Kimberly Gardner

This morning I gave up on a book I had been reading, and enjoying, all weekend. The reason I won’t finish the book is that one of the main characters, one of the heroes, is about to do something so surpassingly stupid that, if this were an actual/physical book instead of an ebook, I would have already thrown it against the wall.

I won’t tell you the title of the book. But here’s a brief description of the set-up.

Hero A, the one about to make the worst mistake of his life, is involved in a hot and heavy affair with sexy yet insecure Hero B who has only just realized that he is in love.

After their most recent and most intense sexual encounter — the one that brought Hero B his revelation — Hero A called Hero B to say how much he missed him and other sentimental stuff. But Hero B didn’t answer so he had to leave a message.

Five days or some such length of time goes by and Hero B never calls back or acknowledges in any way Hero A’s feelings.

Except Hero B never got the message.

Which doesn’t stop Hero A from jumping to the conclusion that B wants him only for sex not for a real relationship.

So while A is feeling like crap (because of course he too is in love by now) who shows up but A’s supposedly straight best friend and used-to-be-fuck buddy. The BF who used to be an FB is also feeling pretty crappy and down-trodden and, in the midst of weeping on A’s shoulder, asks if A wants to fuck him just to make him feel … wanted. *huge eye roll*

And guess what Hero A is going to do?

Guess further who just got the lovey-dovey message Hero A left on his phone nearly a week before? And who, even as A is about to fuck someone else, is on his way over for a grand reunion? And who, instead of said reunion, is going to get a big ‘ol nasty surprise when he finds his lover balls deep in another guy’s ass?

Arg!

I just want to slap Hero A.

But since I can’t slap a fictional character or even kill him off since this isn’t my book, I just won’t finish the story. And I probably won’t buy/read any more of this author’s work either.

Not because Hero A is about to cheat on Hero B. But because the author didn’t give me a solid motivation for Hero A to lose faith in Hero B. I got only a big misunderstanding and an unreturned phone call. And that’s not enough.

Damn. I was liking this book too.