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Becoming Benjamin
Growing up they called me beautiful, stunning, incredible. Some even called me strange. But, I called myself unique...
You either loved me or hated me. Isn't that life?
I liked boys when they told me I should like girls. I fiddled with makeup when they told me I should be playing baseball. I loved to be beautiful and I loved beautiful things.
In a world of conformity I never fit in.
But, who cares.
My name is Benjamin Murphy Peters and this is my story.
A Gay Coming of Age Story.
You either loved me or hated me. Isn't that life?
I liked boys when they told me I should like girls. I fiddled with makeup when they told me I should be playing baseball. I loved to be beautiful and I loved beautiful things.
In a world of conformity I never fit in.
But, who cares.
My name is Benjamin Murphy Peters and this is my story.
A Gay Coming of Age Story.
- GenresM M Romance
209 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 6, 2017
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Daya Daniels
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September 29, 2018
This book... while there was much I enjoyed and found compelled to stay with it to the end, much I could have left out. I feel like she just threw every possible conflict into this story for no reason, for me - not my thing. I like plausible to some degree, yes I understand its reading but when its beyond OTT, just not my thing. The story is told from Benjamin's POV, growing up with his hot mess of an absentee mother, how his life is affected by her getting married then divorced to someone new (it felt like every year). Coming to terms with who he is through it all and the horrible men she choses.
March 26, 2019
Wow
I must say, after reading two of her novella’s, I wasn’t having high expectations on how this one would turn out.
But it’s a wonderful story, heart wrenching at times, and so much about self-discovery. And truly a coming of age story.
I loved the MC Benjamin, he was such a lost and beautiful soul, caught up in a hurricane that is his mother. He never has a stable life growing up, going from home to home of men is mother falls in love with and eventually runs away from. I can’t even imagine how that would feel like for any child, let alone a child who is confused about his sexuality.
But what you will read is, a beautifully written story of how they both grow up, finding themselves after all that running, and finding love.
I must say, after reading two of her novella’s, I wasn’t having high expectations on how this one would turn out.
But it’s a wonderful story, heart wrenching at times, and so much about self-discovery. And truly a coming of age story.
I loved the MC Benjamin, he was such a lost and beautiful soul, caught up in a hurricane that is his mother. He never has a stable life growing up, going from home to home of men is mother falls in love with and eventually runs away from. I can’t even imagine how that would feel like for any child, let alone a child who is confused about his sexuality.
But what you will read is, a beautifully written story of how they both grow up, finding themselves after all that running, and finding love.
June 15, 2018
This book touched me...
...In so many ways. My heart was touched by Benjamin's story. It made me think about so many things I didn't think I could relate to and it truly had me in tears at times while also happy with smiles on my face. What I do know, now... after reading Daya's books is she is a great writer across so many different genres. If I could pump at least this story to the world of readers, I'll do my best. Thank you! Please keep on writing.
...In so many ways. My heart was touched by Benjamin's story. It made me think about so many things I didn't think I could relate to and it truly had me in tears at times while also happy with smiles on my face. What I do know, now... after reading Daya's books is she is a great writer across so many different genres. If I could pump at least this story to the world of readers, I'll do my best. Thank you! Please keep on writing.
July 15, 2020
Simply Awesome
A wonderful story filled with ups, and downs. This story filled with abandonment, betrayals, heartbreak, and the love of a mother. This sweet story tells how to human beings, make a family together, and the girl finds solace within her new baby boy. If you want to read about hope and dreams, this would be it. I really enjoyed myself with the adventures of these two souls. Trying to find their way in life, like mother like son.
A wonderful story filled with ups, and downs. This story filled with abandonment, betrayals, heartbreak, and the love of a mother. This sweet story tells how to human beings, make a family together, and the girl finds solace within her new baby boy. If you want to read about hope and dreams, this would be it. I really enjoyed myself with the adventures of these two souls. Trying to find their way in life, like mother like son.
May 16, 2019
This is an OK story but I lost interest in the title character when he described himself, “I’d put on some more weight. I’m around two hundred pounds now and just a little over six feet tall. I’d grown my hair out. It’s now to my shoulders. Most of the time my hair is up in a casual man-bun.” EWWW!
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