Love Match Volume 1 20082010 edition by Kyell Gold Rukis Croax Literature Fiction eBooks
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Rocky N’Guwe thought tennis would be the hardest thing he’d have to learn at Palm Gables Tennis Academy. But the young jackal finds himself navigating a new culture as well as his own sexuality and the volatile relationships of any high school, all while keeping himself focused on the professional career that will allow him to rescue his sister from an undesirable marriage back home. And looming in his future is Palm Gables alum and rising tennis star Braden Longacre, an abrasive cross fox whose path keeps crossing Rocky’s no matter how much the jackal tries to avoid him…
Love Match Volume 1 20082010 edition by Kyell Gold Rukis Croax Literature Fiction eBooks
It's very interesting how gay stories and sports - two themes that wouldn't seem to appeal to gay readers or sports fans - have become author Kyell Gold's forte. Yet he manages to not only pull it off, he makes it accessible to both parties. Gay readers will relate and be invested in the personal and relational drama, while sports fans can can drawn into the competitive drama (although admittedly this first volume doesn't have a lot of serious matches). I'm not a professional tennis player, but if I didn't know better I'd think Kyell Gold was a professional tennis player himself once, with all the detailed tennis descriptions.Now if you're familiar with Kyell Gold's other work,you may notice a similarity with his other famous gay sports themed series: Out of Position. I'll say that while both have very similar themes, they have enough differences to the point where it's not like your reading the same book, just with tennis. The characters in OoP were at a college-professional level, while this book is more about high school and training. Also there are issues of ethnicity and cultural differences.
I will say that if you liked the OoP series you will like this. Time will tell, but I think it's safe to assume this series will be a spiritual sibling to OoP.
Some issues I had were the structuring and narrative voice. For the most part, the book is narrated in a 1st person reflective POV except for the prologue, epilogue, and two "interludes" between which take place in the present tense. I'm not quite sure how to feel about these parts because on the one hand, it tells you where Rocky is going to end up, but it doesn't give you any details and doesn't spoil anything. I get that the whole novel is a "how I got to this moment" story, but by the end we don't see the result of the story from those sections, which leads me wondering how the next novel is going to handle them. I can't see how the story going on in these "present" parts can be extended into future books,and it would be odd to have two stories going on in different timelines.
Also I liked at first in one of the interludes that the POV changed from Rocky, giving us an external look at the events going on, but none of the others parts are like that so that section ends up standing out awkwardly somewhat. It's not that these parts ruin the book, but I'm curious to see how future installments will tie them all together.
Overall, this book has the same quality as most of author Kyell Gold's other work. It's engaging, emotional, and thrilling, and like his other books I found it hard to put down until the end. I am greatly looking forward to the next installment!
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Love Match Volume 1 20082010 edition by Kyell Gold Rukis Croax Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Like Kyell's other books it's beautifully written with great characters and a well developed setting. Hence I'm giving it a high rating. I just had two issues with it some of the plot points;
First, reading the first part of this book feels a little the author is engaging in "queer baiting." It's not until about just over 70% of the way into the book that the main characters, Rocky and Marquize form a relationship. Prior to that a lot of things are hinted at, but the main character presents as "straight," even for several chapters having a girlfriend. Despite being told from a first person perspective Rocky doesn't spend much time thinking about his feelings or attraction to Marquize. He seems to just roll with it when he first kisses him toward the end of the book. That's contrastable with one of Kyell's other books, "Waterway" in which a great deal of time is sees the main character "Kory" examining and exploring his own sexuality and for which most of the book has the two main characters in an established relationship.
Second, the first clearly homoerotic scene in the books features Rocky's much older male tennis coach hitting on Rocky while the two are alone in a hotel room together. Although I am sure this was not the authors intention, I do raise issue with this because the notion that gay men are child abusers is a popular homophobic trope, consistently cited by conservative and religious figures to demonise LGBT people. As a subplot it ultimately goes nowhere. Rocky tells his Ma and his best friend Marquize but it doesn't go any further than that. In that sense it's hard to see what the authors point was in including it. It seems that, reading this with backdrop of a series of sexual assault allegations made against high profile people including several politicians and two sitting Presidents, the book fails to treat it with enough gravity.
I love his work and this is the best to date.
I really love the story awesome work as always but I keep thinking about my cousin who was forced to marry and he's 15 years ago.
I always loved Kyell Gold's works and this one definitely is a top on my list.
Great read, got me wanting to play tennis now. The book itself isn't about just tennis, about life and it's challenges.
Kyell Gold has done it again. If you have read the Out of Position books you will already know what I mean. He puts so much attention to detail that you can envision yourself in the Forester Universe with his world building and character building as well.
Rukis did yet another amazing job with her illustrations as she always does. It was a nice surprise to see so many in this book.
As for the book itself. What a great read. Couldnt put it down until i was finished reading it. Then it left me wanting more.
It's very interesting how gay stories and sports - two themes that wouldn't seem to appeal to gay readers or sports fans - have become author Kyell Gold's forte. Yet he manages to not only pull it off, he makes it accessible to both parties. Gay readers will relate and be invested in the personal and relational drama, while sports fans can can drawn into the competitive drama (although admittedly this first volume doesn't have a lot of serious matches). I'm not a professional tennis player, but if I didn't know better I'd think Kyell Gold was a professional tennis player himself once, with all the detailed tennis descriptions.
Now if you're familiar with Kyell Gold's other work,you may notice a similarity with his other famous gay sports themed series Out of Position. I'll say that while both have very similar themes, they have enough differences to the point where it's not like your reading the same book, just with tennis. The characters in OoP were at a college-professional level, while this book is more about high school and training. Also there are issues of ethnicity and cultural differences.
I will say that if you liked the OoP series you will like this. Time will tell, but I think it's safe to assume this series will be a spiritual sibling to OoP.
Some issues I had were the structuring and narrative voice. For the most part, the book is narrated in a 1st person reflective POV except for the prologue, epilogue, and two "interludes" between which take place in the present tense. I'm not quite sure how to feel about these parts because on the one hand, it tells you where Rocky is going to end up, but it doesn't give you any details and doesn't spoil anything. I get that the whole novel is a "how I got to this moment" story, but by the end we don't see the result of the story from those sections, which leads me wondering how the next novel is going to handle them. I can't see how the story going on in these "present" parts can be extended into future books,and it would be odd to have two stories going on in different timelines.
Also I liked at first in one of the interludes that the POV changed from Rocky, giving us an external look at the events going on, but none of the others parts are like that so that section ends up standing out awkwardly somewhat. It's not that these parts ruin the book, but I'm curious to see how future installments will tie them all together.
Overall, this book has the same quality as most of author Kyell Gold's other work. It's engaging, emotional, and thrilling, and like his other books I found it hard to put down until the end. I am greatly looking forward to the next installment!
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