read. The idea of a man and his clone and his clone's lover hooking up is definitely novel (to me at least), but the pairing of the three isn't about titillation. It's as if the three complete each other in a tangible way. I nick the book a star only because both the beginning and the end felt somewhat clumsy; it took me some reading to get into it, and the end felt a bit more abrupt than I'd like. (I'm thinking here of all the times I say it goes on too long; yes, sadly, it's a fine line.)
This said, it's a wonderful book and if you've been looking for a poly m/m/m that doesn't descend into syrup or pointless sex, you've come home.
This said, it's a wonderful book and if you've been looking for a poly m/m/m that doesn't descend into syrup or pointless sex, you've come home.
September 14, 2011
I couldn't finish this one. It was too long and there was too much detail and too much narrative and not enough dialogue. Not a bad idea, but very poorly executed.
October 25, 2015
2011 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)
July 4, 2016
A few things that I don't like. Ended up mènage, but it started as cheating. I'm also not a fan of the hardworking actor avoiding the paparazzi.
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