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Renee Stevens

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Being the start of a new week, Monday's are also a good time to take a look at some of the different stories that can be found on Gay Authors. With so many great works, it can be easy to overlook one and Monday's provide an opportunity for us to help make one of them stand out and maybe catch your interest. Today, we're bringing you a review by spikey582 of LitLover's story Unforgivable. Enjoy!

 

Unforgivable
LitLover

 

Reviewer: spikey582
Status: Complete
Word Count: 80,157

 

For my first official review for the site, I decided to go easy on myself and pick a favorite GA story from the last year: Unforgivable by LitLover. I discovered this just as Lit started posting in April of last year, and it was actually quite fun to experience a bite at a time, and see how fellow readers reacted to each new chapter. However, if you’re just discovering this story now, you’re in luck as you can experience the whole thing without those agonizing 7 day waits.

 

In Unforgivable, we are introduced to two characters, Corey and Jason, and they have a long history together. Corey is the best friend of Jason’s younger brother Drew, and they all grew up together. Very early on in the tale, Jason commits the titular unforgivable act, and cheats on Corey and Drew’s other best friend when they’re all teenagers. 

 

This is where the crux of the conflict is driven from. You see, Corey’s father has a long history of cheating on his mother, and repeatedly being forgiven. The lesson Corey has learned from the long years of his father’s serial philandering is simple. Once a cheater always a cheater. Can someone like Jason, a known cheater himself, be forgiven?

 

What I particularly enjoyed about this story was that each chapter is told through either Corey or Jason’s perspective. We get a good idea of what each character is about, what they’re going through. So even Jason, who seems like a jerk at first glance, actually becomes sympathetic and likable as we get to know him. 

 

Interestingly enough, LitLover, the very “Cliffie Queen” herself, didn’t leave us poor readers hanging from nearly as many cliffs during this story. However, there are still a few that will definitely propel a reader forward to find out what happens next. As I said before, if you’re just now finding this story for the first time, you’re lucky because you can now just plow right ahead and find out. This is definitely a “binge-worthy” story.

 

So hopefully I’ve piqued your interest with Unforgivable. It’s filled to the brim with drama, romance, and even a touch of angst. Seriously, go check this story out and get to know Corey and Jason. Once you’re finished with Unforgivable, you can start in on the spin off tale, Choices, that LitLover is in the process of posting right now. 

 

Category: Fiction   Genres: Romance   Tags: Adult, gay, anal, oral, friendship   Rating: Mature

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LitLover
10 hours ago, Cole Matthews said:

What I loved about Unforgivable was how it mirrored how we act. Consider the scenarios with Corey and Jason.  Corey was once bitten twice shy, and yet, there is a possibility of redemption, maybe.  When they met up, it was fireworks on a level we've all experienced.  Can we tolerate this person? What is there making us feel this matters? What intrigues us?

 

We don't know. It wasn't really perfectly telegraphed, thank God, except we hoped.  Good storytelling leads us by the nose and keeps us wondering.  It gives us hope.

 

Throughout the story Jason grew and Corey healed. That is the essence of a novel. We see characters change, yet keep their voices.  They aren't different. They have learned. 

 

Lovely story to read, in my humble opinion.  

 

Cole

 

 

 

Thank you for your kind words, Cole.  I'm thrilled you enjoyed the story and the character development. :) 

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LitLover
8 hours ago, BlindAmbition said:

For anyone who hasn't read this story... Do So! 
 This story has love, heartache, happiness. 
 The absolute best thing about this story. It revolves around family and friends. How those change over time. In the end... Hopefully you have a core group of friends who will be their for you. 

 

Thank you, Blind :hug:   It was my goal to show how a people can change over time, both their behaviours and their attitudes.  It makes my author's soul happy that I was able to get that across to readers. :) 

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Headstall
9 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

 

LOL, now you need to edit the quote, or you're the one doing the spoiling, Gary. :lol: 

:facepalm: 

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JayT

So I basically just binged on Unforgivable....Great story...I only have one observation (I left it as a chapter comment in Chapter 7 I think, but I'll share it here too)-

Okay sorry I'm so late to this party. So, yeah Gary's your editor and this is up in Canada, and I know all Canadians know each other, and Corey told Jason about a hockey player that took a knee-on-knee hit.....Did the knee-on-knee hit happen sometime before Christmas and was he cop when he wasn't playing hockey?

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spike382
8 hours ago, JayT said:

So I basically just binged on Unforgivable....Great story...I only have one observation (I left it as a chapter comment in Chapter 7 I think, but I'll share it here too)-

Okay sorry I'm so late to this party. So, yeah Gary's your editor and this is up in Canada, and I know all Canadians know each other, and Corey told Jason about a hockey player that took a knee-on-knee hit.....Did the knee-on-knee hit happen sometime before Christmas and was he cop when he wasn't playing hockey?

Glad you found and enjoyed the story Jay.

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LitLover
10 hours ago, JayT said:

So I basically just binged on Unforgivable....Great story...I only have one observation (I left it as a chapter comment in Chapter 7 I think, but I'll share it here too)-

Okay sorry I'm so late to this party. So, yeah Gary's your editor and this is up in Canada, and I know all Canadians know each other, and Corey told Jason about a hockey player that took a knee-on-knee hit.....Did the knee-on-knee hit happen sometime before Christmas and was he cop when he wasn't playing hockey?

 

Haha hmm I wonder.  I'll have to see what the name of that mysterious hockey player was ;)  

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JayT
1 hour ago, LitLover said:

 

Haha hmm I wonder.  I'll have to see what the name of that mysterious hockey player was ;)  

well his name is Michael in my mind and nothing will change it hehehe ;)

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Timothy M.
41 minutes ago, JayT said:

well his name is Michael in my mind and nothing will change it hehehe ;)

 

Now he's called Michael in my mind too. :lol: 

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JayT
14 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

 

Now he's called Michael in my mind too. :lol: 

Yeah Micheal that cop who plays hockey and took a knee-to-knee hit...he was laid up and on restrictions till almost Christmas hehehe 

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LitLover
2 hours ago, JayT said:

well his name is Michael in my mind and nothing will change it hehehe ;)

 

1 hour ago, Timothy M. said:

 

Now he's called Michael in my mind too. :lol: 

 

1 hour ago, JayT said:

Yeah Micheal that cop who plays hockey and took a knee-to-knee hit...he was laid up and on restrictions till almost Christmas hehehe 

 

I think we'll need @Headstall's permission, but I'm all for my guys having met M&K :*)

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Lisa

So yeah, I'm ALWAYS late to the party!

 

Congrats on being featured, Lit! :)

 

Wonderful review, Spikey! :)

 

I absolutely LOVED Unforgivable! It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me want to smack Jason and Corey upside their heads, so yeah, a great story all around!  :lol:

 

I highly recommend this story to anyone who hasn't read it yet -- you won't regret reading it. Promise!  :)

 

And I am all for a third story in this wonderful series!!!! :D

 

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Headstall
On 5/24/2017 at 0:17 PM, LitLover said:

 

 

 

I think we'll need @Headstall's permission, but I'm all for my guys having met M&K :*)

Permission granted @LitLover

 

On 5/24/2017 at 0:43 PM, JayT said:

@Headstall you gotta give us permission please :Steve2::yes: :worship:

@JayT    see above ;) 

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