Spring Sonata Gay Romance Anthony McDonald Books
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A quickie on Hampstead Heath. An invitation to play chamber music in the Dordogne. These two pole-star events will between them set the course of young theatre manager Robbie’s future life. More than one grand passion lies in store for him during his next twenty-five years. Chris, Jeremy and Luke will all spend time with him in the countryside and elegant houses of southern France. But with whom will he find himself lying out under the stars when the beautiful music stops? Originally published as Gay Romance Spring Sonata, 2014.
Spring Sonata Gay Romance Anthony McDonald Books
Kudos once again, Mr McDonald. This one seemed to begin slowly, but picked up, and was very enjoyable. Thank you once again.Product details
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Spring Sonata Gay Romance Anthony McDonald Books Reviews
In this delightful story, Anthony McDonald plays to all his strengths with his personal knowledge of the theatre and music, not forgetting his Euro-trotting that leads effortlessly and geographically to descriptions of landscape, fauna and foliage in this case South and West Hampstead, London, and the Dordogne region of France.
At 23, Robbie is not experienced in the ways of the gay world when the story starts in 1981, and isn’t out to his parents. He works at the barely disguised Hampstead Theatre opposite the (in)famous Swiss Cottage pub, which gives its name to a district of North London, and which is simply called The Swiss Pub in the book. It is there he falls for the slightly older Chris and to Robbie it feels at last like the real thing. On the rebound, he acquiesces to the entreaties of handsome thirty-something music professor Luke—who lives opposite Robbie’s parents’ suburban home—to play piano in support of some students who are paying for a two-week retreat at Luke’s house in France. Robbie’s piano skills are modest, but Luke brings out the best in him. Is there a chemistry there? But Luke, it transpires is enamored of violinist Elfrieda.
Robbie’s never been to France and seeing the Dordogne through his eyes unleashes a series of lyrical scenes, and during which time he falls heavily for cellist Jeremy. This time it feels right, for the 18-year-old is obviously head over heels for Robbie. So it seems, but from this point on Robbie’s life changes in tumultuous ways he could never have imagined.
It would be unfair to its predecessors, and uncritical, to say that the tenth (and according to the author the last … for the time being) in the "Gay Romance" series is the best, but in "Spring Sonata" McDonald has pulled together all the threads from the previous stories that made them so damn readable. There is the signature light touch, the irresistible waft of (French) cooking so that you can taste it, the vibrancy and color of the settings, the pathos, laughter, tears (yours, dear reader), and above all the love between the characters, both major and minor. I would place this as a real crossover work, one that will find a readership in the M/M Romance camp and among gay men who want genuine romance from a man’s perspective.
Another wonderful read from Anthony McDonald's "Gay Romance Series."
"My unschooled heart hadn’t grown clever or wise. The heart doesn’t do that. It lives forever in a state of hope."
Kudos once again, Mr McDonald. This one seemed to begin slowly, but picked up, and was very enjoyable. Thank you once again.
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