The Starving Years

What a bummer! Many people who don't read MM will miss out on this genre defying, tightly wound roller coaster ride and what a the pity. Yes there is an M/M/M relationship in this book and even though there's only one actual sex scene between the partners, we believe in the logic and rightness of the trio and are rooting for them at every turn. Each compliments and adds to the group and one doesn't question that Nelson, Javier & Tim are going for the long haul. But add to the mix, and not in a sexual way, Randy and Marianne and you've got a “Guardians of the Galaxy” group.Here's the beauty: the “romance” in this book is but the tip of a dystopian/parallel near present where Big Agra has finally cornered the market on food to the point where many people have never eaten actual food but rather its many flavored replacement “manna”. [a:Jordan Castillo Price 268722 Jordan Castillo Price https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1325364144p2/268722.jpg] creates a scary and utterly believable world were our rag tag team of anti-heroes must expose corporate greed, brave riots, rescue loved ones and fall in love in the space of like two days. I was so happy that our heroes are so utterly unheroic. Save for Javier, who is a journalist, and Tim who runs a blog exposing corporate misdeeds the rest of the the “heroes” Nelson, Randy and Marianne are just people caught in the vortex of history and making a choice to jump in the water or stay by the shore. So glad they swam and even giddy about all the wrong turns this could've taken and didn't because Jordan rocks!It was scary/creepy to read about this adventure which takes place in Manhattan in or around streets and buildings I frequent almost daily and see this alternate present happening without having to take too much of an imaginative leap.Bonus: [a:Gomez Pugh 8435087 Gomez Pugh https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s narration!!!! Gold.