S.E.X. Review~ Kiss Me Again by Garrett Leigh

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Cover Design: Black Jazz Design

Length: 227 pages

Blurb

Tree surgeon Aidan Drummond is content with his own company. He works alone, and lives alone, and it doesn’t occur to him to want anything else until a life-changing accident lands him in hospital. Then a glimpse of the beautiful boy in the opposite bed changes everything.

Ludo Giordano is trapped on the ward with a bunch of old men. His mind plays tricks on him, keeping him awake. Then late one night, a new face brings a welcome distraction. Their unlikely friendship is addictive. And, like most things in Ludo’s life, temporary.

Back in the real world, Aidan’s monochrome existence is no longer enough. He craves the colour Ludo brought him, and when a chance meeting brings them back together, before long, they’re inseparable again.

But bliss comes with complications. Aidan is on the road to recovery, but Ludo has been unwell his entire life, and that’s not going to change. Aidan can kiss him as much as he likes, but if he can’t help Ludo when he needs him most, they don’t stand a chance.

"Kiss Me Again is a deliciously tender and prickly romance about the intimacy that comes with acceptance. Ludo and Aidan accept and love each other for exactly who they are—complications, injuries, mental health issues, moods—and I loved them for it." -- Roan Parish

Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer and book designer, currently working for Dreamspinner Press, Loose Id, Riptide Publishing, and Fox Love Press.

Garrett's debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards.

When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.

Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with renowned LGBTQA+ photographer Dan Burgess.

Website: http://www.garrettleigh.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/garrettleighauthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Garrett_Leigh

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I would not classify Kiss Me Again by Garrett Leigh an M/M romance. More a book about mental illness, as the story was overrun and dominated by one of the main character's bipolar disorder.

Ludo, MC1 lived a fairly productive life, existing with bipolar and the manic/depressive episodes that came with the MI. During one such episode, Ludo was hospitalized and treated in order to get him to an even keel where he could function again on his own. Aidan was a tree surgeon and an unfortunate accident landed him in a crippling way in the same hospital ward in which Ludo resided. Curiosity set in as the two men waded through murky waters and began a friendship of survival in the hospital, more than a friendship of desire.

As time went by and both men were discharged, they saw each other in the small town which they resided and took a chance to start seeing each other in a quasi-social atmosphere.

I loved the slow build up of friendship as portrayed by Ms. Leigh. I additionally admired the careful way the author portrayed Ludo and his illness, seemingly attempting to build up his character and give the man respect and dignity.

Aidan, on the other hand, slightly rubbed me the wrong way. I got the sense he cared for Ludo, and the author did a good job of said conveyance, but his overall careless attitude concerning himself and others (except Ludo) did not sit well with this reader.

Kiss Me Again did not sensationalize mental illness, but brought an awareness. My five handcuff review is not done so on a sexual nature, but rather the diplomatic fashion Ms. Leigh wrote Ludo’s story.

Definite S.E.X.

A five handcuff review 

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