Torque edition by Charli Coty Literature Fiction eBooks
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Sometimes letting things get complicated is the best way to figure it all out.
Mick Randall is on the run, from the biker culture he grew up in and his impossible vision of love. Alaska should be far enough to escape his old life—until he rolls into a wrecking yard and gets lost in a pair of pale, bottle-green eyes.
Scotty Bell has spent years learning to channel his fiery temper into the heat of a welding torch. His sexual heat has always been slower to ignite, but one look at Mick rouses confusion alongside desire. In all his life, he’s only been attracted to one other person—his best friend, Mercy Taylor.
Mick lands a temporary job at the yard, and finds an uneasy crash pad at Scotty’s place, where the ragged ends of his emotions get tangled up in Scotty and Mercy’s relationship.
But when Mick hears a Harley engine from his past bearing down on him, his first instinct is to go back to the half-life he’d been living, lest his secrets destroy the only two people who’ve ever made him feel whole.
Warning Contains references to abuse, subversive ideas about sexual identity and gender expression, and a free-range bisexual on a mission.
This is the Second Edition of a story previously published under the pen name Charley Descoteaux. Content has not been
updated.
Torque edition by Charli Coty Literature Fiction eBooks
Based on the blurb and the cover I felt like this book may be a different and gritty read for me. It was different but it didn’t work for me. I was never really connected to the characters. Things moved along so quickly I barely had time to get to know the characters or time to settle into what was happening. I didn’t love this one. For me it was missing the desperation and depth I feel like the author was trying to achieve.Mick is on the run from his past. He’s moving from town to town looking for work at salvage jobs. They usually pay cash and don’t ask questions. His latest stop introduces him to a grandfather and grandson run yard. Scotty’s grandpa is nice guy and offers Mick a job pulling parts. This puts him in contact with the scrappy but likable Scotty. Mick is attracted instantly. Scotty offers friendship but Mick is hesitant to draw Scotty into his trouble. Friendship leads to more when Mick relaxes and gets his first taste of acceptance. He’s hidden his desire for men his entire life. Mick also knows he’ll have to run again so he never quite settles into the relationship he so badly wants with Scotty. Of course he never tells Scotty about his past either. Mick is after all a coward.
Scotty has always been picked on. His father is a junkie in and out of jail that pops up to steal from them at random moments. Scotty was also deemed mentally slow as a student so he faced a lot of ridicule from his peers. Scotty identifies as Asexual. He leads a solitary life with the exception of his friend and of course his grandpa who is awesome. His best friend is transgender. Scotty sleeps with her sometimes. It’s never really explained how this came about. The story has him saying hi to her one minute and she’s bent over the table the next. When Mick comes into his life he also starts sleeping with him. Somewhere in this book they all form a poly relationship where they all sleep together. Or two of them hook up randomly if someone isn’t there or in the mood. But emotionally they’re all a unit. I honestly don’t know how that all came to be. It just did. There was no build up beyond the attraction and giving into desires.
This book just felt like it was missing pieces. I didn’t connect with any of the characters. The past Mick is running from was kind of a let down for me. The relationship seemed to be built on availability and lust more than anything substantial. Like they were all stuck there and liked each other enough so…. The best thing about this book for me was the relationship between Scotty and his grandpa. Who was always there for Scotty no matter what.
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Torque edition by Charli Coty Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I freely admit I didn't want to read this one at first. The option to review crossed my email in the spring during a book tour, and I felt like I was not in a frame of mind to add it even though the blurb intrigued me. After reading some of the author's other work, I decided to check it out. I'm so glad I did.
Mick is troubled by his bisexuality---to the point he doesn't even know there's a word for his feelings until Mercy explains. Scotty has a difficult history and wars within himself between knowing he's enough and not being quite sure. Mercy is my favorite of all, even though we never see in her point of view (I really wish we did). She's beautiful and wonderful and holds everything together even though she has problems of her own.
There's a grittiness to this which didn't follow exactly what I was expecting. These characters are emotionally raw, if not always with each other, and their lives are not pretty. Out of necessity, they're forming a family of their own, and it's painful and beautiful they way they connect. When Mick, Mercy, and Scotty finally work out how much they need each other, all the layers are peeled back to expose their feelings. This is my favorite line in the whole thing
"It wasn't because we don't belong together, I get that now. It's because we were missing you." (Scotty to Mick, on sealing their relationship with Mercy)
The one thing which bothered me was how unsure I felt about Scotty and his attitude toward Mercy. He doesn't ever misgender her or overtly act as though he doesn't see her as a woman, but he does these weird, subtle things like talking about how grossed out he is by vaginas. It undermines some of his other actions and words. It's not frequent, and it's possibly the sort of thing no one else would be bothered by, but it did make me hesitate.
On the whole, I really liked this story. It's fast-paced, which means we have to read between the lines at times with regard to the relationship. There's also a bit of telling vs. showing, which in this case I think is partly because of the unusual nature of the romance. For example, when Mercy explains that Scotty is asexual, that reads as being as much for audience benefit as for Mick. Otherwise, it's really well-written with a lot of sensitivity toward the characters and situations.
This is a book definitely geared toward people who are sick of reading the same or very similar plots involving diverse gender and sexual expression. It's not for people who are just looking for transgender tropes or hot menage erotica. In my opinion, we could use a lot fewer of those and a lot more books like this one.
For characters to fall in love with, realistic emotions, and an out-of-the-box happily every after, this gets 9/10 fountain pens.
Based on the blurb and the cover I felt like this book may be a different and gritty read for me. It was different but it didn’t work for me. I was never really connected to the characters. Things moved along so quickly I barely had time to get to know the characters or time to settle into what was happening. I didn’t love this one. For me it was missing the desperation and depth I feel like the author was trying to achieve.
Mick is on the run from his past. He’s moving from town to town looking for work at salvage jobs. They usually pay cash and don’t ask questions. His latest stop introduces him to a grandfather and grandson run yard. Scotty’s grandpa is nice guy and offers Mick a job pulling parts. This puts him in contact with the scrappy but likable Scotty. Mick is attracted instantly. Scotty offers friendship but Mick is hesitant to draw Scotty into his trouble. Friendship leads to more when Mick relaxes and gets his first taste of acceptance. He’s hidden his desire for men his entire life. Mick also knows he’ll have to run again so he never quite settles into the relationship he so badly wants with Scotty. Of course he never tells Scotty about his past either. Mick is after all a coward.
Scotty has always been picked on. His father is a junkie in and out of jail that pops up to steal from them at random moments. Scotty was also deemed mentally slow as a student so he faced a lot of ridicule from his peers. Scotty identifies as Asexual. He leads a solitary life with the exception of his friend and of course his grandpa who is awesome. His best friend is transgender. Scotty sleeps with her sometimes. It’s never really explained how this came about. The story has him saying hi to her one minute and she’s bent over the table the next. When Mick comes into his life he also starts sleeping with him. Somewhere in this book they all form a poly relationship where they all sleep together. Or two of them hook up randomly if someone isn’t there or in the mood. But emotionally they’re all a unit. I honestly don’t know how that all came to be. It just did. There was no build up beyond the attraction and giving into desires.
This book just felt like it was missing pieces. I didn’t connect with any of the characters. The past Mick is running from was kind of a let down for me. The relationship seemed to be built on availability and lust more than anything substantial. Like they were all stuck there and liked each other enough so…. The best thing about this book for me was the relationship between Scotty and his grandpa. Who was always there for Scotty no matter what.
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