The Mountain

by Ally Blue

When glass artist Marco Ravel is commissioned to create a piece for a rich recluse, he's thrilled for the opportunity to stretch his creative muscle. He doesn't expect to fall for the man hiring him. For Henrik Schweitzer, the relationship blossoming between himself and Marco shakes his world to its foundation. He wants to keep what the two of them have together, but after eight years of near-complete solitude he doesn't know if he has what it takes to change. Marco and Henrik both know they can have something special, if they can conquer the mountain of fears in their path.

Genres: M M Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Romance

172 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2012

About the author

Ally Blue penned her first tale at age eight, relating the breathless terror of her little sister’s not-quite-fatal encounter with a bee in the backyard. That was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with storytelling. She now writes gay romance of all flavors, and has recently branched into writing her first love: horror. She continues her neverending quest to scare herself. She is not a hippie or a brain surgeon, no matter what her kids’ friends say.

Reviews

[Vio · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice enough story, entertaining at times, with likable characters. Rik was my favorite, adorably innocent and fiercely determined, brave enough to confront his fears knowing how debilitating they would be. He did have this unusual, quirky and weird habit of running around in the nude at the most inappropriate times. I'm still not sure if Marco as Rik's love interest worked for me, his personality didn't exactly shine through, there wasn't a strong enough connection between them. I don't feel I got to know Marcus well at all. Nothing really special. It was a sweet, cute fluffy story.

Thanks Td for the advice and confirmation lol!

[Elianara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't know what to tell you about this one.

Ally Blue is an old favorite author, and this is one of her newer books, that I finally got to.

The story was okay, the writing a bit slow paced at times. But I kept feeling I'm missing somethings. I wanted to like the book more, because I liked both MC's, and the premise was interesting, but somehow I just didn't get the feels.

[Sierra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked the depiction of Henrik's struggle with his debilitating agoraphobia and the Marco's support and encouragement. I love Ally Blue and her ability to make characters feel real.

[Idamus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story