Heat Wave Astoria - Liam Livings
Publisher: JMS Books
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Length: 38,150 words
Blurb
British IT programmer James is much happier working with software and computers than people. He finds escape in his encyclopedic knowledge of childhood films like The Goonies and Short Circuit.
When James walks into a quilting shop in Astoria, he decides he'll take his brother's advice and talk to a stranger. That stranger is Brad, melting slowly behind the counter during the longest heat wave America's had in years.
Can a man who thinks in binary code and always plans things to the finest degree cope with the twists and turns of emotions? Can someone who never thinks before he leaps allow himself to jump into the biggest unknown, a relationship? And how can they cope with James’ impending return to England?
Will two men who never expected to meet learn to embrace the whole messy relationship that love brings into their lives?
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Author Bio
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Author Bio
Liam Livings lives where east London ends and becomes Essex. He shares his house with his boyfriend and cat. He enjoys baking, cooking, classic cars and socialising with friends. He escapes from real life with a guilty pleasure book, cries at a sad, funny and camp film – and he’s been known to watch an awful lot of Gilmore Girls in the name of writing ‘research’.
One evening, flicking through the channels, he stumbled across the film, Saving Private Ryan, and it took twenty minutes of not seeing Goldie Hawn in an army uniform, before he realised it wasn’t actually the film, Private Benjamin.
He has written since he was a teenager, started writing with the hope of publication in 2011. His writing focuses on friendships, British humour, romance with plenty of sparkle.
When he’s not writing fiction he runs a manuscript appraisal service, provides marketing support to authors' publishers and ghostwrites other people’s books.
You can connect with Liam
Twitter @LiamLivings
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An interesting read. Two men from different countries meet and sparks fly. The plot was interesting enough, but I found the characters a bit lacking in depth. I think more could be done towards the two main characters learning about each others' cultures. Each character's emotions could have been mad stronger.
I found the descriptions of the places in Astoria fascinating and very realistic. On a whim I looked up Astoria, Oregon up in Google Earth and found it to be a real place and was able to find some of the locations talked about. I definitely want to go there.
Overall, I liked to story and give it a 4 out of 5. Would I read it again? Probably. Would I recommend it to a friend? Sure.
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