Ox lives in the country in the middle of Green Creek aka Nowhere, Oregon.Īnyway, Ox's father tells him he is stupid and the kids at school call him a 'retard.'īut really, Ox is just a simple boy with simple wants and needs and a heart of fucking gold.Īnd when I say 'simple,' I mean that the way he sees the world and other people is the way I wish we ALL could see things: with no artifice, no underlying motivations, and no cruelty.Īnd that is how the writing is structured. The entire story is told from the POV of our main character, Ox. Klune before, so I'm not sure if this book is an example of his general writing style or just his writing style for this book. Well, okay, that wasn't exactly what she said.īut anyexaggeration, homie Maria was right.Īs I said, I've never read anything by T.J. Klune, quite frankly, but a few weeks ago, my non-PNR-reading blog-wife Maria, said, 'OMG Val, you just HAVE to read this awesome M/M PNR book I just read. If it had sucked, I would have rated it however many 'suck' stars it deserved, written a semi-diplomatic 'this thing sucked' review.Īnd then still done my blog-wife duty and shamelessly plugged the giveaway.īefore this book, I had never read - or even heard of - T.J. I originally read this book in preparation for a giveaway over on the blog but rest assured, said giveaway had NOTHING to do with me giving this bad boy 5 big ones. 5 'Candy Canes and Pine Cones and Epic and Awesome' Stars

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