Mistletoe Science, Tome 1 : The Mistletoe Phenomenon
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- Serena Yates (Écrivain)
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"My brother and his wife died in a plane crash in Africa eight months ago." The deep voice came from right next to them and a handkerchief appeared in his line of sight. "I'm his guardian and we're moving here so I can combine my work with his needs for schooling."
"I'm very sorry to hear about their deaths." Lance dried Jakob's tears and made him blow his nose. He tried to let go of the boy so he could get up, but Jakob clung to him like a limpet. He shrugged and kept him in his arms as he rose to return the now very wet piece of cloth. "What sort of work do you do that you'd move to Mistletoe?"
"It's not the center of the universe, is it?" The man smiled for the first time, making him look even more attractive. "I'm a glaciologist. I used to go on expeditions to the Arctic and Greenland, but that's no longer practical. So I retrained as a Park Ranger. I'll start working for the Grand Teton National Park in January, focusing on their glacier research and educational programs."
"A glaciologist, huh?" He never even knew such a profession existed.
"Yes. Uncle Magnus is a very good glaciologist. He studies ice shelves to see if they grow or shrink and how that will affect the weather and sea levels." Jakob was clearly proud of his uncle. "And he promised to teach me how to be one too."
"Did he, now?" Lance suppressed a grin.
"Yes. And he says it's very important to keep your promises." Jakob grinned.
"I did." Magnus nodded. "And right now I need to keep my promise of getting you some Christmas stuff, don't I?"
"Yeah." Jakob looked sad as he looked up at his uncle.
"But I don't know what we need. And you can't really help, can you?"
Magnus shook his head.
"What?" Lance almost left his mouth open.
"Uncle Magnus doesn't believe in superstitions." Jakob frowned.
"So you've never kissed under the mistletoe? You don't know what you're missing." What had made him say that? He felt himself blush in embarrassment.
Magnus looked at him, silver-blue eyes twinkling and both eyebrows closer to his hairline than could be comfortable.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that." Lance wished a convenient hole would appear in the ground and swallow him up.
"Why not? It's true." Jakob tilted his head. "My mom told him that too."
"Jakob!" Magnus shook his head. "Kissing under the mistletoe is just an old tradition. Some people like the excuse to kiss strangers, and that's total nonsense."
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L'idée du livre est sympa mais l'exécution est catastrophique (de mon avis).
L'histoire entre Lance et Magnus se déroule bien trop vite (en moins d'une heure ils s'embrassent et en moins d'une semaine ils habitent ensemble et se déclarent leurs sentiments). Ce n'est absolument pas crédible et m'a fait lever les yeux au ciel plusieurs fois.
Les "méchants" de l'histoire sont extrêmement clichés et n'ont pas de raisons valables pour agir comme ils le font, c'est incompréhensible qu'ils fassent quelque chose d'aussi stupide ! Encore une fois, crédibilité zéro.
Tout les personnages sont très plats et manquent de relief, de profondeur et de sentiments. Ils sont unidimensionnel !
Jakob se comporte bizarrement pour un garçon de 9-10 ans, pas vraiment un comportement de son âge.
Il y a également trop de pages de sexe, ce qui est inutile surtout vu la taille du livre.
L'écriture est aussi à travailler car elle est maladroite et pas très fluide.
Je ne vais pas lire la suite.
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Magnus Carstens, an eminent glaciologist, recently had to change his life: he's become his nephew Jakob's guardian after the boy's parents died in a plane crash, he's taken a new job as a park ranger, and he's moved them to Mistletoe, Wyoming, so he can offer a stable home to Jakob while still contributing to science. There he meets Lance Rivera, a disillusioned physical therapist who is working in his sister's store to make a living after his lover took off with all their money. When the two men come together--literally under the mistletoe--both realize all they really want, despite adversity, is a family to love.
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