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The Love Song Kindle Edition

by Kay Simone (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.4 236 ratings

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How can you trust a second chance with the love of your life?

Casey has never met anyone like Grant: smart, mysterious, and utterly alone.

Grant walks through Casey’s life like a ghost, showing up in the middle of their senior year with no explanation, no history, and no interest in knowing anyone. Casey has plenty of friends, supportive parents to pay for college, and a solid future ahead of him. It should be easy to ignore a new outcast on campus.

But try as he might, Casey is drawn to Grant—and the more he learns, the more he wants to learn.

How do you go back to being strangers with someone who has seen your soul?

Grant left a broken life behind him in Georgia. When his mom moves them to Middle-of-Nowhere, Nebraska, he wants a fresh start, setting his sights on a future when he’ll be done with school, helping his mom make ends meet, and able to forget all of his mistakes.

The last thing he needs is someone getting in the way of that—someone feeling sorry for him. So why can’t he bring himself to stay away from Casey Dunne?

I don’t want us to be strangers again.

When circumstances tear them apart, it seems unlikely that they’ll ever be reunited. But when their paths do cross again, against all odds, their positions are reversed.

Casey doesn’t believe that Grant will recognize—or want—the person he’s become since high school.

Grant doesn’t know if he can give Casey the life he deserved all along… But he’s damned well going to try.

The Love Song is a steamy and emotional standalone romance with second chance themes, hurt/comfort, and a happy ending.

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"This is a fascinating coming of age love story that will touch your heart and leave you speechless." -Nameher Reviews (5/5)

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MTXKROF
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 5, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 5, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7230 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 620 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #730,143 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #8,832 in Gay Fiction
- #16,072 in Gay Romance
- #25,642 in LGBTQ+ Romance (Books)

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Kay has a thing for oldies, leather jackets, secret poetry, tattoos, whiskey, and every other bad boy cliché in the book.

Kay is non-binary and loves stories that make them laugh, think, and cry in equal measure — but only if there is a happy ending waiting on the last page.

In their past life, Kay was an editor, a librarian, and a cupcake baker. They live on an island in Florida, and wouldn't change a thing about any of that. For free books and updates, sign up for the newsletter at www.kaysimone.com

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S. Jansky

Breathtaking

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016

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I am a huge fan of Simone's writing and this beautiful behemoth of a story has only endeared them to me more.

Simone has done a wonderful job in this book of reminding me what it's like to be eighteen again, something I didn't think I was capable of reliving so seamlessly. I'm not sure if I was their target audience with this one, but being dragged back into the emotional trainwreck that was my senior year of high school through the dialogue between these two ridiculous men and then being thrust into their future, the age that I am now... well. It hit home pretty hard.

That's not to say that I didn't enjoy the ride!

It's astounding to me how Simone is capable of adjusting their writing style so flawlessly, so carefully that I could tell, even before any names or pronouns were mentioned, whose head I was in at any given time. And, as disorienting as it was sometimes for me to delve into the thoughts of such passionately intellectual young men, I still enjoyed every second of it.

The other reviewers of this work have touched on the romance aspect, how lovely it is to have common romance cliches introduced and then stomped out almost immediately in this story, but I am also, as always, just in love with the style of Simone's writing as I am with their characters.

The dialogue, the nuance...

It's breathtaking.

And it would be a shame for you to pass it up.

(I did receive an advanced reader copy of this book. And promptly purchased the book, as well, before posting this review.)

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Tripp Soukup

another happy Kay fan

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016

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So I adore this author and most of the books she has written on Amazon. I would say this is very similar to some of her authors works as well as different.

As a fan - I expect Kay's characters to be dynamic, have actual/real issues and emotions. To struggle with pieces of life and come together. With Grant and Casey, you get that. There is good dialogue and a well written story here.

As an English lit geek/wannabe, I love how she uses stories and poems throughout. She did something similar with The Aftermath (which I also strongly recommend you read if you liked this).

In terms of different from other stories - (without spoiling too much) there is a lengthy time gap. I understand that what happened in between isn't important from the story's perspective, but I did wish it the book was longer after that gap. This is the only reason I did not give this a 5 star review.

I love and wait for more stories from Kay, but I greatly appreciate she isn't just churning the same story line out every other week. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys this genre especially while the price is on sale.

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Court

Young Love

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2017

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Another great read by Ms. Simone. The Love Song features Grant and Casey, two high school aged boys who are still coming to terms with their emotional selves and their sexuality. Both characters have a bit of a deeper backstory, which is a nice change of pace for Simone's stories, as that is not always the case. There is more character development (similar to that of The Aftermath) which allows the reader a deeper connection with each boy. Grant, you just want to feed and cuddle, as he is that kid everyone knew in high school that wanted to blend in with the wall so that you would never notice him or ask him any awkward questions about his home life that he'd be too embarrassed to answer even though you could probably relate in some aspect - he just didn't know that. And Casey does just that; he goes out on a limb and makes it his mission to get to know Grant and take care of him, if even just a little.
Young love and awkward fumblings are things that every reader can relate to, and that's what makes this story such a great read. There are a few turns which keep you guessing until the end but of course there is a wonderful HEA that wraps up nicely.

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Mark

Unaddressed Abuse & Language Lower Rating, Otherwise Okay

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2017

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I can't really agree with most of the reviews here and there are several reasons why. However, I will center on just a few. While the romance overall is fairly good and what you might expect of a late teenage romance between young men, it is because these two guys are 18 and 19 that the things that they tolerate is so very implausible. Granted, pardon the pun there, that abusive relationships are exceptionally difficult to break and perhaps that is Grant's problem here, but if so, the author never points that out so, one cannot assume that. So, if he is so very angry, as the author does point out, why does he continue to put up with it? Why does he move with her instead of staying put?

Another point that really bugged me was the language...the swearing. I mean really?! I have friends and their kids in NYC who don't swear like this! To me, that was just filler. I have always considered swearing a "lack of vocabulary". Now, I am very sure that Ms. Simone is quite capable of creating a beautiful story without over 100 swear words in the first 30 pages. Yes, I counted. It was ridiculous. And yes, I know a lot of kids and they don't swear nearly this much...though their language is still quite...ahem...bad. ; )

The twist in the characters was a surprise and I really liked that...Grant became a super-successful Casey who 'needed' Grant to save him and show him that true and faithful love was possible. That was wonderful and lovely. Going back to their high school days - meeting each other, breaking down those barriers, having those intimate and sometimes painful conversations, those new and frightening "make you shiver" intimate moments was captured beautifully by the author. Perfect. As was the first time they made love the first time when they finally meet again.

I still can only give this 3 stars though because of the abuse and neglect the mother heaped upon Grant that everyone seemed to tolerate but never name or confront...ever! Plus, never really blame her for. Her neglect almost killed him at one point. To me, that was a huge oversight.

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Beautiful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2016

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Made me laugh, made me cry, made me hopeful..... best kind of love story.
I need more stories like this!!!

DM

A Book in Three Parts

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2018

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Finally got round to reading this as it has been on my Kindle sometime, & have some mixed feelings about it. It was very well-written and evoked huge sympathy for Grant, but it was also frustrating. Slight spoilers to follow, so look away now if this bothers you...

Two thirds of the book were set in the past (?2012, from looking at the music references), and told the story of how Grant & Casey met & fell in love as teenagers. This is where the first frustration hit - both were adults, at 18 & 19 years old, but both behaved much younger. their parents totally ruling their lives. Whilst this is true to an extent, when Grant had the freedoms he had with mum away working so much?? Didn't add up, despite his history and his mother's bigotry. Secondly there was the drinking and driving! Seriously? When is it ok to drink quantities of vodka, then get in your car? Answer: NEVER! This really irritated. The storm was well-done & taught this British person what it's like to experience a white-out & such cold - doesn't sound appealing! Plus, the side character of Val was well written, all in all leading to an appealing read. And parts one & two were. And this is where the problem lies. Part three? Not so good. The ending? Frustrating! Where Casey & Grant were left as characters left a lot of unanswered questions & wasn't enough. Plus, it was set 10 years on - so 2022 ish (published in 2016) and it glossed over some important bits of both MC's histories and bearing in mind the detail of parts 1 & 2, this didn't sit well.

So why the 4 stars? It's well written and a page turner, plus enjoyable. Grant is an appealing character, Casey less so, but still likeable. Higly recommended as a read, but for this reviewer, the ending was not enough.

Coffee Lover

it was a good read and the main characters were believable and beautifully ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2017

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Unlike so many of this genre, this book had a fascinating, and not entirely predictable, story to tell. Not overly sentimental, nor overly sexually graphic, it was a good read and the main characters were believable and beautifully drawn.

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