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A review by dinohakari
Buckeye by Casey Morales
5.0
I still remember what I felt when I read [a:Casey Morales|21757018|Casey Morales|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1687705178p2/21757018.jpg]´s first story about a clumsy, naive and full of curiosity man, who made me cry tears of laughter, more than a year ago. It was kind of a short autobiography and one of my first reviews, and it left an impression on me that hooked me deeply and since then I could never stop reading everything he writes. He has something in his style (and it's something that I always mention when I review his books) that is deeply refreshing, but not only that, it's the way he tells these stories, not just the ones where he shared great part of his life ([b:Raised by Wolves Complete Box Set|60857731|Raised by Wolves Complete Box Set|Casey Morales|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1678199884l/60857731._SY75_.jpg|95978753]), but in the following ones, which makes you feel deeply what his characters feel.
Each of his books teach us something. They are not simply a typical romance between two people where the only remarkable feature is that they belong to the same sex, but rather speaks of an inclusion that goes beyond sexuality itself. Either because of the economic disparity that may exist between the MCs, the different backgrounds, the different political or religious beliefs, or because one of them is deaf or neurodivergent or any other difference that may exist. In his stories, they are all just human beings who deserve to be respected, accepted, and loved just the way they are. And I have learned so many things by reading them that I am ashamed to say how ignorant I was a few years ago, and how much I still have to learn.
Nick and Andre story is a beautiful one. It's kind of one of insta lust, yes, but it's also one where they take their time to get to know each other, to share, to learn to trust each other. And while there are doubts between them due to their age difference and their different stages in life, they are both mature enough to know that the only way to continue building their relationship is to face those doubts and fears by doing something that most people don't: TALK.
And if up to now we have an incredible love story, another even more incredible one is developing at the same time. And it's the bond that forms between Nick and Ethan from the first moment they meet. And I think it's even more important and more wonderful than the relationship between Nick and Andre. It is a deep bond between two people, an adult and a child, who recognize themselves among so many other people around them, and who know that in the other is what will fill the void that exists within them and make them whole.
Casey once again put a lot of himself into this story, from his life as a child and how it surely marked him during his adult life. So thank you for sharing another incredible piece of you with us.
I was given an advanced copy and voluntarily wrote a review.
Each of his books teach us something. They are not simply a typical romance between two people where the only remarkable feature is that they belong to the same sex, but rather speaks of an inclusion that goes beyond sexuality itself. Either because of the economic disparity that may exist between the MCs, the different backgrounds, the different political or religious beliefs, or because one of them is deaf or neurodivergent or any other difference that may exist. In his stories, they are all just human beings who deserve to be respected, accepted, and loved just the way they are. And I have learned so many things by reading them that I am ashamed to say how ignorant I was a few years ago, and how much I still have to learn.
Nick and Andre story is a beautiful one. It's kind of one of insta lust, yes, but it's also one where they take their time to get to know each other, to share, to learn to trust each other. And while there are doubts between them due to their age difference and their different stages in life, they are both mature enough to know that the only way to continue building their relationship is to face those doubts and fears by doing something that most people don't: TALK.
And if up to now we have an incredible love story, another even more incredible one is developing at the same time. And it's the bond that forms between Nick and Ethan from the first moment they meet. And I think it's even more important and more wonderful than the relationship between Nick and Andre. It is a deep bond between two people, an adult and a child, who recognize themselves among so many other people around them, and who know that in the other is what will fill the void that exists within them and make them whole.
Casey once again put a lot of himself into this story, from his life as a child and how it surely marked him during his adult life. So thank you for sharing another incredible piece of you with us.
I was given an advanced copy and voluntarily wrote a review.