The Open Era by Edward Schmit
Guys… I am really enjoying this book. Started it yesterday and devoured the first two-thirds in one sitting. (I am on vacation by the water so this was easy.) I can’t wait to finish—though I’m frightened I’ll be yearning hard for the second book to come out. I read Thirty Love earlier this summer and though it is striking how similar they are (the protagonist in Open loves Gilmore Girls, the protagonist in Thirty loves Golden Girls), it turns out I am strictly nonmonogamous when it comes to mainstream gay tennis romance. Having read HR (before the revolution) and long contemplated the gender politics of MM romance authorship, I think both books are successful at speaking to and from an authentic Gay experience—The Open Era perhaps slightly more so. Has anyone else read this yet? What are your thoughts!