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Flights of Love #1
Liberator
David Adler is a feckless, bisexual grad student in 1980s Cleveland who goes somewhere he shouldn’t and ends up in 1941, where he freaks out, works hard, joins the Army Air Corps, and reconnects with his Jewish roots. He also falls in love with both flying and Jim Wysynski, a guy he describes as “the prototype for the ideal American military hero: gee-whiz naif...secretly brilliant; strong, tall, blond, blue-eyed.”
Liberator is a queer historical romance, with a twist of time-travel thrown in. Set largely during WWII, it has a healthy mix of history, fantasy, and adventure, plus all the romance you could want.
Liberator is a queer historical romance, with a twist of time-travel thrown in. Set largely during WWII, it has a healthy mix of history, fantasy, and adventure, plus all the romance you could want.
170 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 4, 2016
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February 19, 2023
A time travel romance about a bisexual Jewish grad student from the 1980s, David Adler, who is thrown back to 1941. There he meets Jim Wysynski, a young man who hasn't yet realized he's gay. As World War II looms, the two enlist together and become lovers.
I'm a reader who appreciates having her heart grabbed and wrenched, and this book absolutely delivers. The growing affection between David and Jim is adorable, but it's intermixed with all kinds of pain in both the past and present. (Jim-in-his-60s "meeting" David at a university party before David is hurled back in time, and it's clear he's heartbroken, but we don't yet know why; David, stranded in the past, never to see his family again.) These guys face a lot of obstacles both separately and together. The combination of love and various kinds of grief is perfectly balanced, and the overall vibe is "lovers destined for each other, pulled apart by forces they can't control."
This is the first of a planned series, so the end of the book isn't happily ever after yet. I know that's a dealbreaker for some people, but I'm quite confident we will get the rest of the series and it will end perfectly.
The author is a personal friend, but I bought this with my own money, and it helped me get started reading and loving romance.
I'm a reader who appreciates having her heart grabbed and wrenched, and this book absolutely delivers. The growing affection between David and Jim is adorable, but it's intermixed with all kinds of pain in both the past and present. (Jim-in-his-60s "meeting" David at a university party before David is hurled back in time, and it's clear he's heartbroken, but we don't yet know why; David, stranded in the past, never to see his family again.) These guys face a lot of obstacles both separately and together. The combination of love and various kinds of grief is perfectly balanced, and the overall vibe is "lovers destined for each other, pulled apart by forces they can't control."
This is the first of a planned series, so the end of the book isn't happily ever after yet. I know that's a dealbreaker for some people, but I'm quite confident we will get the rest of the series and it will end perfectly.
The author is a personal friend, but I bought this with my own money, and it helped me get started reading and loving romance.
June 6, 2016
Really sweet WW2 (well, mostly; there's time travel) love story. Lots of lovingly-researched detail, on both 1940s Cleveland and training to be a pilot in WW2. The love story is nicely timed, slow build, not instalove, and the end is satisfying as a stopping point, even if the story is not complete (it's one story spread over the three books; only the first volume is currently available but all three have been written so hopefully will be out soon!). Very nice, can't wait to read the others!
June 8, 2016
WW2 time-travel gay romance! Whee! Several of my favorite genres are combined together into one very nice romance novel. The characters are compelling and the author clearly did a lot of research on WW2 and airplanes. This is the first book in a trilogy and I'm excited to see where the rest of it goes (and what happens to Jim and David in the future); I will definitely be picking up the rest.
June 11, 2016
Excellently written and an intriguing idea. I love the WW2 era, and unlike a lot of books set in that time, this read true to the time period, and not at all forced or inadequately researched.
The characters were wonderful, too. David, who carries most of the story, was great, but I totally fell for Jim, who we see from varying ages starting at 19 on through to his 60s. He was a complete delight, and every time we had the story from his POV (no matter the time period), I was always happy to find it, and sorry when it ended. (But glad to get back to the rest of the story, too.)
My only complaint is that the ending was so abrupt. There are so many mysteries left at the end of this book that the ending didn't feel like an ending, so much as it did just a pause. I would have liked the book to end on a more hopeful, positive note, instead of feeling just like the conclusion of a chapter. I paged all the way to the end, hoping to find at least something, a preview of the next book, or at least reassurance that there was a next book, but apart from half a sentence in the author's bio, there wasn't anything. Believe me, I'll be anxious to read it.
The characters were wonderful, too. David, who carries most of the story, was great, but I totally fell for Jim, who we see from varying ages starting at 19 on through to his 60s. He was a complete delight, and every time we had the story from his POV (no matter the time period), I was always happy to find it, and sorry when it ended. (But glad to get back to the rest of the story, too.)
My only complaint is that the ending was so abrupt. There are so many mysteries left at the end of this book that the ending didn't feel like an ending, so much as it did just a pause. I would have liked the book to end on a more hopeful, positive note, instead of feeling just like the conclusion of a chapter. I paged all the way to the end, hoping to find at least something, a preview of the next book, or at least reassurance that there was a next book, but apart from half a sentence in the author's bio, there wasn't anything. Believe me, I'll be anxious to read it.
June 19, 2016
I couldn't leave the characters behind when I finished, and I am eagerly awaiting the next book. ❤
August 4, 2024
Poor old Dave Adler, living an ordinary (if a bit stagnant) life in 1984… until, unsuspectingly, he attends a party one night and meets someone special and with whom he feels a connection, Jim Wysynski. And then, after a strange, disconcerting event (to put it mildly), he meets that someone again, some forty-three-odd years earlier. (This is not a spoiler, at least, not one that the author herself doesn't give.)
It's wonderful to see the love and affection build between David and Jim, even knowing they are meant to be together. Watching Dave the college lay-about with no real purpose or direction becoming David the brave WWII pilot is quite a transformation to behold. It's also interesting to watch David adjusting to life in the 1940's… when it was dangerous to be anything but a straight, white man.
Very much looking forward to seeing if Jim can .
It's wonderful to see the love and affection build between David and Jim, even knowing they are meant to be together. Watching Dave the college lay-about with no real purpose or direction becoming David the brave WWII pilot is quite a transformation to behold. It's also interesting to watch David adjusting to life in the 1940's… when it was dangerous to be anything but a straight, white man.
Very much looking forward to seeing if Jim can .
January 11, 2019
cliffhanger -_-
July 27, 2016
Very Good Read
I really enjoyed reading Liberator, Book 1 in the Flights of Love Series. The series continues on about David and Jim. Very good read.
I really enjoyed reading Liberator, Book 1 in the Flights of Love Series. The series continues on about David and Jim. Very good read.
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