Now patriciar

Funny story. I accidently 'bought' it.. See, I was looking for some freebies, because it was January and I was sad (I'm often sad in January) and I almost always simply hit the 1ClickBuy-Button without checking the book out. So it took me a few seconds to realize that I had in fact just downloaded a M/M romance novel.Here's the thing. I consider myself bisexual, for the fact alone that I grew up with a psychologist for a mother who often talked about several theories with me, one of them being that every person is bisexual. I have some gay friends (who hasn't?). My best friend is bi, too, and I'd probably do her, if she wasn't my best friend and therefore a family member. It's not that I have a problem with other people's or my sexuality when it comes to this, but it's the following things (and I'm listing them to make a point, yes)- I associate M/M Romance with porn. It's evil, but I just do. Maybe because I assume that gay characters often don't have the same angsty problems many F/M couples have and are, if they are out of the closet, more confident about their sexual desires etc? But also because there are many books where these two guys practically dance the tango already. What am I supposed to think of that? It looks like porn, it smells like porn, the name says something close to "Gay porn" .. So it probably is. And..- I am not comfortable watching or reading porn. It's a. a personal thing, and also b. a thing about me trying to respect other people's privacy. It's stupid, yes!, but when I read then I start to see the protagonists and antagonists and all the betweengonists as real people (or that is the goal) and when they then have sex I feel like a voyeur.- I am not a man (Damn, Patricia! Why have you never told us?) and have a hard time believing authors when they write from a male perspective. Not because I use heroines as placeholders, but simply because I lack a simple understanding of the male mind. Look, here is to daddy issues. Cheers. I just have troubles trusting the narrator. It's unbelievably stupid, but at least I'm honest about it. :'D So when I read M/M fiction there are one, two or more male narrators, and it's hard for me to trust them (Is that really how men think? No, can't be. The author must be female or try to sell the book to women or both. Or: Is that really what he thinks or is he just deluding himself, trying to pretend that he has romantic, unselfish reasons instead of a boner?)- Several other things that I'm too lazy to point out and explain, and I'm quite certain no one cares anyway.So I thought: Kay, no biggie. I can delete it later from Mister Kindle. Except that I forgot to do that. That was January 2nd. And last night, when I was supposed to sleep because I'll watch The Hunger Games with my best friend today, I picked Mister Kindle up, and saw the book. By then I didn't remember it was M/M, just read a few pages, then noticed, but was intrigued enough to continue reading.And I liked it! Despite the things I mentioned before, I really, really liked it. The narrator, Luke, is a little annoying at times and I think the story would have been better if the novella had been a little longer, but it was also.. refreshing. The relationship in this novella is better than many, many, MANY I have seen in the last 12 months. The two guys are very likeable (Manwhore and Nerd? Check!) and they don't have too many angst or drama (Real conflicts and misunderstandings? Check!) and damn, don't make me list everything after I already did a list. XDI know that this review probably makes me an asshole in many eyes, because I'm biased and stuff (sorry) and is more about all the reasons why I usually avoid the genre than the book itself, but I think that it also proves a point:There are many people who don't feel comfortable about LGBT content & I think stories like this one might be for them.If there are other books like that, tell me! Cause I want more!3.5