Title: Love Lessons
Author:Heidi Cullinan
Love doesn’t come with a syllabus.
Kelly Davidson has waited what seems like forever to graduate high school and get out of his small-minded, small town. But when he arrives at Hope University, he quickly realizes finding his Prince Charming isn’t so easy. Everyone here is already out. In fact, Kelly could be the only virgin on campus.
Worst of all, he’s landed the charming, handsome, gay campus Casanova as a roommate, whose bed might as well be equipped with a revolving door.
Walter Lucas doesn’t believe in storybook love. Everyone is better off having as much fun as possible with as many people as possible…except his shy, sad little sack of a roommate is seriously screwing up his world view.
As Walter sets out to lure Kelly out of his shell, staying just friends is harder than he anticipated. He discovers love is a crash course in determination. To make the grade, he’ll have to finally show up for class…and overcome his own private fear that love was never meant to last.
Warning: This story contains lingering glances, milder than usual sexual content for this author, and a steamy dance-floor kiss. Story has no dairy or egg content, but may contain almonds.
When I read the
blurb I thought: here we go another one of those “slutty jock meets
virginal nerd” porn scenarios.
But, boy was I
wrong!
It turned out
“love lessons” is really about learning to love and about what it means to truly grow up.
Kelly Davidson,
shy guy from a small town hopes to find an intimate setting where he
can come out and acclimate. He thinks he found it in Hope University
(zero tolerance policy?)
Walter “lets
just have fun” Lucas is a college junior who hoped he could escape
the dorms for another year, but as luck would have it not only did he
get denied he gets to dorm in room for a single and with cutie
Kelly.(In the most homophobic house in the entire campus!)
This book had
me spinning. I don’t often come across a realistically portrayed
gay love story. Usually it hi, let's have sex, boom love!
So I was really
excited throughout the whole book.
Man I just love
Kelly (me and the whole female population of Hope university) He is
such a cutie patootie. But didn’t come of as flamboyant even through
he has an unrivaled passion for Disney movies.(Tangled♥)
He grew a lot
during the process but still retained that childish innocence that
was subtle and didn’t come of as annoying.
Walter, my
sweet poor baby. He had a messed up life and not that I justify his
sleeping around with that. Its just, as the story develops its clear
that he wears his promiscuity as a shield. I enjoyed looking how
Kelly striped him slowly and got him to open up and kinda set him
emotionally. Another thing I loved was that the relationship took
time to evolve. They didn’t immediately jump in the proverbial bed.
And Walter's trust issues weren’t gone overnight. They talked
things trough.
The parallels
between Kelly's and Walters family's are interesting. While Kelly's
come from a small town middle class, they are 100% sportive loving
parents to both of their children. Walter's are from a rich Chicago
suburbs and are messed up. Not that they aren’t supportive, but you
need to be there for your children, not your bank account. Kelly's
dad specially was a mentor to both of boys. (Parenthood you’re
doing it right)
The book also
raised some interesting questions that, I think, every teen and
generally every person In their 20's has questioned:
“I think I
expected, or really, assumed, that going to college would mean
growing up. That everything about being at college, at Hope, would be
moving me toward that. Except I don’t always feel like it is.
Sometimes it is, but sometimes it seems even more ridiculous than
high school.”
And Prof.
Williams said everything that needed to be said and he said it
perfectly:
“...There
is no supposed to. There’s no magic ruler by which we’re all
judged and weighed, not in this life. If you wait for someone to tell
you it’s time to grow up, you’ll wait forever. Some people, quite
happily, do just that. They don’t do anything until they’re
forced to by circumstance.”
Overall the
writing was amazing, the characters where believable, the story was
full of cuteness.
If you want a
book that fills you with happiness and a generally a (feel good?)
feeling.
This is the
book for you, don't hesitate!
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