Review Tour: Nothing Special by Jay Northcote

01 July of 2019 by ButtonsMom2003

Nothing Special By Jay Northcote

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: June 19, 2019

Publisher: Jaybird Press

Cover Design: Garrett Leigh @Black Jazz Design

Synopsis

When Noah’s insecurity threatens their fledgling relationship, can Sol convince Noah that he’s enough?

Noah thinks he’s nothing special. Average height, a bit on the skinny side, and cute but rather geeky, he’s relentlessly ordinary. He certainly doesn’t expect to be noticed by Sol, the gorgeous dark-haired stranger Noah usually sees on his commute home.

When a friend persuades Noah to take a big risk in a bid to get Sol’s attention, things turn out better than Noah dared to hope. But Noah doesn’t believe he’s interesting or sexy enough to hold Sol’s attention.

As Sol tries to get closer, Noah tries to protect his heart by pulling away. If their relationship is going to survive, Noah needs to accept that Sol sees him very differently to how Noah sees himself. Because to Sol, Noah is something very special indeed.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

My new favorite book by Jay.

I LOVED this book. I think I connected with it so much because I could really sympathize with the insecurity that Noah felt about his relationship with Sol. I suppose everyone has had at least some bit of insecurity when it comes to a relationship but Nothing Special just really got to me.

Noah can’t believe his good fortune when Sol, someone he crushed on during his commute on the train, agrees to go on a date with him. He’s always been insecure about his looks and his ability to keep a boyfriend attracted for very long. Those insecurities weren’t helped at all by the crap his ex-boyfriend spewed at him.

For the most part this was such a sweet story; so sweet that I kept waiting for the thing to happen. This anticipation kept me glued to my ereader until I finished the story. I knew there would be an HEA but still, waiting for the something to break them up caused a bit of anxiety. Not bad anxiety, rather the good kind when you are loving a book but know that something has to happen before you’re rewarded with an HEA. And rewarded I was! Books that bring me to tears are among my favorites and Jay managed to wring more than a few tears out of me while I read this one.

Epilogues are one of my favorite things and the one Jay wrote for Noah and Sol was perfect. More tears were shed. ?

♥♥♥♥♥

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About Author

Jay Northcote

Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England. He comes from a family of writers, but always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed him by. He spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content.

One day, Jay decided to try and write a short story—just to see if he could—and found it rather addictive. He hasn’t stopped writing since.

Jay writes contemporary romance about men who fall in love with other men. He has five books published by Dreamspinner Press, and also self-publishes under the imprint Jaybird Press. Many of his books are now available as audiobooks.

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