Review Tuesday: A Heart This Big - #LesbianRomance #Australia #ReviewTuesday

A Heart This Big by Cheyenne Blue

Ylva Press, 2019

Nina and Leigh might as well live on different planets.

Nina spends her dusty days working at her farm on the edge of Sydney and caring for her twelve year old daughter Phoebe. Bequeathed to her by the grandparents who raised her, Banksia Farm is both a beloved haven and a heavy responsibility. Nina has opened the farm to local kids and adults, who come to visit, volunteer, meet the animals and enjoy an experience increasingly rare in their urbanized existence. She welcomes everyone, but especially those special children who most need patience, support and connection to the natural world.

Leigh is the youngest partner in a prestigious downtown Sydney law firm. A dedicated workaholic who chose the law so she could help people solve their problems, Leigh wears designer clothing, drives a BMW and lives in a pricey condo overlooking the harbor. Her social life is as meticulously ordered as her professional one; her dates with women in her own class usually involve fancy dinner and wine at an upscale restaurant, occasionally followed by empty sexual pleasure. Many nights, though, Leigh spends alone.

Nina’s and Leigh’s lives collide when a child has accident while riding at Banksia and his family sues Nina for damages. Nina barges into Leigh’s well-ordered existence, insisting that, as the best insurance litigator in the business, Leigh should take on her case pro bono. Against her better judgment, Leigh agrees, at least partly because she finds Nina both attractive and admirable.

Leigh’s first visit to Banksia is a bit of a disaster, but she soon becomes comfortable in the low-key, low-budget community that Nina has nurtured. Nina turns out to be equally drawn to her fashionable, intelligent legal counsel. However, the rules are quite clear; lawyers may not get emotionally or sexually involved with their clients.

Romance, ultimately, is about feeling good. I have to say that A Heart This Big left me with a warm glow. The story is, like many romances, fairly predictable (though Ms. Blue does throw in a twist or two), but the characters and the setting are what’s important in this novel. Both Nina and Leigh feel solid and real – Nina perhaps a bit more than Leigh, but that may be partly because Leigh’s world is so foreign to me. I believed in both their love and their pain. The minor characters are equally well-drawn – especially the sometimes surly and angst-ridden pre-teen Phoebe and Grizz, Leigh’s wise and idiosyncratic paralegal.

Meanwhile, Banksia Farm is portrayed in such loving detail that I think Ms. Blue must have a real life model. The contrast between Leigh’s rather sterile world and the fertile, messy farm environment comes through strongly. To Leigh’s credit, she doesn’t run away from the dirt, the physical labor, or the sometimes peculiar folk who frequent the farm. With gentle Nina’s guidance, she learns to love them.

One other aspect of this novel made me want to celebrate: the quiet, unspectacular acceptance of same-sex relationships by every one of the characters (even the villain). There are barriers to Nina’s and Leigh’s relationship, but sexual identity is not one of them. Nobody bats an eyelash when Leigh moves in with Nina. Totally comfortable, Phoebe gleefully introduces them as her “mums”. The story includes many straight people, including some warm-hearted male characters, which I appreciate. This is not a lesbians-only world, as is the case in some lesbian romance. But it’s a world where people are free to love whomever they choose – a world we’re hopefully getting closer to all the time.

Overall, I very much enjoyed A Heart This Big. It left me feeling as though I wanted to go out and hug someone.

Review Tuesday: Shadow Hand by Sacchi Green - #superheroine #goddess #ReviewTuesday

Shadow Hand by Sacchi Green

Ylva Publishing, 2018

Lieutenant Athena Ashton and Sergeant Cleo Brown are comrades-in-arms—and much more. On a desert mission with their squad, Cleo deliberately disables their jeep so the two of them can spend some time together. This turns out to be a near-fatal mistake. A dozen jihadis roar up on motorcycles and the two women take shelter in a shallow cave within a ravine, a poor hiding place at best. They’re seconds away from being caught by their pursuers, from likely rape, torture, and death, when the figurine of an ancient goddess falls from the cave roof, drawing blood from Ash’s hand and bestowing telekinetic abilities in the process. Ash has no idea how she manages it, but she brings down the walls of the wadi on one of the enemy, then hurls the jeep into the air and causes it to explode, scaring off the rest.

The initial chapter of Sacchi Green’s novel Shadow Hand hooked me right away. It’s vivid, compelling and a plausible origin story for Ash’s power. Once Ash and Cleo get back to their base camp, though, they’re faced with the core problem of the book. Given that Ash has the power to move things with her mind, including to tear physical things apart, what should she do with these capabilities? And how will her newly acquired powers affect her relationship with Cleo?

I’m not going to tell you the answers to these questions; finding out is part of the fun of reading Shadow Hand. Let me just assure you that Ash and Cleo take on missions you’re not likely to find in a Marvel comic. In the process they discover that Cleo has some unusual talents of her own, which complement Ash’s abilities. They also encounter an assortment of strong, distinctive women, each of whom is heroic in her own way.

Sacchi Green is a friend and colleague of mine. Despite a long and distinguished career as a short-story author and editor, this is her first novel-length work. I know she found the process of writing Shadow Hand difficult, but overall, I think the book is a success. Cleo and Ash are sympathetic and appealing characters, both individually and together. The premise is far more believable than being bitten by a radioactive spider or  exposed to gamma rays. I liked the way the author suggests that psychic or super-normal talents are more widely distributed than one might expect. The link between emotion and power felt right. The villains are more mundane than in the typical super-hero tale, but no less evil. The message is clear; you don’t have to look very far to find a cause to fight for.

The book has some issues with pacing. Although the plot moves along briskly in the first half of the book, it gets a bit bogged down as Ash, Cleo and their allies prepare for their second, more demanding mission. When the final, climactic battle begins, though, the story once again becomes thrilling and inspiring.

Another minor complaint I have concerns the rather awkward depictions of sex. Most of Sacchi’s work that I’ve read would be categorized as lesbian erotica or erotic romance. In Shadow Hand, she makes it clear that Ash and Cleo are lovers, but describes their erotic encounters in rather vague and purplish prose. Reading these scenes, I had the sense that there was a struggle going on, either between the author and her editor, or else between Sacchi’s own erotic instincts and her sense that the book was not supposed to be sexually explicit. In fact, I think the book would have worked well if she’d pushed it in either direction—either toward more graphic and honest depictions of lesbian sex, or toward a completely PG story.

Aside from this issue, Shadow Hand offers a healthy and satisfying hit of romance. I was completely convinced of Cleo’s and Ash’s commitment to one another, a commitment that eventually expresses itself in telepathic connections.

Shadow Hand has a great comic-style cover, but I’m not sure that it really qualifies as a superheroine story. It’s a bit too grounded in reality. That’s fine with me, though. Regardless of the genre, I seriously enjoyed the book, and would be interested in reading more about Ash’s and Cleo’s adventures.

Review Tuesday: Almost-Married Moni by Cheyenne Blue - #ReviewTuesday #MarriageEquality #LesbianRomance

Almost-Married Moni by Cheyenne Blue

Ylva Publishing, 2017

A simple Outback wedding. What could possibly go wrong?

Almost-Married Moni is a novella featuring the characters from Cheyenne Blue’s delightful Girl Meets Girl series: Never-Tied Nora, Not-So-Straight Sue and Fenced-In Felix. Moni, the title character and narrator, is the gutsy doctor from Texas who falls in love with Outback lawyer Sue in the second novel in the series. Now Moni and Sue live together with their housekeeper Mrs. T and their dog Ripper in the remote town of Mungabilly Creek, where Sue provides legal services and Moni runs a clinic. When Australia finally votes to allow same-sex marriage, Moni and Sue decide to officially tie the knot. However, their ideas about the wedding they want don’t necessarily agree with the notions held by their respective families. White dresses? In the red dust of an Outback summer?

Cheyenne Blue published this sweet romance to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of marriage equality in her adopted country. It’s a fine finale to her series. In fact, it feels like a reunion, since Sue and Moni plan to hold their wedding at Jayboro Station, the even more remote home of horse-loving Felix and Josie. Meanwhile, Nora and Geraldine from England (and the first book) are among the most honored guests.

The novella’s warmth and humor definitely feel like a celebration. There’s not much conflict, though of course things don’t go as planned, with Moni’s ex-girlfriend attending as a couple with Moni’s brother and Josie’s thoroughbred mare Flame throwing something of a spanner into the works. Love triumphs, though—as it should.

The author excels at evoking the stark appeal of the Outback landscape as well as the rough-and-ready character of its inhabitants. Any reader can tell that Ms. Blue connects deeply with her home. As is the case with many of her books, the countryside is almost a character in this tale.

Fans of Ms. Blue’s more explicit stories might be a bit disappointed to learn that there’s no erotic content at all in this book. That doesn’t mean the novella lacks heat. Desire as well as love binds all these couples together, but the expression of desire happens mostly off-stage.

Actually, I can see the wisdom in focusing on the emotional connections rather than the physical in this book honoring the institution of marriage. Lesbians and gays are often portrayed as hyper-sexual beings. I believe those notions stem mostly from fear of the unknown or a need to trivialize same-sex relationships as “just sex”. In contrast, the author shows us a couple totally committed to sharing their lives with one another, both the highs and the lows, for better or for worse, long after their wedding night.

Review Tuesday: Party Wall by Cheyenne Blue (#lesbian #romance #ReviewTuesday)

Party Wall by Cheyenne Blue

Ylva Publishing, 2017

Freya, the proprietor of the New Age boutique “A Woman’s Spirit”, aspires to elevate herself and her customers above the level of base sexual desire. Convinced that she no longer needs the physical connection she shared with her deceased partner Sarah, she lives a spare, disciplined life, spending her days teaching yoga, selling candles, crystals, herbs and tea, and offering advice to her straight best friend Carly.

When Lily moves to Freya’s small town from the big city and opens “A Woman’s Pleasure” next door, the stage is set for major conflict. It’s not just that Freya disapproves of the sort of merchandise Lily’s shop purveys—lingerie, spicy books and sex toys. The Cuban woman’s lush curves, colorful clothing, rowdy music, and sexual openness disturb, offend and anger Freya. However, nothing can alter the fact that Freya and Lily live side by side, with only a thin wall separating the flats above their respective stores where they reside.

Lily makes it clear that she wants Freya for a friend, and maybe more. But Freya’s not ready to allow another lover to tarnish Sarah’s memory, especially someone as exuberant and bold as her neighbor.

I love Cheyenne Blue’s erotica. Party Wall is the fourth romance by Ms. Blue that I’ve read and reviewed, and in my opinion, the best. She does an impressive job evoking the complex, shifting emotional dynamics between Freya and Lily, shaping two full-fleshed, believable characters. She also writes exquisite passages that capture the unwelcome desire Freya experiences, despite her attempts to suppress this. Meanwhile, Lily tries with mixed success not to push herself on Freya, who has made it clear she’s not interested in having Lily as a lover.

There’s a lot of sexual tension in this book, even though there’s no actual sexual activity until the very end. In one of my favorite scenes, Lily and Freya are both consoling Carly, after she has left her cheating husband. The three of them sleep in Lily’s large bed, with Carly in the middle for comfort. Despite the summer humidity, Freya dons flannel pajamas, to hide herself from Lily’s eyes, then is so uncomfortable she’s unable to sleep . The heat she feels is more than just the effects of the temperature.

Party Wall has the inevitability of romance. We know that Lily and Freya will ultimately get together, but up until very late in the novel, it’s hard to imagine how. That’s meant as a compliment!

My one criticism of the book has to do with its treatment of men. Man, actually. There’s only one significant male character in the book, Carly’s husband Andy, and unfortunately, he’s an utter bastard. Not only does he cheat on his wife with his secretary, he also breaks into Lily’s apartment, insults, threatens and ultimately attacks both Lily and Freya, and tries to force Carly to come back home with him. He’s violent and abusive, to the point that one wonders why someone like Carly ever married him.

I know, of course, that there are men like Andy out there, men who think they own “their” women, who believe that they’re justified in using physical force to take what is “belongs to them”. However, in this case, I think the author could have achieved her goals without making the character so extreme. As it stands, Andy’s character feeds the oft-voiced popular opinion that lesbians are “hostile to men”. I really worry that some people will dismiss Ms. Blue’s book with this sort of criticism.

Overall, though, Party Wall is a delightful book. If you’re a fan of lesbian romance, I recommend it highly.

Review Tuesday: Fenced-In Felix (@iamcheyenneblue #lesbian #ReviewTuesday #romance)

Fenced-In Felix by Cheyenne Blue

Ylva Publishing, 2017

Felicity Jameson—Felix—is struggling to turn the land she inherited from her parents into a viable living. With horseback rides, camp sites and two new cabins that have drained her savings, she’s hoping to attract tourists seeking a genuine Outback experience to her sprawling Jayboro Station.

Building the business takes a huge amount of time and energy. Felix tells herself she doesn’t have room in her life for a relationship. When she encounters the flirtatious and curvy new barmaid at the town pub, though, she can’t help wishing things were otherwise.

Josie Beccari has spent years moving from town to town across Australia, picking up what work she can. Her job tending bar at the Commercial is just another gig, until she meets Felix. She’s strongly drawn to the rangy, independent owner of Jayboro Station. At the same time, she recognizes that Felix may be able to help her with a practical problem. She asks Felix to board her horse Flame, a retired thoroughbred no longer fit for racing.

Felix senses there’s something strange about this arrangement, but between her attraction to Josie and the money the woman is offering, she agrees to Josie’s plan. Although Felix is wary, the two women become friends. The more time she spends in Josie’s presence, the more Felix wants her as a lover, but she remains unsure that she can trust the mercurial, mop-headed drifter.

Fenced-In Felix is the third book in Cheyenne Blue’s Girl Meets Girl series. Felix appears as a minor character in the previous volume, Not-So-Straight Sue. She’s Sue’s first lesbian lover since her teenage years, when Sue decided she was straight. Seen through Sue’s eyes, Felix seems mature, sexy and self-assured.

In this novel, Felix comes across as younger, more insecure and more vulnerable. Almost all her energy is consumed by her work at Jayboro Station. Though she’s comfortable acknowledging her sexual preferences, she’s surprisingly skittish about relationships. Still, I felt I understood her motivations and her fears.

Josie is more of a cipher. One wonders what set her on her drifter’s path. I didn’t really get a sense of who she was, though I could see why Felix would find her attractive.

Like the other two novels in the series, Fenced-In Felix is a classic romance. Indeed, it’s almost a sweet romance. There’s a strong undercurrent of sensuality in the book, but the actual love scenes are far more abbreviated and understated than I’d normally expect from Cheyenne Blue. I guess she is writing for a different audience than in her Blue Woman series of erotic stories.

While the author may stint on the sex, she doesn’t hold back in describing the setting. Her love of the Outback shines in the luminous pictures she paints of the land’s harsh beauty.

I think I enjoyed this book more because I’d already read Never-Tied Nora and Not-So-Straight Sue. Nora, Sue, Geraldine and Moni all show up in this book, for a happy reunion. It was great fun seeing them again, and appreciating how their relationships had matured. At the same time, the two couples from the previous novels serve to throw Felix’s uncertainties into sharp relief.

If you are looking for well-written lesbian romance with a strong sense of place, I can recommend Fenced-In Felix.

* What We’re Rollin’ Around in Lesfic with: Let’s Talk About Sex in Our Books

By Cindy Rizzo (Guest Blogger)

True or False?

• Sex sells
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• When writing literary fiction, it’s safest to just fade to black
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• Lesbian readers want sweet mutuality in their sex scenes
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• Strap-ons and dominance-submission are no-nos in lesfic romance
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• Sex in non-romance genres—like mysteries, thrillers, and sci fi—should be limited or better yet, fade to black
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• A main character who’s a “player” must always find love so she can settle down and have sex with only one partner
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• If you want to write edgy sex, then write erotica

As you’ve probably guessed, none of these statements can be easily reduced to true or false. That’s why I wanted to talk about sex scenes in lesbian fiction with other authors and with readers. So I proposed a session at this year’s Golden Crown Literary Society Conference called “Fade to Black or Go There.” 

 

I wasn’t very surprised when over 20 conference attendees applied to be panelists. Clearly, sex is, well, a hot topic. In order to give as many people the opportunity to participate, we ended up splitting the session in two, focusing in the first part on an author’s decision about whether to include sex in a book or simply fade to black. In the second part, we focused on the sex itself and how authors think about the kind of sex they include in lesbian fiction.

Part I: No Sex, We’re Lesbians?

Five wonderful and thoughtful authors (Jeanine Hoffman, Linda North, Erin O'Reilly, Rebecca Swartz, and Sandra Moran) whose work spans many genres responded to two sets of questions I posed. First, I asked them to talk about how they decide about whether to include explicit sex or write a scene that fades to black. Does genre influence these choices? Then I asked them how much reader expectations influenced them.

Here’s some of what they said:

• On interspecies sex in sci fi – sometimes anatomy is destiny and the sex might not really work or readers might be weirded out by descriptions of connecting alien body parts. Our panel’s sci fi author read a quick snippet from one of her books that described in detail the prelude to what she called “lovemaking.” In this very short reading, she upped the temperature in the room by describing the strong connection between her two characters and the merging or melding of their hands and lips as they touched and kissed.
  
  
• Be aware of historical realities - of course, people had sex decades and centuries ago, but in order to preserve the tone of sexual mores and character modesty in the time period of a story, it can make sense to leave the scene at fade to black.
  
  
• It might be best for the book to resist the impulse to omit sex – if the story and the characters need sex, then an author’s preconceived notion that the book should be sex-free needs to be re-thought. Some think there’s way too much sex in lesfic, especially in romance. There can, therefore, be the impulse to conflate sex with poor quality fiction. But these kinds of biases need to take a back seat to the needs of the book.

Part II: The Sex

Four authors who write great sex (Chris Paynter, MJ Williamz, Taylor James, and Karin Kallmaker) led the discussion in this second panel.

I began by reading a short piece from my second book, Love Is Enough, that takes place just before the two main characters—who met on a sailing date—are about to have sex for the first time. Here it is:

“Angie,” Jan continued, trying to find the right words to explain what she wanted, what she needed. “I want to…I like to be…to be the one who, uh, holds the tiller, you know.”

She moved her hands down Angie’s back and rested them in the curve above her ass and hoped that Angie hadn’t forgotten the parts of a sailboat.

Angie pulled back a little and looked into Jan’s eyes with that cute little pursed-lip smile and tilted head. “Works for me, skipper,” she said. And then into Jan’s ear whispered, “First mate reporting for duty. Do I get a turn on the tiller at some point?”

Jan nodded and breathed out “yeah”

And here’s the same scene without the coded language:

“Angie,” Jan continued, “I want to…I like to be.. The thing is, I’m a top.”

She moved her hands down Angie’s back and rested them in the curve above her ass.

Angie pulled back a little and looked into Jan’s eyes with that cute little pursed-lip smile and tilted head. “Works for me,” she said. And then into Jan’s ear whispered, “Are you a stone butch? That is, can I touch you?”

Jan nodded and breathed out “I’m not stone, so yeah.”

While it’s true that the sailing metaphor worked for the characters and the story, there were other considerations as to why I thought I’d be better off with the first version. It was less direct and because of that, it might work better with lesfic romance readers. Was I unnecessarily cautious? One reason why I proposed this panel for the GCLS Con was to help me answer that question.

Again, genre figures into the picture. There’s quite a bit more room to include the second version of that conversation in erotic romance than in regular romance. Erotic romance allows not just for more than the usual three sex scenes in traditional romance, but for more edgy sex.

But then again, romance is romance. Readers are looking for their happily ever after, which means that the main character who starts out as a player, sleeping her way through a community, will reform her wanton ways when she meets that special someone.

What does that say about women and sex? Are we slut-shaming our characters? Or are we just structuring the story to fit what readers expect from a romance?

It was clear from this discussion that there’s no right or wrong way to describe sex between two people. The panelists gave specific examples of characters who needed sweet mutuality (including those with abuse histories, those recovering from the death of a partner, and those living with an illness) and those who needed to claim a kind of raw sexuality in order to feel alive.

I came away from both panels acknowledging that while the questions I have about writing sex scenes in lesfic cannot be fully answered, it’s the discussion that really matters. Like sex in general, it’s important to be candid and clear about needs and expectations so that everyone can then relax and have a good time. And I have to say, we did.

My thanks to the nine panelists and to everyone who attended both discussions. Not all of us want or need the same things from our books, which is one reason why it’s so good that we have access to such a wide variety of stories across genres. The same thing can be said about the sex in our books. Some of us prefer less of it, some of us more. Some want tender sweetness while others need the intensity that comes with edgier, rougher activities. Fortunately, none of it is in short supply.

About Cindy

Cindy Rizzo has published two lesbian romance novels: Exception to the Rule, which won the 2014 award for Best Debut Author from Golden Crown Literary Society and was a finalist for the Rainbow Book Awards, and Love Is Enough. Ylva Publishing will release her third book, Getting Back, in October 2015. Cindy’s short fiction, The Miracle of the Lights, and V-Day 1978, was also published by Ylva.

Cindy lives in New York City with her wife, Jennifer. You can contact Cindy by email at cindyt.rizzo [at] gmail [dot] com, via Facebook www.facebook.com/ctrizzo, through her blog, www.cindyrizzo.wordpress.com, or on Twitter @cindyrizzo.

* The above title is an homage to the groundbreaking essay “What We’re Rollin Around in Bed With: Sexual Silences in Feminism-A Conversation Toward Ending Them” by Amber Hollibaugh and Cherie Moraga (1981), one of the most influential discussions of lesbian sexual politics. The essay can be found at http://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC46_scans/46.WhatwereRollinAroundinBedWith.pdf.

Sneak Peek: Her Majesty by Willsin Rowe

[Today's sneak peek is a lusty, heart-filled lesbian erotic romance by Willsin Rowe, the guy who did the wonderful covers for my D&S Duos series. Enjoy! ~ Lisabet]

Blurb

Short, skinny tomboy Kim hasn’t had a boyfriend for a while. In fact, not since she fell in love with her best friend. The trouble is, her best friend is Serena, a beautiful, big Italian goddess who’s engaged to be married.

Or was, at least. Until yesterday, when her fiancé finally confessed to myriad infidelities, laying the blame squarely on the size of Serena’s curvaceous ass.

As emotional therapy, the girls head away for a long weekend at a remote beach house. Just the two of them. No guys, no work, no distractions.

No inhibitions.

Can Kim work past her own fear and body issues to remind Serena just how damn sexy she really is?

Excerpt

I jumped into the shower to wash the salt from my body. As I dipped my head under the jet, the roar of the running water filled my head, to the point that I didn’t realize Serena had come into the bathroom until she spoke.

“Ugh! Disgusting!”

“Fuck, you scared me!” I pushed open the shower door just a crack and my breath caught in my chest. She was naked. My beautiful, curvy best friend stood before me, completely naked. With her bottom turned toward me, she studied her hips and thighs in the mirror, slapping at her skin and making hypnotic waves. The trembling in my hands—in my entire body—made it almost impossible to shut off the water.

“Say what you like about him, Wade was right about one thing. I’m getting huge. I look like gnocchi.”

I squeezed my lips together, but the words forced themselves out.

“I love gnocchi.”

She smiled and looked at me in the mirror. Her eyes moved like blown feathers as she scanned every bare inch of me. It was all I could do to stand still under the intensity of her gaze, when all I wanted was to run and hide. Or dive head first into her welcoming arms and kiss her until Monday.

She hooked her hair behind her ears and filled me with a smile. “God, I’d love to have a body like yours.”

“What, this old thing? Got it cheap from a ten-year-old boy. He grew out of it.”

The magic of laughter rippled superbly through her body. “I mean it! You can wear anything.”

“Yeah...dolls’ clothes, those little puppy sweaters...”

She frowned and faced me. The real me, not the scared little girl in the mirror. “You’re being silly again. Stop it.”

“Anything you say, your majesty.”

“You don’t see it, do you? How beautiful you are.”

“Me?”

“Yes, you. Is it really so hard to admit to yourself?”

Of course it was, when I compared myself to her. Deflection was my only hope. “Look who’s talking, Miss Gnocchi.”

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Willsin Rowe falls in love with a scent, a playful expression or an act of casual intimacy more easily than with physical beauty. When confronted by any combination of those elements he is a lost cause.

He has done many things over and over, done even more things only once, and half-done more things than he cares to admit. He loves to sing and doesn't let his voice get in the way.

He is intelligent but not sensible. He is passionate but fearful. He is not scruffy enough or stylish enough to be cool.

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