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DMCA and Copyright : The book is not hosted on our servers, to remove the file please contact the source url. If you see a Google Drive link instead of source url, means that the file witch you will get after approval is just a summary of original book or the file has been already removed. Loved each and every part of this book. The plot, about a Marine with a dishonorable discharge due to DADT who is also suffering from PTSD and a writer who has had one too many bad experiences with marines, was enjoyable enough.
There was enough drama and angst to keep the story interesting. But something in the writing and flow of the story just didn't work for me on all levels. I'm not sure what it was. It just didn't WOW me, and I didn't fall in love with it. Though I liked the characters, I found myself not really sure I cared what happened to them by the end of it all. I guess it just left me a little disappointed. Which stinks, because I really looked forward to reading this one and I thought I was gonna like it much more.
Nov 20, Cory rated it liked it Shelves: snowman. I give this a solid three stars. It was a good read for me and it kept my interest.
Sometimes I felt like Marc and Cole weren't on the same page within their relationship, but that kept it interesting. Thanks for the recommendation G!
Thanks to Sandi and Mish for reading with me! I've read a few other Cat Grant stories, and I've liked all of them. He's having a difficult time adjusting to all things civilian - especially after 5 tours in Iraq and the dealing with PTSD on top of it. He meets Marc at a diner where he has dinner one night. Marc returns his phone that he's left at the diner and t 3.
Marc returns his phone that he's left at the diner and things kind of take off from there. There are a number of starts and stops.
They are obviously attracted to each other, but Cole is having a hard time being "out" since he spent 12 years hiding his true nature in the military. Marc has a hard time being with someone who can't be open.
Cole does not want to deal with the PTSD - thinks it'll "get better on its own" and Marc has been through this with other Marines turns out he has a thing for them having grown up near Camp Pendleton. Marc and Cole definitely have ups and down in their relationship - and it's not all because of Cole's control issues and military baggage. Marc keeps waiting to get dumped and has a hard time believing that they will last. Finally things come to a head with a separation that makes both men have to face up to what it is they really want and what will make them truly happy.
What really came across in the story was that they really did love each other and were good for each other. Unfortunately that pile is at about right now, so I need to get to it!
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. While I have experience with this style and after a while, I am used to it, but there are times that the switching comes WITHIN a chapter even if there's a section break and that throws me off a bit.
In addition, I'm also not sure about how they are seem to move forward a bit too fast, one month and then moving in together or is that just me , then so 3. In addition, I'm also not sure about how they are seem to move forward a bit too fast, one month and then moving in together or is that just me , then some of the moving forward process is only written with word pointers, like they have been living together for a week, or that Cole has been away for few weeks. Also, the solution of the issue Marc's "I need my space and I cannot commit completely" or even Cole's "I don't need to see expert for my PTSD" , including the ending regarding the problem with Cole's mother seems a bit too rushed Having said all that, I think the characters are really engaging.
I love Ms. I also love Marc's progress of being there for Cole who is a prick the first time , including how he deals with his worries of getting his heart broken again by a Marine.
I even enjoy reading about their fights because it makes their relationship real I found it well written, the characters fully developed and engaging, and the story well paced. It was light enough for a nice weekend read, without being fluffy and had just enough angst without being overdone. It was all a good balance for me. The writing was a bit different in this one as the POV switches between a first person with Marc, and a third person with Cole.
I rather liked it. This worked for me, giving me a break from the first person and allowing me to fully engage with both characters. I liked both Marc and Cole in this, although, being a Marine lover, Cole won me over pretty quick. I enjoyed watching these two, both flawed in their own way, struggle to find their HEA. Bottom line: Recommended I really enjoyed this Book once I started reading it I could not put it down. It was My first Cat Grant book but It won't be my last.
What I liked. From the First scene with Marc and Cole in the diner I was hooked. The dialog was seemed like things that real people would say. I really enjoyed how the writer switched the Point of view between Cole and Marc it allowed Me to see what each was feeling as the story and relationship progressed. The relationship came across as very real the ups I really enjoyed this Book once I started reading it I could not put it down. The relationship came across as very real the ups and downs were driven by real life issues.
It had enough conflict to be a great read without becoming to Soapy. The Love scenes were Smoking. What I didn't like. My only complaint is that The Book was too short. I will be reading it again. The POV switches back and forth between third person and first person, and sometimes that caused me to have to stop reading and figure out why the POV just changed and who the pronouns were now referring to.
This is a good book that is a very up-to-date look at the lifetime results of a policy that is still front page news. Grant did her homework, not only about the Marines but also about the DADT policy and even the locales that are key to portions of the book. I enjoyed Once a Marine and look forward to reading more by this entertaining author. Shelves: ebook-owned , hurt-comfort-disability , m-m. It was a rocky start, both with some baggage from past relationships on Marc's part and PTSD and coming to terms with family issues and changes in careers for Cole.
It was nothing new or groundbreaking but simply a nice story about the progression of a love between two really nice guys! I thoroughly enjoyed watching it enfold. View all 14 comments. A well-written relationship story with two likable and realistic MC's. It is a refreshing change from too good to be true- over the top- cartoonish characters.
It is the story of an evolving relationship and the decision points that make a partnership. Well done and very enjoyable! Oct 25, Christy rated it it was amazing Shelves: m-m , bought-this-book , on-my-kindle. Luckily for me, there was a lot more to this story and to the character of Cole than just him being an ex-Marine.
Plus, Cat Grant is an author I enjoy so it was certainly no hardship to jump into reading this. Marc is a waiter in a diner and a writer the rest of the time he's not slinging hash. He has a horrible habit of being attracted to big, strong military guys who are, almost always, in the closet and they just use him for sex. Marc grew up by Camp Pendleton and his only two serious boyfriends were closeted Marines. It looked like that was going to be the case with Cole when they met, but first impressions can definitely change.
Marc writes romance and has been doing fairly well in the last three years, each book garnering more and more sales. Granted, it's not quite enough yet to quit his waiter job, but it beats working in an office, and writing, at least, justifies his master's degree.
Cole did five tours in Iraq and Fajullah. He graduated from the Academy. He's from the South where honor can still mean something. When he was finally honest with himself and the Corps, he was discharged for being gay.
When he told his father, his father informed him that he was ashamed to call him his son, that the sight of Cole made him sick, and he was a disgrace to the Corps.
Cole's mom would just like everything to go back to the way it was. Nice, huh? Cole suffers from PTSD, including nightmares and insomnia, a little gift for the service he performed. Twelve years of giving everything he had to his country and when he wouldn't lie anymore, it was all down the drain. So, now he's going to law school and not enjoying a moment of it. He feels like he'll never make it through with all the reading and studying and being the oldest in his classes.
It was very interesting to watch this relationship develop. I had expected Cole to be the one hanging back and wary. Instead, it was Marc. Cole was still getting used to the fact that he could be out and not have to worry about someone telling on him, and, of course, he had no idea how to have a relationship, but overall Cole was invested in Marc and the possibility of them long term.
Marc, however, had a very hard time thinking that this time, maybe, the guy would stay with him. Having been hurt so badly in the past, Marc is afraid to give his heart and have it broken again, and he's afraid to trust. This was a fabulous story and I greatly enjoyed it.
Cole and Marc got their happy ending, but it came with a lot of hard work on both their parts, and the willingness to jump without a net into the scary world of committed relationships. I empathized, completely, with both men's viewpoints and was thrilled to see them get to where they needed to be.
Connor Morrison is a 3-D optics pioneer, the star of the UC Berkeley physics department, and a socially inept workaholic. And with his dear friend and business partner, Steve Campbell, handling their investors, he's content to remain in the shadows.
That is, until he meets the gorgeous and starry-eyed physics student Wes Martin. Wes is brilliant but broke. Ever since his scholarship fell victim to the financial crisis, he's had no choice but to sell his body to stay in school. Already half in love with Connor, Wes initially resists Steve's offer to be Connor's thirty-fifth birthday present. But in the end, Wes is too broke — and too smitten — to say no. Connor has no idea Steve bought Wes's attentions, and he quickly falls under the young man's spell.
Yet after one night together, Wes disappears. He can't bear to hook with a man he could so easily grow to love, but he also can't bear to tell him the truth. Besides, if he sleeps with Connor again, there'd be no way to hide the bruises one of his regular johns loves to inflict. Author Cat Grant. Publisher Riptide Publishing.
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