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Book Title: This is Not a Horror Movie
Author: Sara Dobie Bauer
Narrator: Blake Lockheart
Publisher: Self-published
Cover Artist: Natasha Snow Designs
Release Date: June 8, 2021
Length: 8 hours and 57 mins
Genres: M/M new adult, gay paranormal romance, LGBTQ, romantic comedy
Trope: Friends to lovers
Themes: non-explicit, humorous, teens, summer vacation, hauntings, evil spirits
Heat Rating: 2 flames
Warnings: Scenes of graphic violence, death of minor characters, mentions of bullying, alcohol use
It is a standalone story.
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Emory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols.
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Emory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols.
For the past four years, Emory, Connor, and their families have vacationed side by side on Longboat Key, Florida. Eighteen-year-old Emory has pined for his neighbor from behind the covers of Stephen King books, but college boy Connor has never noticed him. Probably because Emory looks like Jack Skellington with good hair.
Emory anticipates another predictable summer of sunburn and disappointment. Instead, he ends up with a mystery on his hands when a beloved beach bum goes missing, and Connor volunteers to help with the search. Turns out it’s not just scary movie cops who are worthless, so the boys start an investigation of their own—leading them straight to an abandoned beach resort.
Despite the danger, Emory and Connor grow closer, but as Emory’s gay dreams start coming true, so do the horror movie tropes he so loves. Even though he knows that sex equals death in slasher flicks, Emory can’t keep his hands off the guy of his teenage dreams.
My Two Pennies' Worth
I love this author's work even though they write on the darker side of romance. And this story is no exception. It's sweet and funny and captures Young Adults perfectly. Emory, the narrator, is adorable. Unable to see that a growth spurt and late puberty have turned him 'hot', he still sees the bookish, bullied nerd that jocks pushed around in high school. He's also a horror geek, books, films, shows, it doesn't matter to him; he laps it up. And it shapes a lot of the way he sees the world around him. Connor is 20, a couple of years older than Emory and for the last few years has been a constant presence in Emory's vacation life, and Emory's massive crush. Their first tentative steps at a relationship are glorious and I really loved watching them dance around each other.
I'd strongly recommend you picking this up.
About the Author
Sara Dobie Bauer is a bestselling romance author and mental health / LGBTQ advocate with a creative writing degree from Ohio University. She lives with her hottie husband and precious pup in Northeast Ohio, although she’d really like to live in a Tim Burton film.
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