Wake Up Call (Porthkennack, #1)by JL Merrow
Published by Riptide Publishing
eARC (received via NetGalley)
Adult, LGBT, contemporary, romance
South London mechanic Devan Thompson has gone to Porthkennack to track down someone he’s been waiting all his life to know. But Dev’s distracted from his quest by Kyle, a broodingly handsome local of only a few months, who’s already got a reputation as an alcoholic because of his strange behaviour—including a habit of collapsing in the street.
Kyle Anthony fled to Porthkennack to escape from the ruins of his life. Still raging against his diagnosis of narcolepsy—a condition that’s cost him his job as a barrister, his lover, and all chance of normality—the last thing he wants is another relationship that’s doomed to fail. But Dev’s easy-going acceptance and adaptability, not to mention his good looks, have Kyle breaking all his self-imposed rules.
When disaster strikes Dev’s adored little sister, Kyle steps up to the plate, and Dev sees a side of his lover he wasn’t prepared for: competent, professional—and way out of Dev’s league. With one man determined that they don’t have a future, and the other fearing it, life after Porthkennack is starting to look bleak for both of them.
Porthkennack is a fictional town in Cornish seaside with rich history - the setting for this novel was absolutely brilliant because how the atmosphere transferred to the story. Even more brilliant was how authentic the story was; the characters actually spoke with local accents, especially Dev who was from South London and had a thick accent. It did get a bit used to because there were some words and sayings I wasn't familiar with, but it really did a lot for the story which I admired a lot. Overall I just really loved to read a book set in England.
Wake Up Call was a touching story with a hints of sadness, sweetness, and coming to terms with both health and family issues. Dev, twenty-four years old motor mechanic from London, went to Porthkennack for a three week holiday and for a quest to find his birth mother. He met there some interesting people, including Kyle who used to be a criminal attorney in London before he was diagnosed with narcolepsy with catalepsy. Kyle's mostly isolated himself because of the narcolepsy but Dev's determined and he has a heart in a right place even if he sometimes said things he didn't mean in the heat of the moment. Kyle and Dev were just so adorable and hot together that I couldn't get enough of their interactions and conversations. Character wise the only complain I have was that Dev's friend, Mal, was introduced so late. He was hilarious and I'd liked to see more of him.
I just wished more Dev and Kyle moments at the end; the ending was a bit abrupt and the epilogue didn't satisfy me enough. Otherwise I really liked Wake Up Call.
4 of 5 stars
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Thank you, Riptide Publishing, for giving me a chance to read and review Wake Up Call!
(A copy of this ebook was provided in return for an honest review.)
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