Sometimes love is a lot closer to home than you think.Charlie Burroughs can't keep a man. All he wants is a good relationship like the ones he sees his friends having, but none of the men he picks ever work out. Despite him trying to be the perfect boyfriend, the men are either threatened by his looks or his epilepsy or a combination of the two. It's lucky that he has his best friend Misha to turn to. The two of them are closer than peas in a pod and fiercely loyal to each other. He can't imagine his life without Misha in it.Misha Lebedinsky is the complete opposite of his best friend. Being the support system for his mum and twin sisters leaves Misha with neither the time nor the inclination for a relationship. Quick and frequent hook-ups are his favourite means of communication and any other pesky emotional needs he has are met by Charlie, who he's devoted to. He lives a life of happy compartmentalization with no intention of ever changing.All of this changes when the two best friends move in together. Being in close proximity means that they suddenly start to see each other in a very different light. But Charlie struggles when his drive to be the perfect partner clashes with the fact that he's in love with a man who knows every little thing about him. And even if he can get past that, can a relationship ever work with a man who'd need a dictionary to tell him what love means? From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a love story about a sunny librarian who has relationship written all over him and a cynical banker who doesn't even have it in his blurb. This is the second book in the Close Proximity series but it can be read as a standalone.
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Charlie Sunshine
von Lily Morton
Sometimes love is a lot closer to home than you think.Charlie Burroughs can't keep a man. All he wants is a good relationship like the ones he sees his friends having, but none of the men he picks ever work out. Despite him trying to be the perfect boyfriend, the men are either threatened by his looks or his epilepsy or a combination of the two. It's lucky that he has his best friend Misha to turn to. The two of them are closer than peas in a pod and fiercely loyal to each other. He can't imagine his life without Misha in it.Misha Lebedinsky is the complete opposite of his best friend. Being the support system for his mum and twin sisters leaves Misha with neither the time nor the inclination for a relationship. Quick and frequent hook-ups are his favourite means of communication and any other pesky emotional needs he has are met by Charlie, who he's devoted to. He lives a life of happy compartmentalization with no intention of ever changing.All of this changes when the two best friends move in together. Being in close proximity means that they suddenly start to see each other in a very different light. But Charlie struggles when his drive to be the perfect partner clashes with the fact that he's in love with a man who knows every little thing about him. And even if he can get past that, can a relationship ever work with a man who'd need a dictionary to tell him what love means? From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a love story about a sunny librarian who has relationship written all over him and a cynical banker who doesn't even have it in his blurb. This is the second book in the Close Proximity series but it can be read as a standalone.
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Rezension von Stefanie<b> Not my favourite of Lily Morton's books </b> Normally, Lily Morton's books are a solid 5-star-read for me and so I had high expectations when <i> Charlie Sunshine </i> was finally published. Up until a little more than half of the book I was about to give it a 3-star-rating because Charlie and the whole story just didn't click with me. And that's why: I enjoy Lily's style of snark and banter as much as the next fan of her works but that first half of the book was a little too much of that - at least for me. Neither Charlie nor Misha were able to have a serious conversation with any of their dialogue partners. Everything had to be funny and glibly (I am with Rupert here: Doug was too much.) and some conversations ran into nowhere (e.g. Misha and his family counsel - what was it all about?). Because of that the MCs felt superficially developed to me - I couldn't get either of them. They were just funny and the scenes were too short and not deep enough to connect with them. So much for the first 60% of the book. <b> The second half was what made me rethink my rating. It was what I expected from a Lily Morton book. </b> The characters were clearer, their personalities, problems and thoughts became more obvious and I as the reader could follow why they acted the way they did. I really liked how Charlie's character became more multifaceted with how he really feels, how he wants to be seen by others and how he is in a relationship (and in bed; I really liked the kink there! ;)). It reconciled me with the first part of the story. <b> Bonus for: </b> 1) Drunk characters no one can write as beautifully as Lily Morton does. 2) Lovely places! (As always.) 3) The epilepsy and the well-conducted research behind it. 4) The songs. :) <b> All in all: </b> It's a nice, easy read but just not as engaging as other books (all of #FindingHome and #MixedMessages) by Lily Morton.