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Light Me Up by James Buchanan

maya56's review

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3.0

3.5 Stars

Nice to get a glimpse of their relationship through Kabe's eyes.

pam_h's review

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3.0

It's fun to get Kabe's POV, but he is such a well-drawn character who has no problem expressing himself with his very clear verbal communications to Joe that I really didn't feel like it was worth paying for such a short story. (I think mine was maybe 18 pages?) This is a brief scene that takes place before their big blowup in Book 2, so it doesn't add anything to the timeline either. I'd just skip it. You already know *exactly* how Kabe thinks. He's told you. And he'll tell you again :)

kaje_harper's review

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4.0

This short story gives the reader a glimpse of Kabe and Joe's relationship from Kabe's viewpoint. As much as I love Joe's narrative voice, it was great for a moment to look at him through Kabe's eyes. Not a lot happens here, but there were some lovely descriptive paragraphs, and the warm understanding of what Kabe feels around Joe. Their relationship gets a little extra lock into place when you see it from the other side. Now I really can't wait for the next novel.

relly's review

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4.0

Great addition

4 ⭐️

Good addition to the series.

In this one we see things from Kabe’s point of view and I feel that the series needed that. Up until now we have only seen things from Joes POV and it was nice to see the playful side of Kabe and how he understands where everything is leading at all times. It clears up a few issues I’ve had previously with the BDSM aspect.

So a good short showing the boys getting a Christmas tree for Joes house.

catevari's review

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3.0

With such an incredibly short story, it's really hard to say anything meaningful about it. It was really nice to finally get a glimpse into Kabe's head after all this time; it's something I've been wanting from the series for a long time, since Joe isn't always the most reliable--or observant--of narrators.

I really wish it was longer. I mean that in the readerly sense, where I enjoy reading these stories and I'm always up for visiting a favorite couple again...but I also mean it in a more writerly sense, in that this feels a little unfinished, with more wind-up than payoff.