Status Updates From Playing With Fate (Admirals...

// Great book but the ending felt rushed :-/!!

// Canadian here! Carter, Dalhousie University isn’t in Manitoba, dear, it’s in Nova-Scotia!!
You’re from Ottowa and you might not care :-P but yeah, totally different province!!

// Okay, with this sudden emphasis on Max and Chase, I feel like I should know their story o__O!! I get that there’s a story THERE and I might not need to be privy to it, but it would have been nice to witness it considering there is significance behind the emphasis here!!

// THIS is relationship angst done right :-)!! Absolutely delicious ... and okay, heartbreaking too! But in a great way, if that makes any sense :-P!!

// [continued] ...
1. Your parents “accepting” the fact that you’re gay is NOT something you need to feel thankful for. It’s something that is a given. They accept you for being YOU!!
2. Your parents paying for university is their responsibility and you shouldn’t feel indebted to them for it. Grateful and thankful, YES! Indebted, NO!
3. You’ll make them happy by being happy!!

// “Luke thought about how disappointed his parents would be if he changed his plans. They’d done so much for him. They’d accepted him no questions asked when he came out. They’d paid for his education.
He wanted to make them happy, to make them proud of him.”

~ Okay a few things [see next update] ...

// I don’t get why Luke isn’t telling Carter about his gig at Future :-/!! I mean Carter is Luke’s biggest champion ... o__O!! I get that Luke is worried it’ll all disappear, but still ...

// “He was falling in love with Carter.
Hell, he was already in love with Carter.
Suddenly, his stupid list didn’t mean anything anymore. The guy he’d been waiting for, the one he’d been venerating in his head. His ideal guy. None of that mattered anymore, not when his ideal guy couldn’t hold a candle to the one in front of him now.
He was wrecked. Completely, absolutely wrecked by Carter Welling.”

// I must say, I very pleasantly surprised by this book so far :-)!! I am really enjoying this book ... it's light but deep ... it's a good book :-)!!

// I am really really REALLY liking the pacing here :-)!!

// “Did that mean he was attracted to Luke?
He would be lying if he said Luke wasn’t a good-looking guy. He could see that plainly with his eyes. Luke was gorgeous in a way that sometimes took his breath away. When Luke smiled, Carter lost the ability to speak, his heart beating wildly out of his chest.
It was confusing as fuck.
Did that make him bisexual?”

~ I ADORE the matter-of-factness of it all :-)!!

// To be fair, just because a guy is bi or gay does not automatically mean you “can have him” either ;-)!! Just saying :-P!!

// “The more he got to know him, the more Luke realized that Carter was great. Amazing, even, and it killed him to know there was this super hot, incredibly kind guy out there who talked to him every day, and Luke couldn’t have him.
Luke was wrong. So, so completely wrong, because Carter did fit his list. Carter ticked every item on his list easily. Except it didn’t change the fact that Carter was still straight.”

// I get what you’re trying to say, but what the fuck are you trying to say?!!? Dude, half the things you listed you couldn’t possibly know about until you get to know the guy and that thing about being intelligent?!!? The fuck?!!? Carter is fucking intelligent!!!!
I get that you’re shooting it down before it can even start (because you’re terrified), but don’t make crazy statements not even you believe in!!

// “He wanted someone intelligent, someone who could keep up with him. He wanted someone who supported him, someone who kept all of their promises. He wanted someone who was willing to make sacrifices for him. Most of all, he wanted someone who wouldn’t keep him a secret.
Someone not straight.
Carter didn’t meet any of that.”

// I’m just going to say that I really like that the author has these guys texting like normal people instead of using net-speak, or what I like to refer to as bingo-speak o__O!!

Kudos to you, Ms. Thorpe!!

// *Grinning from ear to ear :-D*!!

// I like how things are happening here :-) ... vey organically and very believable :-)!!

Also, I am absolutely ADORING the fact that this book takes place in Canada :-)!!

#ProudCanadianThroughAndThrough :-)!!

// I’m getting exactly what I asked for (with this book) so far :-D!!

// Funny enough when I read Puck was the name of Carter’s dog, I didn’t immediately think of hockey, though I absolutely ADORE hockey!! The name Puck made me think of Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” [one of my favorites] - LOL!!

// I’m in the mood for light and sweet right now and I have a feeling this will fit the bill to a T :-)!!