Louise Lyons

Cream of the crop - A Man Who Measures up. The only 5 star read in this collection.

What’s Up Pussycat? Less a romance, more a story of a man overcoming grief.
Over the Rainbow - While I enjoyed the story I couldn't understand the insistence that Dorian play Dorothy when they had female teachers! It would have made more sense if it had been an all male staff.
Broadway Devils - Funny and I enjoyed it but I needed more connection moments between the final pairing since the MC spends most of the story fucking someone else off page.
Angel in the Wings - Again, the bane of the short story strikes, I needed just a few more connecting moments shown before they got together. Even if it was misinterpreted looks from the stage.
Enjoy the Show by Lisa A Adams. I knew what was happening pretty much from the outset but I didn't care. Sometimes its great to know where you're going and just enjoy the journey to get there :)
The One That I want by RJ Jones - I could understand Paul's reasons for acting as he did, but Jason's actions weren't so clear and actually annoyed me a bit. I mean who turns his phone off for the whole week when he's been told his lover is going out of town and will phone because he doesn't want to be disappoint when he doesn't call #theboysgotissues
A Man Who Measures up by Cecil Wilde. - Easily my favourite story of the bunch. Damaged hero. Lace panties. Rocky Horror. What is not to love? Well written too. Loved it. All the stars.… (plus d'informations)

A compilation of a bunch of stories with Shakespeare twists. There were some great stories, and some that weren't my cup of tea, but overall it was a decent collection. The stories were different enough to remain engaging. There were two stories that I didn't particularly enjoy (one because it didn't really feel like a romance and then I hated the ending and the other because it felt a bit more like trading one abuse for another), but those are my feelings and not necessarily reflective of the writing. Other than that, though, we had some great tropes thrown in with May/December, friends to lovers, and enemies to lovers.

All proceeds of this collection go to the It Gets Better Project. Definitely, a worthwhile project to support!

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