Title: Blueberry Boys
Author: Vanessa North
Publisher/GR Link: Riptide, GR
Genre: Contemporary
Vice: Stuttering, Rural life
Rating: 5 juicy stars!
Lock this book up: 4
keys…This is a hot, romantic read.
Length: Novel
Satisfaction: HEA
Cover Impressions: I love it! Feels like
an Indian Summer day
Best Line: “I want you. I want you so much, I
shake with it.”
Synopsis: Connor Graham is a city boy—a
celebrated fashion photographer in New York. When his uncle’s death drags him
back to the family blueberry farm, all he wants to do is sell it as quickly as
he can. Until he meets his uncle’s tenant farmer.
Jed Jones, shy and stammering,
devout and dedicated, has always yearned for land of his own and a man to share
it with. Kept in the closet by his church, family, and disastrous first love,
he longs to be accepted for who he is. But now, with his farm and his future in
Connor’s careless hands, he stands to lose even the little he has.
Neither man expects the connection
between them. Jed sees Connor—appreciates his art and passion like no one else
in this godforsaken town ever has. Connor hears Jed—looks past his stutter to
listen to the man inside. The time they share is idyllic, but with the farm
sale pending, even their sanctuary is a source of tension. As work, family, and
their town’s old-fashioned attitudes pull them apart, they must find a way to
reconcile commitments to their careers and to each other.
Impressions: This was a pure delight. The setting and characters were just perfect,
but the love between these two men set the pages ablaze. I could not put this book, and it swept me
away on to Connor’s farm and Jed’s blueberries.
Jed
captured my heart. I felt his pain and
his eagerness to be accepted and loved for who he is. I liked the complexities of his family
dynamics and the reality of rural life in Massachusetts. As a native Bostonian who was visiting
Western MA as I read this, I found it so believable. In Boston we tend to assume that
Massachusetts is an evolved place for LGBT people, and this was a reminder that
laws and protections only go so far when it comes to actually feeling
comfortable and accepted. They don’t
stop religious struggles and familial worries.
When Jed
meets Connor it is a clash between cultures as well as identities. I loved watching Connor believe that he was
as desirable as Jed sees him, and together these men were just perfect.
This
isn’t a story with crazy plot twists, exacting exes or friendly ghosts, but it
IS a story about love, acceptance and family.
It was exactly what I wanted and I didn’t even know it until I opened to
page one. North doesn’t need tricks and
twists- what she has is a well paced plot, a developed setting, and two amazing
MC’s who will sweep you into their love story until you never want to leave.
I
received a copy of this story through netgalley for my honest review.
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