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Star Struck
Eric Montgomery is a happy-go-lucky type of guy. He loves his boyfriend, and his job as a nurse. At least, he thought he did, right up until he meets Mason White and his life gets turned upside down. When it looks as though he has lost everything, help comes from a surprising source, and Eric flees to Weymouth. Distance is not enough, however, to stop Mason from continuing to mess with Eric's life, and Eric can't quite get that big, hunk of handsome out of his head. Mason White has everything, but what good are fame and fortune when he has no one to share them with? from the moment he lays eyes on Eric Montgomery, Mason knows he has finally met the one. All Mason has to do is stop Eric running away from him long enough to convince him they have a future.
- GenresM M Romance
182 pages, Paperback
First published November 26, 2017
About the author
Kay Ellis
31 books12 followersKay Ellis lives in rural Oxfordshire with her two daughters. She has written stories from an early age, starting with an epic adventure penned at primary school which sadly had to end when a hard-hearted teacher refused to supply any more writing paper.
Over the years Kay’s style has changed as she has grown more confident in her writing, developing a relaxed and informal style. She has also become braver in content, turning her hand to writing gay and straight erotica.
Kay writes for the love of writing and from a fear her head will explode if she doesn’t have a release for her vivid imagination.
It’s only now Kay has found the courage to submit work for publication, having recently finished in the top three of a national writing competition.
Kay Ellis can now be found on Facebook.
Over the years Kay’s style has changed as she has grown more confident in her writing, developing a relaxed and informal style. She has also become braver in content, turning her hand to writing gay and straight erotica.
Kay writes for the love of writing and from a fear her head will explode if she doesn’t have a release for her vivid imagination.
It’s only now Kay has found the courage to submit work for publication, having recently finished in the top three of a national writing competition.
Kay Ellis can now be found on Facebook.
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November 28, 2017
I don't have a problem with short books, I do have a problem with books that have too much going on for everything to be resolved satisfactorily in a short book. And therein lies the problem with Star Struck. Particularly as there is no epilogue.
I hadn't read the first book in the series as it didn't really appeal to me. The good thing about Ellis is whilst this book is in a shared universe, you don't feel lost. Enough is explained to understand who Alex and Stefan are, and other characters in the shared universe, but not so much that, if you've read the first book, you feel it's all being rehashed. Alex and Stefan, appear quite a lot in this one so you get insight into their life as a couple. So, if you liked them, this may feel like an epilogue of sorts for them.
The book is Eric's POV, which was necessary for some of the twists and turns to have impact. Eric's confusion wouldn't quite work if you had Mason's POV. That said, the book is entirely predictable so even when the first big stumbling block occurs, you know exactly who is behind it.
The problem I had was that things did not make sense. Let's take Liam.
The blurb alludes to cheating and I know that is a big no no for some people. So, just to be clear, there is cheating but in the strictest sense of emotional cheating in that Eric begins to have feelings whilst he is in a relationship with Rufus but there is no physical cheating.
The book ended far too soon. When so many issues had to be resolved the character development and relationship development was heavily short changed. I really don't like that Eric basically hitched his wagon to Mason. So he's just gone and made the exact same mistakes he made with Rufus all over again. What happens if things don't work out with Mason. Eric is not his own person, he just attaches himself to whoever he's in a relationship with. With Rufus he was dealt a bad hand, but as he's not in the relationship with Mason, we're supposed to be happy that he’s not his own person.
Without Mason's POV I have no idea why he was so besotted with Eric. Single POVs are not a problem if at some point a conversation happens where the other MC explains himself. In this book he didn't. All he comes up with is Eric doesn't know who he is so isn't taken with his fame or money. Ok, cool, but he won't be the only one. I mean, even at the height of One Direction's fame there was a fair portion of the population who had no clue who they were or gave a damn. And, when Mason became besotted with Eric, he didn't know that Eric didn't know who he was. And how did he know Eric didn't care about his money. Eric had discovered Mason had money about 5 minutes before Mason declared he liked Eric because he didn't care about his money.
As I am writing this review I feel that maybe three stars is too generous, but I will leave it at that as two stars is too low. This was a good book with interesting characters and enough happening that I was entertained. But the lack of epilogue and the sudden resolution of all outstanding issues very much felt like a student realising they'd hit the word count and suddenly writing "the end!" I was kinda really hoping that Alex would someone how benefit from Eric's relationship with Mason. Alex was so nice to Eric I kinda thought Eric would pull some strings to get Alex a job, but eh.
I didn't spot any major editing issues. No grammatical errors, typos, etc. Which is always a pleasant surprise as, sadly, nowadays it's not always a guarantee that an author will have a strong grasp of English.
On a sidenote, I hope the third book is not Rufus. At this point, I really can't see how Rufus' character could be redeemed. I understand low self-esteem and acting out, but absolutely nothing can forgive using someone (Eric) for 18 months and repeatedly cheating on him. Hopefully, it'll be Ollie.
I hadn't read the first book in the series as it didn't really appeal to me. The good thing about Ellis is whilst this book is in a shared universe, you don't feel lost. Enough is explained to understand who Alex and Stefan are, and other characters in the shared universe, but not so much that, if you've read the first book, you feel it's all being rehashed. Alex and Stefan, appear quite a lot in this one so you get insight into their life as a couple. So, if you liked them, this may feel like an epilogue of sorts for them.
The book is Eric's POV, which was necessary for some of the twists and turns to have impact. Eric's confusion wouldn't quite work if you had Mason's POV. That said, the book is entirely predictable so even when the first big stumbling block occurs, you know exactly who is behind it.
The problem I had was that things did not make sense. Let's take Liam.
The blurb alludes to cheating and I know that is a big no no for some people. So, just to be clear, there is cheating but in the strictest sense of emotional cheating in that Eric begins to have feelings whilst he is in a relationship with Rufus but there is no physical cheating.
The book ended far too soon. When so many issues had to be resolved the character development and relationship development was heavily short changed. I really don't like that Eric basically hitched his wagon to Mason. So he's just gone and made the exact same mistakes he made with Rufus all over again. What happens if things don't work out with Mason. Eric is not his own person, he just attaches himself to whoever he's in a relationship with. With Rufus he was dealt a bad hand, but as he's not in the relationship with Mason, we're supposed to be happy that he’s not his own person.
Without Mason's POV I have no idea why he was so besotted with Eric. Single POVs are not a problem if at some point a conversation happens where the other MC explains himself. In this book he didn't. All he comes up with is Eric doesn't know who he is so isn't taken with his fame or money. Ok, cool, but he won't be the only one. I mean, even at the height of One Direction's fame there was a fair portion of the population who had no clue who they were or gave a damn. And, when Mason became besotted with Eric, he didn't know that Eric didn't know who he was. And how did he know Eric didn't care about his money. Eric had discovered Mason had money about 5 minutes before Mason declared he liked Eric because he didn't care about his money.
As I am writing this review I feel that maybe three stars is too generous, but I will leave it at that as two stars is too low. This was a good book with interesting characters and enough happening that I was entertained. But the lack of epilogue and the sudden resolution of all outstanding issues very much felt like a student realising they'd hit the word count and suddenly writing "the end!" I was kinda really hoping that Alex would someone how benefit from Eric's relationship with Mason. Alex was so nice to Eric I kinda thought Eric would pull some strings to get Alex a job, but eh.
I didn't spot any major editing issues. No grammatical errors, typos, etc. Which is always a pleasant surprise as, sadly, nowadays it's not always a guarantee that an author will have a strong grasp of English.
On a sidenote, I hope the third book is not Rufus. At this point, I really can't see how Rufus' character could be redeemed. I understand low self-esteem and acting out, but absolutely nothing can forgive using someone (Eric) for 18 months and repeatedly cheating on him. Hopefully, it'll be Ollie.
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