Title: Take a Chance on Me
Author: Liz Lambdin
Length: 2,100 words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Genre: m/m contemporary
Rating: C+
Blurb:
James has had enough. Being in love with his best friend is not even remotely pleasant, and he cannot take listening to one more play by play of Evan’s adventures in bad boyfriends. So what’s a guy to do? Give a best friend a clue and hope he gets it—and returns the feelings that James has never been able to confess.
Review:
This is the shortest that I’ve read of the LT3 Kiss Me Quick shorts and tells of James who, after being totally exasperated when his best friend and unrequited love comes to cry on his shoulder about yet another bad break-up, tries in the clumsiest way possible to give Evan a clue about his feelings.
Whilst I rather liked the character of James and sympathised with his growing annoyance at the general cluelessness of his best friend, the story centres around a bit of a misunderstanding and forced separation – not my most favourite of plot lines. Still it was amusing to see James squirm over the results of his outburst and the conclusion was satisfying. The author sets up the situation in a humourous fashion and I got a strong sense of how much James and Evan mean to each other as friends.
Those looking for a 5 minute read may enjoy this one. I liked it, but I wish I could have spent longer with these guys.
I like short stories, but not quite this short.
It was OK. Good for a five minute quickie before bed. 🙂
It is very short, but might be worth it when I have a few minutes to kill. I do find the clueless friend trope rather amusing.
He was very clueless, Tam!