Review Tour: Helix by Anna Martin (Giveaway)

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Length: 61,000 words approx.

Cover Design: Garrett Leigh @ Black Jazz Design

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Blurb

When high school student James has trouble with his truck, Dylan, who is studying to be a mechanic, comes to the rescue. James thinks he hides his immediate attraction well, but is happy to be wrong when Dylan asks for his number. Since James is new to romance, they take things slowly, and because Dylan is in college, James keeps the budding relationship secret from his overprotective dad.

Across town, Mark, a teacher and single father to James and his sister, Frankie, meets Steve at a bar for what both believe will be a quick hookup. Mark doesn’t see any reason to tell his kids about Steve or press Steve for details about Steve’s adopted son…. It’s just sex between them. Isn’t it?

Two very different love stories grow side by side, each hidden from the other. But all of that changes at a family barbecue, when Mark decides it’s time for his kids to meet Steve and for him to meet James’s boyfriend, who none of them realize is Steve’s son, Dylan. The inevitable explosion means the two couples have some explaining to do to soothe the hurt feelings of their families—and lovers.

3 stars

Helix is a standalone book by Anna Martin. It is about two couples, fathers and sons.

James, a high school student, meets Dylan, a hard-working college student, when his car bursts into smoke. Mark, a teacher and a single father of twins James and Frankie, meets Steve, a small business owner and single father to Dylan. James keeps Dylan a secret, meeting on the sly while Mark who has hooked up with Steve in the past, considers a relationship.

I preferred James and Dylan, honestly. They were a sweet couple and I was rooting for them. James had many firsts with Dylan and Dylan was very patient and caring for James. Mark and Steve’s "relationship" started hot and heavy with a quickie in a public bathroom. They were a couple, yet also not - they got together and got physical but there was not a whole lot of feelings till the end.

I have to say I was very satisfied by the ending. I was not super into Mark and Steve’s relationship but I was so invested in James and Dylan it caused me not to DNF the book. I am a big fan of Anna Martin’s books so I was expecting a bit more, but overall it was a good book.

*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie for my reading pleasure, a review wasn't a requirement. ***

Author Bio

Anna Martin is from a picturesque seaside village in the southwest of England and now lives in the Bristol, a city that embraces her love for the arts. After spending most of her childhood making up stories, she studied English literature at university before attempting to turn her hand as a professional writer.

Apart from being physically dependent on her laptop, Anna is enthusiastic about writing and producing local grassroots theater (especially at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where she can be found every summer), going to visit friends in other countries, and reading anything thatís put under her nose.

Anna claims her entire career is due to the love, support, prereading, and creative ass kicking provided by her best friend Jennifer. Jennifer refuses to accept responsibility for anything Anna has written.

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