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Midlife Crisis
Midlife Crisis
Midlife Crisis
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Midlife Crisis

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Jack is thirty-five and single once again. He is not, as he as quick to point out, going through a midlife crisis. Still, it would be nice to have a partner, and so he sets out on an adventure to find the one-time love of his life, Bing, a man he hasn’t seen in more than fifteen years, a man who has seemingly vanished off the face of the planet. With the help of his family and friends, not to mention the family dog and his high school bully, he goes searching for Bing, only to unearth an ages-old mystery that puts them all in grave danger. In this hysterically funny tale, the question remains right on up to the surprise ending: can we return to our past in order to better our future?

LanguageEnglish
PublisherRob Rosen
Release dateAug 20, 2016
ISBN9780983767862
Midlife Crisis
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Rob Rosen

Multi-award-winning and best-selling author/editor/anthologist Rob Rosen is the author of Sparkle: The Queerest Book You'll Ever Love, Divas Las Vegas, Hot Lava, Southern Fried, Queerwolf, Vamp, Queens of the Apocalypse, Creature Comfort, Fate, Midlife Crisis, Fierce, And God Belched, and Mary, Queen of Scotch. His short stories have appeared in more than 200 anthologies. You can find 20 of them in his erotic romance anthology Good & Hot. He is also the editor of Lust in Time: Erotic Romance Through the Ages, Men of the Manor, Best Gay Erotica 2015 and Best Gay Erotica of the Year, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Please visit him at www.therobrosen.com

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Midlife Crisis is a whirlwind tour of the past and how you can't come home again. Or, rather, you can, but the only thing that will be the same is your geriatric dog Chompers. Part love story, part murder mystery, part breezy exploration of how life isn't as you plan it - or remember it. Well-developed characters, surprise twists, and a world of likable characters from whom there's no question that your life is yours to live as you wish it. And Monroe, everyone needs a Monroe in their life. Good-natured possibly alcoholic listener who's always game to pursue your quest with you. I've read a couple of Rob's other books,and found the pace here a little calmer, a little more mature. Because the protagonist is different. More established. Though he sure does sleep with a lot of people. Anyway, buy it and read it. You'll like it. Tell Chompers hello for me.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Book ? Midlife Crisis
    Author ? Rob Rosen
    Star rating - ?????
    No. of Pages ? 182

    Cover ? Good
    POV ? 1st person, one character
    Would I read it again ? Maybe

    Genre ? LGBT, Romance, Crime/Mystery, Midlife Crisis


    ** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK, BY THE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER, IN RETURN FOR AN HONEST REVIEW **
    Reviewed for Divine Magazine


    Midlife Crisis is that mix of all the things you're looking for in a pick-me-up book: Mystery, romance, sexy stuff and a good giggle. It certainly picked me up on a God-awful day.

    I love a good who-dun-it, so the mystery aspect of this one really worked for me. Sure, parts of it were a little incredulous, but that was the whole fun of it. The book didn't take itself too seriously, so I as a reader didn't either. This was more your Miss Marple ? someone stumbling into something they, on paper, shouldn't be stumbling into ? rather than your Poirot, where a profession gets sucked into another case.

    Jack was a hottie, with money, but a love-loser life. He had everything and nothing ? great parents, who were a hoot, a great best friend, a good job/money and a nice home, but he didn't have love, luck or even the closure of a past love to keep him going. So began his adventure. And, boy, it was a doozie!

    I don't want to give the plot away, but I will say that I loved all the main characters ? Jack, his mother!, Monroe, Dave and even Bing. But it was really in the last 10-15% that you really saw their true colours shine through so bright. And that was brilliant too.

    Down side? Well, this is an unedited and unformatted ARC, so I had some trouble reading it. There were a few editing issues ? nothing that needed to really be taken into account for my rating, because I'm sure they'll be fixed before publication. The formatting was also negligible, since I knew going in that it was unformatted. I only mention it, because it was tiring trying to follow the story while there were a few spaces missing, so words blended together. BUT, this is nothing anyone needs to worry about; it's all the unedited/unformatted part and nothing that will appear in the published version.

    So, why is it a 4 and not a 5? I can't honestly pin-point it. I had a good giggle and I was surprised by some of the mystery/crime resolutions ? which rarely ever happens to me! ? but I guess there was just something indefinable missing for me. Possibly that something that would make me read it again? I'm not sure. It feels like the kind of book you'd read and it stays with you, so re-reading isn't really necessary, if you know what I mean?

    Overall, though, it was a well plotted, well written piece of slap-stick comedy, with enough romance, mystery/crime and slap-and-tickle (sorry, I couldn't help myself. It felt so appropriate!) to satisfy any reader of the genre.

    ~

    Favourite Quote

    ?He wants us to go on a diet together. I promised to love, honor and cherish. There was no mention of a diet. I would've remembered such a thing.?

    ?Dave might've been quick, but no one was quicker than Ma. Ma knew when I was up to no good even before I was awake. Ma had my punishment figured out a week in advance.?

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