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Mitch & Cian #4
Ukuleles & Scrums
Falling in love is easy. Building a life together takes more work.
Nine months after getting together, Mitch and Cian are studying in Dublin and sharing an apartment. For both, this is a dream come true and even boring household chores become fun when they do them side by side.
Tensions arise after Cian joins an inclusive rugby club and Mitch a ukulele orchestra. Insecurities, jealousy, and lack of relationship-experience soon lead to resentment, and each struggles to balance romance with their individual interests. After Cian and Mitch accept separate invitations to Halloween parties, hoping the other will accompany them, their doubts grow.
Will All Hallows’ Eve drive a wedge between them or could there be another miracle in the making?
Ukuleles and Scrums is the fourth novella in the Mitch & Cian series. While it could, possibly, be read as a stand-alone story, the reader will enjoy it more if they read A Miracle in the Library, Lessons in Love, and Pride of Place first.
Nine months after getting together, Mitch and Cian are studying in Dublin and sharing an apartment. For both, this is a dream come true and even boring household chores become fun when they do them side by side.
Tensions arise after Cian joins an inclusive rugby club and Mitch a ukulele orchestra. Insecurities, jealousy, and lack of relationship-experience soon lead to resentment, and each struggles to balance romance with their individual interests. After Cian and Mitch accept separate invitations to Halloween parties, hoping the other will accompany them, their doubts grow.
Will All Hallows’ Eve drive a wedge between them or could there be another miracle in the making?
Ukuleles and Scrums is the fourth novella in the Mitch & Cian series. While it could, possibly, be read as a stand-alone story, the reader will enjoy it more if they read A Miracle in the Library, Lessons in Love, and Pride of Place first.
68 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 17, 2019
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About the author
Helena Stone
36 books130 followersHelena Stone can’t remember a life before words and reading. After growing up in a household where no holiday or festivity was complete without at least one new book, it’s hardly surprising she now owns more books than shelf space while her Kindle is about to explode.
The urge to write did come as a surprise. The realisation that people might enjoy her words was a delightful shock. Now that the writing bug has well and truly taken hold, Helena can no longer imagine not sharing the characters and stories in her head and heart with the rest of the world.
Having left the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam for the peace and quiet of the Irish countryside she divides her time between reading, writing, long walks, and her part-time job in a library. A grown-up daughter and her ever-loving and patient husband make sure she occasionally takes a break too.
You can find Helena here:
Website:
http://helenastone.blogspot.ie/
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The urge to write did come as a surprise. The realisation that people might enjoy her words was a delightful shock. Now that the writing bug has well and truly taken hold, Helena can no longer imagine not sharing the characters and stories in her head and heart with the rest of the world.
Having left the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam for the peace and quiet of the Irish countryside she divides her time between reading, writing, long walks, and her part-time job in a library. A grown-up daughter and her ever-loving and patient husband make sure she occasionally takes a break too.
You can find Helena here:
Website:
http://helenastone.blogspot.ie/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helena.stone...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenaStone63
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November 20, 2019
I have absolutely loved this series, for several reasons. One, the characters are so real. Two, the writing is amazing. But three, because it has been so awesome to see these boys flourish, grow and learn lessons in each other. Being in a relationship is hard as hell, I don’t care what anyone says. No matter the chemistry or whatever, it takes work. Especially when you’ve never been in a relationship and then go from not seeing each other a whole lot to living together. You have to learn the ins and outs, figure out schedules to see each other, learns likes and dislikes. And living together is not easy. You get on each others nerves, or need space, or someone flirts with your partner and there are jealousies and insecurities. It’s not easy. And these two had another few lessons to learn in this book and I love it. Because they did work it out. Even when they felt hopeless, they never gave up.
With Cian joining a rainbow rugby team, he was so excited. It felt good to be back on the field. But Mitch had his reservations. And for some reason, he couldn’t be happy about it as Cian wanted him to be. Especially when Cian comes home late at night drunk after a practice and doesn’t let Mitch know where he’s been or if he’s ok. So Mitch decides to join a group to occupy his time when Cian is at practice. When Mitch is late getting home the night he joins a uke group, Cian gets to see how Mitch felt. But because of their new groups and new friends, they’re both feeling jealous, especially when Cian mentions on of his mates has a crush on him and Cian is jealous of this person, Ro, Mitch keeps mentioning, thinking it’s a guy. They both want the other at their performances but neither seems willing to compromise, until a Halloween party where Cian wanted Mitch to join him for his team’s Halloween party. But Mitch had a performance. Little did they know they’d end up at the same place. Now can they put each other at ease and close the gap forming between them or will their jealousies get the better of them?
Like I said, relationships are hard as hell. But I have loved watching these two grow. It’s like watching my children. I want to smack them upside the head to get through their thick skulls and at other times I want to hug the stuffing out of them for being so proud they figured it out. They are basically doing all their firsts in life together and it’s hard. But they are finding their way through. They stumble and fall sometimes, but the important part is they get up and keep trying. They may fuss and fight and disagree, but they try to figure it out and make it right. They’re getting better at communicating. Although in this book they needed another lesson on it. Lol. But they’re young and they’re going to mess up. None of us are perfect. We screw up everyday. But they found out the important lessons early on. And that’s made all the difference. Hold tight to each other, and get up and keep trying.
I hope to see more of these boys as they continue to grow up and I feel privileged to get to meet and get to know them.
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With Cian joining a rainbow rugby team, he was so excited. It felt good to be back on the field. But Mitch had his reservations. And for some reason, he couldn’t be happy about it as Cian wanted him to be. Especially when Cian comes home late at night drunk after a practice and doesn’t let Mitch know where he’s been or if he’s ok. So Mitch decides to join a group to occupy his time when Cian is at practice. When Mitch is late getting home the night he joins a uke group, Cian gets to see how Mitch felt. But because of their new groups and new friends, they’re both feeling jealous, especially when Cian mentions on of his mates has a crush on him and Cian is jealous of this person, Ro, Mitch keeps mentioning, thinking it’s a guy. They both want the other at their performances but neither seems willing to compromise, until a Halloween party where Cian wanted Mitch to join him for his team’s Halloween party. But Mitch had a performance. Little did they know they’d end up at the same place. Now can they put each other at ease and close the gap forming between them or will their jealousies get the better of them?
Like I said, relationships are hard as hell. But I have loved watching these two grow. It’s like watching my children. I want to smack them upside the head to get through their thick skulls and at other times I want to hug the stuffing out of them for being so proud they figured it out. They are basically doing all their firsts in life together and it’s hard. But they are finding their way through. They stumble and fall sometimes, but the important part is they get up and keep trying. They may fuss and fight and disagree, but they try to figure it out and make it right. They’re getting better at communicating. Although in this book they needed another lesson on it. Lol. But they’re young and they’re going to mess up. None of us are perfect. We screw up everyday. But they found out the important lessons early on. And that’s made all the difference. Hold tight to each other, and get up and keep trying.
I hope to see more of these boys as they continue to grow up and I feel privileged to get to meet and get to know them.
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November 15, 2019
I can't get enough of these two characters, they're adorable. I had to laugh at some of the misunderstanding and lack of communication, it brought back cringe-worthy memories of being young, in love and so very lacking in relationship skills. I love this series and can't wait for more!
January 3, 2021
Book 4 in this Cian and Mitch series, this short is rather sad for a while, the young men, happy to finally be able to live together completely, begin to slip apart with their own after hours activities and jealousy creeps into their lives. One more book in this sweet series but I'll be looking up more from this author, very enjoyable writing.
February 1, 2021
I liked this installment so much because it addressed the fact that things in any relationship aren't perfect. They love each other but life can get in the way of things and if you don't talk, things blow up.
December 20, 2020
Too much miscommunication in this one. They didn't really work things out but somehow they are good now?
January 11, 2020
I read Ukuleles & Scrums one afternoon two days before Christmas but unfortunately didn't get around to writing a review until now. I'm just going to start out by saying that once again Helena Stone has captured Mitch and Cian's growing relationship perfectly. I should point out that I know nothing about ukulele music and even less about rugby. The idea of putting these two hobbies/pasttimes/activities together with Mitch and Cian to be completely and utterly delicious.
The semi-uniqueness of their activities is a great blend with the elements of misunderstanding and miscommunication to create a relatively low angsty story. I don't want to give anything away but Ukuleles and Scrums is a beautiful read that will make you laugh, cry, smile, and just plain feel good about life, course there a few moments I want to whack Mitch and Cian's heads together but it wouldn't be any fun if we the reader didn't want to knock sense into our heroes at least once😉😉. There is a great blend of relationship realism and romantic entertainment to make this a definite one for the win-win shelf.
The semi-uniqueness of their activities is a great blend with the elements of misunderstanding and miscommunication to create a relatively low angsty story. I don't want to give anything away but Ukuleles and Scrums is a beautiful read that will make you laugh, cry, smile, and just plain feel good about life, course there a few moments I want to whack Mitch and Cian's heads together but it wouldn't be any fun if we the reader didn't want to knock sense into our heroes at least once😉😉. There is a great blend of relationship realism and romantic entertainment to make this a definite one for the win-win shelf.
October 20, 2019
Awe, these two guys! It's so great to read about their journey and evolution as persons and as a couple. Now that they're both in university and living together, they have to navigate the first bumps in their road, and their fairytale has to come to terms and face reality. All of this, with all the sweetness that has always accompanied these two lads.
October 20, 2019
The boys are learning to live with each other and with it comes misunderstandings aplenty and lack of communication. But it's sweet, it holds true to the other books even as the two grows up, miracles are always happening and a happy ending is waiting.
October 17, 2019
This was a lovely, feel good read this morning about Mitch and Cian dealing with jealousy after their first month of cohabiting bliss. I liked the side characters and the writing was good.
November 3, 2019
I love Cian and Mitch. this was such a sweet story. Learning and growing. Loving and jealousy. I highly recommend these books
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