BoltHole (Audible Audio Edition) Amy Lane Nick J Russo Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
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Terrell Washington's childhood was a trifecta of suck being black, gay, and poor in America has no upside. Terrell climbed his way out of the hood only to hit a glass ceiling and stop, frozen, a chain restaurant bartender with a journalism degree. His one bright spot is Colby Meyers, a coworker who has no fear, no inhibitions, and sees no boundaries. Terrell and Colby spend their summers at the river and their breaks on the back dock of Papiano's. As terrified as Terrell is of coming out, he's helpless to stay away from Colby's magnetic smile and contagious laughter.
But Colby is out of college now, and he has grand plans for the future - plans Terrell is sure will leave his scrawny black ass in the Sacramento dust until a breathless moment stolen from the chaos of the restaurant tells Terrell he might be wrong. When the moment is shattered by a mystery and an act of violence, Terrell and Colby are left with two puzzles who killed their scumbag manager, and how to fit their own lives - the black and the white of them - into a single shining tomorrow.
BoltHole (Audible Audio Edition) Amy Lane Nick J Russo Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
~ ~ ~"Terrell?" Colby muttered, rubbing the sweat falling off his forehead onto Terrell's back.
"Yeah?"
"I hope you know... you know it's not like this with just anyone, right?"
[...]
"It's special to me," he said honestly. "That's all the [...] I know."
So there's this first kiss in this story that gets interrupted and it just crushed me. There was something about the description of that kiss that had me right there, right in the moment. I think I became Terrell. Literally the interruption made me gasp.
THE CHARACTERS
"The past half an hour, laughing, eating, talking - it was like it had never existed, and in its place was Terrell's driving need not to be gay."
Terrell Washington - He grew up poor, black and gay. He's still trying to come to terms with some of those things. He admits he's angry, but he's not a drag. He just needs to find some hope.
"Or was that just maybe Colby's magical superpower - he made guys who weren't supposed to be gay want him.
Worst. Superpower. Ever."
Colby Meyers - Colby is everyone's dream guy. Golden and shining and honorable and beautiful. I thought I wasn't going to see what Colby saw in Terrell (you know how that is sometimes? How you get one characters attraction, but not the others?), especially with this being from Terrell's POV. But that wasn't the case at all. I saw Colby falling in love with Terrell all the way through this book. Maybe because I was falling in love with him too.
THE STORY
Bolt-Hole is about two men who have become close friends over the past year. Luckily for Terrell, Colby is a planner and has been planning to get even closer to Terrell. A murder occurs at their workplace and I was expecting that to be the "hook" for this story. It's not really, or it wasn't for me. For me it was about prejudice and differences and similarities and finding a way to love and be loved.
Told from Terrell's perspective you might expect this to be a bit of a downer, but it isn't at all. He's got baggage, but he's finally got someone who lifts some of the weight.
THE WRITING
I've come to really enjoy Amy Lane's writing. It isn't spectacular or earth shattering, but it's solid every time and it has the ability to draw me in, make me care about the characters and deliver a dependable, enjoyable romance.
This isn't to say that there aren't some tummy clenching moments and tingle-inducing scenes. There are. It's just that the writing is so easy, the poignant moments so fluid, that you don't get too bogged down in the dramatics.
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BoltHole (Audible Audio Edition) Amy Lane Nick J Russo Dreamspinner Press LLC Books Reviews
I am a huge Amy Lane fan, I am very biased and love all of her books. She hasn't written anything I didn't love, and probably won't! Her writing is fantastic, I swear I could pick an Amy Lane book out, even if I didn't know it was hers. Not sure what it is, but it's there.....
So! On the Bolt-hole. Amy takes on a mixed race relationship, with one partner hiding in the closet. She handles it wonderfully, addressing all of Terrell's issues is a realistic way. Terrell is black, struggling to make more of himself, and fighting society on two fronts. He is gay in a community that won't accept him, and he is black in a white world that won't give him a break no matter how he tries. He's moved out of the old neighborhood, gotten an eduction, a decent job, and a small apartment for himself. He tries to get a job in his field, but had been shot down. He's kept clean, helped his family even though they don't appreciate or accept him, and worked at a dead end job for years, doing the best he can.
Colby is a bit of a golden child, white, handsome, educated, loved and accepted by his family. The total opposite of Terrell. He's worked his way through school, held down a job, and stalked Terrell for a year. Building a friendship, and setting up a potential life for them, all while Terrell is totally clueless. Colby sneaks closer and closer, we learn what he has given up, Christmases with his family, days off, rearranging his schedule, all just to be closer to Terrell.
It eventually all comes out, starting with a night of drama at the restaurant they work at. Terrell's angry-black-man routine is explored and accepted by Colby, Colby's somewhat Pollyanna outlook on life comes out, and is accepted by Terrell. The background story around the restaurant, and the other characters including Colby's sister is perfect. Bad things happen, although not directly to Colby and Terrell, and good things happen, family is lost and gained, love and trust is given and accepted, and a happy ever after is achieved.
This was one of Amy's character driven not angsty books, I did get a bit teary eyed at times, but no tissue was needed. The writing was excellent, the characters well developed and believable. The story was interesting, both the Colby/Terrell side as well as the restaurant drama.
There was no knitting in it, unusual for an Amy book, but it had cats with great names! Not sure I'd eat Frog-eye salad, but otherwise it was a fantastic story!
Colby Meyers is a lucky boy. A California golden boy, he's gay and proud and comfortable in his skin. He's got plans, a masters in social work; but he's biding his time because he can afford to. And he's got eyes for Terrell Washington, a bartender at the restaurant where he waits tables.
Terrell, on the other hand - not so lucky. Born on the wrong side of Sacramento, he was raised by his deeply religious grandmother, who's had to raise too many of her own grandchildren. Against the odds, Terrell struggled through college while holding down a job and continuing to support his not-very-supportive family. Then he found that a degree in journalism only gets you so far when your skin is brown and you have no connections. He's biding his time, too, but he's not sure what sort of a future he has. He's crushing on Colby, but where he comes from you can't be gay; and white boys don't look at black boys anyway.
"Bolt-Hole" is the story of changing someone's life by sharing your dreams. It's a romantic clash of two realities, two different truths; one limiting, one boundless in its possibilities. Terrell is more than he knows, more attractive than he thinks. Colby doesn't quite understand how privileged he is, but neither does he prejudge others, because he's that open-hearted and generous. Colby is naive and Terrell is bitter, but the "pas de deux" these two smart young men perform with each other is touching to read and hopeful in its progress. Amy Lane knows how to elicit emotions, and how to use them to make us better than we were before we picked up her book.
~ ~ ~
"Terrell?" Colby muttered, rubbing the sweat falling off his forehead onto Terrell's back.
"Yeah?"
"I hope you know... you know it's not like this with just anyone, right?"
[...]
"It's special to me," he said honestly. "That's all the [...] I know."
So there's this first kiss in this story that gets interrupted and it just crushed me. There was something about the description of that kiss that had me right there, right in the moment. I think I became Terrell. Literally the interruption made me gasp.
THE CHARACTERS
"The past half an hour, laughing, eating, talking - it was like it had never existed, and in its place was Terrell's driving need not to be gay."
Terrell Washington - He grew up poor, black and gay. He's still trying to come to terms with some of those things. He admits he's angry, but he's not a drag. He just needs to find some hope.
"Or was that just maybe Colby's magical superpower - he made guys who weren't supposed to be gay want him.
Worst. Superpower. Ever."
Colby Meyers - Colby is everyone's dream guy. Golden and shining and honorable and beautiful. I thought I wasn't going to see what Colby saw in Terrell (you know how that is sometimes? How you get one characters attraction, but not the others?), especially with this being from Terrell's POV. But that wasn't the case at all. I saw Colby falling in love with Terrell all the way through this book. Maybe because I was falling in love with him too.
THE STORY
Bolt-Hole is about two men who have become close friends over the past year. Luckily for Terrell, Colby is a planner and has been planning to get even closer to Terrell. A murder occurs at their workplace and I was expecting that to be the "hook" for this story. It's not really, or it wasn't for me. For me it was about prejudice and differences and similarities and finding a way to love and be loved.
Told from Terrell's perspective you might expect this to be a bit of a downer, but it isn't at all. He's got baggage, but he's finally got someone who lifts some of the weight.
THE WRITING
I've come to really enjoy Amy Lane's writing. It isn't spectacular or earth shattering, but it's solid every time and it has the ability to draw me in, make me care about the characters and deliver a dependable, enjoyable romance.
This isn't to say that there aren't some tummy clenching moments and tingle-inducing scenes. There are. It's just that the writing is so easy, the poignant moments so fluid, that you don't get too bogged down in the dramatics.
~ ~ ~
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