Comments on Best Gay For You Romance - page 1

Take My Picture
I liked it but it's not 'Gay For You'

Loopy wrote: "Take My Picture
I liked it but it's not 'Gay For You'"

You're right Loopy it's not so I've removed it from this list. There are other lists more appropriate for this book.

Wild Raspberries
They were both already gay in this one too if I remember correctly.

A Hard Habit To Break - KC Kendricks - both already gay.
Same with Bareback by Chris Owen (loved it but not GFY)

Thank you Loopy. I removed them.

More that aren't GFY
Natural Disaster - Chris Owen
Top Men by G.A. Hauser
ReneCade (Hawkins Brothers/Quinten, Montana, #3)by Cameron Dane
Breaking the Devil by Bailey Bradford

Lori, Keeping Promise Rock was GFY? I don't remember it that way. Also, A Note in the Margin was? I don't think it was...Maybe I am remembering them wrong.

This list has some books that shouldn't be on it. I'm going to need to go through it. I've already deleted several. I haven't read all of them so if anyone spots one that doesn't belong, please let me know. I'll remove the two you mentioned.

a character who previous identified as heterosexual and had never had a homosexual experience until they met someone they were so attracted to that they became "gay" for them

Now that I think about it, I probably should not have deleted Keeping Promise Rock. One of the characters had a girlfriend in High School for a couple of years and I think he considered himself heterosexual. Oops!

No, Deacon knows he is at the very least, bisexual. He knows he loves Crick and I think he even had an incident with his other best friend who marries Deacon's high school sweetheart...if I remember correctly

Yep, you're right. I forgot about the incident with his best friend.

Well, if we're pointing out books that dont' belong... Reese knew he was gay when he first came on to Luc, and Luc came to terms with his bisexuality long before he and Reese finally got together, so I don't think it's really a gay-for-you.
Neither is Crossing Borders. Zack decided he was gay and went out trolling for men.

Lori, maybe your criteria could center on how much the story is about one of the MC's admitting that he is gay and the fact that the admission takes place only because he loves the other MC. If it is the main theme, then it is GFY. If it is a minor theme or background story, then it isn't. So Promise Rock isn't one.

A lot of people would see the Adrien English stories as GFY because Jake tries so hard not to be gay and to have a normal hetero life and he has to finally give in to the gay side of himself only because he loves Adrien. It might not fit your more exact definition, but I think it fits in this category.

This is probably the hardest one to classify and I think there will be differing opinions on what should be included on the list. To me, if they have struggled with being gay even though they never acted on it, they are not really GFY. JMHO :)

Yeah, this one is really individual isn't it? But Improper Holiday isn't GFY under either your definition or mine, but I can kind of understand why someone might stick it on the list. Makes it tough to decide which ones to weed out.

Scarlet and the White Wolf, Mariner's Luck and The Land of Night because Scarlet, the main character, knew for some time that he was attracted to men;
I second that Crossing Borders shouldn't be here because Tristan was already planning to pick up a gay guy in Borders before beginning a relationship with Michael.

It would be helpful to add a description to what this list expects from a book labeled as GFY, especially for the people interested in this theme.

I put up a definition and deleted the books that were mentioned. Thanks everyone for helping me clean up this list.

Tristan. Where on earth did I come up with Zack? Maybe the kid on the cover looks like a Zack to me?

Lori, the Andrew Grey series is not GFY. Both MC either were openly gay or in the closet. Also the G.A. Hauser Naughty series is REALLY not GFY. They were just in the closet. Capital Games is the only one that qualifies.

Cutting Cords is also not GFY. One of the MCs was openly gay, the other in the closet with a girlfriend.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't really think these qualify as GFY either:
- "The Boy Next Door" by GA Hauser
- "Kei's Gift" by Ann Somerville
- "Gatekeeper" by Rayne Auster
- "When Irish Eyes are Sparkling" by Tom Collins

It seems to me like a lot of people are classifying "coming out" or "in the closet" or "adolescent discovery" type books as "gay for you" because they involve first time gay relationships. So I think that it's important to point out that a first-time gay relationship DOES NOT necessarily mean "gay for you."

Personally, I think "gay for you" romance means that at least one character previously believed himself to be straight, and only begins to have homosexual inclinations upon meeting a specific man. (Therefore, said character becomes "gay for you" specifically.) So characters who have previously lived in the closet don't count as "gay for you" because they aren't really suddenly becoming gay.

Although, I suppose I could see how one might argue that closet cases deciding to finally come out and engage in a gay relationship upon meeting a specific man might also be thought of as "gay for you" because the closet case decides to finally act on his homosexual feelings. But like I said before, I personally don't think that this situation is really what "gay for you" was termed to describe. I think "gay for you" was meant to describe romance where a legitimately "straight" guy (or maybe a seriously deluded closet case who honestly thought he was straight) becomes gay. Ok, so I guess it's a fine line. But the bottom line is that I think "gay for you" means one of the characters honestly thought himself to be straight previously.

Now this might just be me, and isn't necessarily always the case, but I also typically think that "gay for you" involves a certain amount of angsting and examining of these new, homosexual feelings.

For example, I think that Tere Michael's Faith and Fidelity is classic "gay for you" -- two guys who previously identified and acted as heterosexuals, one had been married and honestly loved his wife...but then when they meet, they slowly begin to have these unfamiliar romantic feelings toward each other. Then there's a lot of angsting and emotional turmoil over these new feelings, etc etc.

Anyway, sorry that's so long, but I just couldn't help adding my two cents. It really is hard to define what GFY really means! :)

Ditto, Ravyn!

I am pretty sure that Diplomacy was not GFY. I think the MC was bisexual. Although he was married, if I remember correctly, his relationship with the other guy was not a case of GFY....

It's not.LOL

i wish more more books were on this list. its my favorite

I'd definitely include Corruption by Jack Greene in that list.

You're welcome to add any books that fit the criteria as "Gay For You"

Cop Out is not GFY. In the description it may seem so, but if u read the book you'll notice it's not.

Breathe is not GFY. If you read the book. He knew he liked men, even his wife knew he liked men before he met "the one" it was just the first time he actually did anything

Twilight?? Someone put Twilight on this list .......... ah, no, I'm pretty sure it's not GFY

Loopy wrote: "Twilight?? Someone put Twilight on this list .......... ah, no, I'm pretty sure it's not GFY"

It seems they either did it as a joke or they meant this book...

Hot Head is on here twice at 6 and 59 - I don't know if they can be combined.

Kaje wrote: "Hot Head is on here twice at 6 and 59 - I don't know if they can be combined."

3 duplicates removed

The third page has a couple of great Amy Lane books that aren't really GFY either (like Making Promises, Living Promises, and Sidecar. You could argue Chase in Shadow maybe is.)

Kaje wrote: "The third page has a couple of great Amy Lane books that aren't really GFY either (like Making Promises, Living Promises, and Sidecar. You could argue Chase in Shadow maybe is.)"

Fixed.

I love _Caught Running_, but it's not GFY.

Sat wrote: "I love _Caught Running_, but it's not GFY."

Thanks - removed.

Falling by M. L. Rhodes isn't GFY. Chris is just very closeted at the beginning, but he acknowledges that he is gay. He just hid it for so long. (Would be good for an "Out-For-You" list though.)

ttg wrote: "Falling by M. L. Rhodes isn't GFY. Chris is just very closeted at the beginning, but he acknowledges that he is gay. He just hid it for so long. (Would be good for an "Out-For-You" list though.)"

Removed - thanks!

Blind Faith by N.R. Walker is ofy not gfy

AsmaaaGH wrote: "Blind Faith by N.R. Walker is ofy not gfy"

Deleted from list - thank you!

Ravyn wrote: "Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't really think these qualify as GFY either:
- "The Boy Next Door" by GA Hauser
- "Kei's Gift" by Ann Somerville
- "Gatekeeper" by Rayne Auster
- "When Irish Eyes are Sp..."
I would disagree on Gatekeeper... They don't necessarily 'turn gay for eachother'more fall in love. But at the same time, they had both never thought of entering into a relationship with a man, they fell in love with eachother, dealing with the fact of being mates, they never would of been with a man if it weren't for eachother so it kind of enters into GFY/Forced mating.

I'm deleting the second time "Try" is listed.

Love these librarians at work ;)

LisaT - AttentionIsArbitrary M/M Blog wrote: "Love these librarians at work ;)"

:D ;)

I could be mistaken, as it was a while ago when I read it, but I don't remember Ethan, Who Loved Carter as GFY . . . right?

Also, Caught Running, isn't GFY either. If I remember correctly, Jake recalls how he had came out to his football coach as possibly bisexual.

Runell wrote: "I could be mistaken, as it was a while ago when I read it, but I don't remember Ethan, Who Loved Carter as GFY . . . right?

Also, Caught Running, isn't GFY either. I..."

I think you are certainly right with Ethan. I'll look into Caught Running.

Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Runell wrote: "I could be mistaken, as it was a while ago when I read it, but I don't remember Ethan, Who Loved Carter as GFY . . . right?

Also, Caught Running, isn'..."

I think some might consider Caught Running GFY so I'll leave it for now.

Jananifan wrote: "Cop Out is not GFY. In the description it may seem so, but if u read the book you'll notice it's not."

Actually, it is GFY. Just read this and it's one of my faves. Kurt was the partner of Davy's cop boyfriend, Ben who was slain while on duty. Ben was so in the closet he hid Davy to the extreme. Kurt came on the scene as a straight man not knowing any closet feelings towards men or otherwise, plus surprised that Ben his partner for 3 years had a secret gay relationship. He meets Davy and forms a friendship that takes that slow gfy turn. I loved, LOVED this book and series. K.C. Burn always enthralls me.

I love JCP, all of it. I just read again "Among the Living" and certainly it's not GFY. I can't understand why it's in this list.