Jay's Loelife 2. Board Members

Great story, beautifully plotted and populated with rich, funny and complicated characters.  Jay and Loren both would seem to outsiders to have everything they need. Jay knows from the start it’s not true.  Loren takes more time.  From the  awkward “meet cute” opening, you’ll quickly learn it’s one heck of a curvy, bumpy ride to true love.  Throw in some childhood trauma, role reversal, and shifts in perspective and you have a somewhat romanticized, yet ultimately warts-and-all look at two extraordinary men forging a one-in-a-billion life together.  @Mrsgnomieis skilled at creating characters who seem real. That you root for even when they completely mess up.  Very much worth your time. While technically a “sequel” to Boss Nanny,  I read this one first as it was posted and didn’t feel lost. In fact, I think I appreciated Boss better this way. It was fun finding a few overlapping chapters and anecdotes told from a different viewpoint between both stories. 

Truly brilliant enjoyable story. Characters have a  real sense to them and are very magnetic! Will make u want to NOT put it down. Looking forward to more!

Having read Boss Nanny, I was delighted to see this sequel. Jay's Loelife is a tale that weaves together the lives of two men in love. At times tender, at times tough, these two fit like a hand in a glove, although it does not come without its challenges. 

The development of the characters is superbly crafted and the readers feel as though they really know these men. 

The plot is well-paced and at the end of each chapter, cliff-hanger or not, we are left wanting more. 

Mrs Gnomie never fails to provide entertainment, some deep reflection at times and the sense that we too are part of the action. 

A jolly good read. 

I absolutely love this story can't wait to read the next instalment 

Loved it all! Laughter and joy.  Very difficult to do and this was executed well, this is a Gem. My husband and I have two girls now 11 and 13, we call them Jibber and Jabber ( not their real names!). This reminded me of all the times when they were small.

Take every minute like its the last. Many thanks @Mrsgnomie for the memories. 

I had to wait a few days before I started writing these lines. I had never read anything like this before, yet I have always been an avid reader. Beyond the characterization of the characters I really enjoyed the work of their creation and their reality. Jay and Loren are two of us, albeit with different histories, but realistic, real. Mrsgnomie constructed two realities that he wanted to bring together. He combined fate and will: fate brought Jay and Loren together, but their will led them to the ending and the beginning of their lives together.

The exploration of both protagonists' lives and the addition of other characters as the story unfolds makes it all three-dimensional. The story leaps off the pages and becomes almost an everyday parallel to your life. The skill with which Mrsgnomie stitches it all together is truly extraordinary. The deep desire of both protagonists to become fathers - albeit with Loren's reticence, albeit increasingly weak - I think engages all readers, gay, straight or whatever. Children are a constant presence in the story, testifying to the couple's desire to leave the future a testament to themselves and their lives.

Loren redeems his terrible childhood by building a world of economic and work security around him, into which Jay fits at first with difficulty. Jay comes from an affluent family and testifies to a life of love, affection, and respect. The incontro-scontro between the two - albeit in the slow growth of a deep love - becomes a journey, a return to the beginning of their lives to rebuild new paths of understanding and to establish the foundations of a solid bond.

Love in itself is simple. Not simple is cultivating it, protecting it and growing it solid and secure. Jay and Loren teach that we all need to communicate, to be heard and respected, and to be welcomed and loved for who we are.

Please read it.

Tanks Mrsgnomie