Book Reviews

Book Blurb

Parker Iwata loves his boyfriend, Mace Smith, and he trusts in the knowledge that they are honest with one another on everything. Although they had a whirlwind romance, he knows that Mace is the man he’s going to be with forever.

But one tragic accident changes everything.

Mace Smith is not from this world. He’s a visitor, one that has special powers to bring Parker back from the brink of death. But in doing so, he must give up everything and leave Earth. Can he possibly convince Parker to go with him back to his world?

 

Book Review

This is the third book in a very entertaining series about men with non-human boyfriends. All of them are very much in love, but none of them have a clue that their partner is hiding a big secret. After the werewolf and the vampire, this third human has, unknowingly, fallen in love with an alien. Witty and humorous at first, with some serious notes when the crisis / decision time hits, the story made me smile. I mean, imagine you’re an alien and are trying to find out some details about the planet you’ve just landed on. You know, just so you can blend in. What do you do? Well, quite clearly, you go to the local library and get a few books about world history. Why did I never think of that? With some great details like this, as short as the story is, it still managed to thoroughly captivate me.

Parker, who works in the local library I mentioned above, has hit the relationship jackpot with Mace, and he is more in love than he ever thought possible. Mace may be from “back east” and Parker doesn’t know a lot of details about his past or his family, but he loves Mace to distraction. Parker’s traditional Japanese parents don’t approve, but this is Parker’s life, so he lives it the way he sees fit. Until he has a freak car accident and ends up in the hospital with severe brain damage and in a coma, and his parents swoop in and forbid Mace from seeing him.

Mace may be from another planet, but he is curious and wants to learn. He has been sent to Earth to study humans, and even though he is supposed to return after a year, he loves Parker too much to even consider it. He can stay, but the one thing he cannot do is intervene, thereby risking exposure of the aliens to humans. So his decision to save Parker means he will have to leave and never see him again. Still a better choice than letting Parker die, but heartbreaking. I was very grateful the author came up with another solution!

If you like stories about aliens who are similar enough to us so they can hide in plain sight, if the issues of two men from different species who are meant to be together sound interesting, and if you’re looking for a short, entertaining, and very touching read with truly “star crossed” lovers, then you will probably like this short story as much as I did.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Short Story, 34 pages/10110 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	10-October-2014
Price	$2.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.evernightpublishing.com/my-alien-boyfriend-by-elizabeth-monvey/