Angels of Mercy - Volume One: Elliot: His Summer of Love (Volume 1), by S A Collins
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Angels of Mercy - Volume One: Elliot: His Summer of Love (Volume 1), by S A Collins
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On the cusp of his senior year at Mercy High, Elliot Donahey, an out but terminally shy gay young man who keeps to the shadows – never wanting to be seen or noticed – suddenly finds himself in the arms of the highest profile jock on campus, local star quarterback, Marco Sforza. Their lives, and those closest to them will never be the same.
Set against the backdrop of competitive sports, this character study work (the first in a series) deep dives into the lives of these young men who each must "play the game" so Marco can play the game he loves. They are just trying to find some small slice of happiness to call their own amidst their hellish final year of high school.
Author's Note: Angels of Mercy is first and foremost, a character study. A great deal of it is inner-monologue. Elliot will pause the action, will break momentum as he grapples with his world – all the while flipping a finger to the fourth wall. He knows you're there. It was far more important to me as its author (and a gay man) that the reader come away with the whys of Elliot’s choices in how he navigates his often tumultuous world. The same can be said of Marco (his jock boyfriend) who will have his own line of books covering the same timeline but from his POV (the first, Diary of a Quarterback Part 1, due winter 2015).
I’ve read much queer literature and what I find rather interesting is that for the majority of it, very little is written about the character’s headspace. When you live in a world where you constantly have to be vigilant as you navigate through, it can make for some very powerful storytelling. That is my goal in writing these boys’ lives. I want the reader who may not be queer themselves to come away with what it might be like to be in a gayboy’s shoes – constantly polling and pulse-checking your world because your very survival depends upon it. All of that while you hope, you secretly pray, that you’ll find someone who will see you too and find they can’t live without you in their world. A small slice of happiness to call your own. And though you do everything to keep to yourself, you may still run into those who find your very existence threatens who they are and how they think the world should run. I pull no punches with this work. They are hormonally charged eighteen year old young men who are sexually active. While the sex is present in the work it is not gratuitous in that the main character does evolve from his physical intimacy with his high-profile boyfriend. It is not a genre romance read either, though it has a very strong romance threaded in the work. These elements bring a light to their world that attracts all the wrong attention.
In a time where more queer youth are coming out to their teammates and their loved ones, I find that work of this nature is both timely and necessary to tell. I hope you'll find it as interesting and provocative a read as I believe it is.
Our Voices. Our Lives - as we live them.
Angels of Mercy - Volume One: Elliot: His Summer of Love (Volume 1), by S A Collins- Amazon Sales Rank: #6777397 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.22" w x 6.00" l, 1.58 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 540 pages
Review Angels of Mercy - Volume 1: Elliot is an exceptional display of walking in Elliot's shoes - a diary of sorts. Being a teenager is hard enough, being gay in a small town and in love with the star quarterback can be dangerous. Sensual and sarcastic conversations and inward monologues bring life, laughter, disappointments, danger, and a carnal love to Elliot and Marco. But, will it last? - Saguaro Moon Reviews [4 out of 5 Moons] Kindle edition reviewed
About the Author SA Collins hails from the San Francisco Bay Area where he lives with his (legal) husband, their daughter and wonder of all wonders, a whirlwind of a granddaughter. A classically trained singer/actor (under a different name), Mr. Collins knows a good yarn when he sees it. Mr. Collins specializes in character study work. It is more important for him as an author that the reader comes away with a greater understanding of the characters, and the reasons they make the decisions they do, rather than the situations they are in. It is this deep dive into their manners, their experiences and how they process the world around them that make up the body of Mr. Collins' work.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Amazing beginning to the series! By Sam Jo Elliot is a senior at Mercy High. He has learned over time that it's easier to hide in the shadows than deal with the bullies. When not at school, he is busy working at his family's restaurant.One afternoon, Elliott is taken by surprise when the door to the restaurant dings and in walks Marco, the guy he has crushed on for years. When Marco admits that he is there to see him and that he wants Elliot to go out with him, he knows it has to be a joke. Why else would the star quarterback try this.Marco is determined to convince Elliott that this is real. When Elliot decides to give Marco a chance, their love story unfolds.They are sweet, loving and devoted to one another. However, being gay and sports don't mix real well. Therefore, they decide that they need to hide their relationship till football season is over. This isn't a simple task. Can two people from two different worlds come together without any fall out? Is their love strong enough to survive?I really enjoyed Angels of Mercy: Volume One. I like that it was a longer novel. It wasn't rushed nor did it feel like it was dragging on. I loved seeing these two boys' relationship grow. Elliot accepted he is gay a long time ago, but it wasn't until Marco that he was able to open his eyes to see how truly beautiful he is. I loved how Elliot is Marco's world. Marco would walk through fire to keep what they have. This does end in a cliffhanger like we are warned in the synopsis. Good news is book 2 is already out, so like me you can continue on without pause.If you like a mm love story that centers around football and has real life obstacles to conquer then Angels of Mercy by SA Collins is a must read.A complimentary copy was given in exchange for honest review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I liked it. Above average writing. By Dan Mitton (Originally reviewed for Love Bytes Reviews with a copy provided by the author for an honest review. Rated 3.5 out of 5.0 stars.)I asked to review this book after having read some of the reviews for it on both Amazon and Goodreads. I’m a fan of long books, and thought this might just fit the bill for me. It did, and it didn’t. Let me explain.I really enjoyed the story of Elliot and Marco in some respects. In other respects I didn’t like it at all. The author did a fantastic job at making me like the character of Elliot and also making me LOATHE his character as well. There was a point at roughly 60-65% that I almost decided to take a “did not complete” because of some things Elliot did, or didn’t do as the case might be.Elliot Donahey, is a high school senior, working at the family owned Dairy Queen, which he affectionately refers to as “the Q”. Business hasn’t been very good, and they are struggling to stay in business with little or no customers. Then one day while Elliot is there by himself, the school quarterback hunk, Marco Sforza, comes in and confesses his undying love to Elliot. Turns out he has been stalking Elliot for two years getting up his courage to approach him. Yeah…I didn’t get the realism there either.From there the two guys enter into a relationship…with lots of sex…but hidden from the world. There is some insta-love (in my opinion the stalking time doesn’t count) and all of sudden they are in love, promising to marry each other and live happily ever after. Well…if they can avoid the school bullies. One issue I had with them was sometimes they acted like they were in their mid-twenties and other times they acted like they were twelve. Never did it feel like two eighteen year old high school seniors. There was a lot of angst, and a lot of second guessing himself on Elliot’s part which, while good in the beginning, began to wear on me until as I mentioned above, I almost quit reading.I wanted so much to love this book, but I’ve got to be honest. It was one of the longest reads I’ve had in years. It took me what felt like forever to plod through it. I liked the story, but it could have been far, far better with several thousand less words. At times the story seemed to repeat itself, and there was so much detail and minutiae between actions that I sometimes forgot where I was and would have to flip back a few pages.There is also a twist in the story with a mysterious guy, named “Angelo”, who shows up once in a while that I figured out before the end of the book, when something happened that totally infuriated me.I have book two in the series, but I’m not sure I’ll read it right away, mainly because of the “Angelo” twist which I’m still stewing about….who does that??? Book two is 700+ pages, which is too much for my schedule right now anyway. And if I’m being honest, I wasn’t like “oh I’ve got to read the next book” when I finished this one. The author’s writing is above average and the story was good, but even the dramatic cliffhanger isn’t really enough to make me grab book two right now.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Angel of Mercy By Paul Berry Angels Of Mercy-Volume One-Elliot by SA CollinsElliot a shy guy at Mercy high is out for all intents purposes but he prefers being in the background that is until he meets Marco, the star quarterback and nothing will ever be the same for either boys again.When Marco makes a play for Elliot and to see his reaction was so funny that this hot quarterback is actually coming onto him was some of the greatest scenes to read. Marco is so persistent and nothing will keep him from the guy he loves even though the object of his attention is having a hard time excepting Marcos love. When Elliot finally gives into the quarterback is when things really start to heat up and the beautiful connection between these guys is something so very special. The relationship starts off and Marco needs to stay in the closet for the time being and Elliott needs to find where he fits into is quarterbacks life.I really enjoyed these characters, Elliot knows who he is and owns his sexuality and even though he might be shy it's very clear how he's accepted being gay. What really spoke to me was how Marco the hot quarterback liked and went after Elliot. They look like they come from different worlds which they actually are but Marcos attraction to Elliot is so intense that I found myself rooting for them right from the start.Just loved the self discovery journey that Elliot and Marco took and the great love that they found along the way. The way the author grows these characters together in such a beautiful story was some great writing. I felt connected right away to the great story that these men shared. I quite enjoyed this novel as the setting was so rich and the characters were so well written in depths of pure true honesty. I'm a huge fan of sport genres and was a beautiful setting of true gay romance and what the price of love actually costs. I found the pages flowed beautifully and the author captured their love so brilliantly that I found myself lost in their love. The author was highly detailed in creating this type of story and the characters were developed beautifully. I'm looking forward to reviewing the entire series and I highly recommend Angels Of Mercy: Volume One-Elliot to anyone who loves reading a great true gay romance novel."Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review."Reviewed by Paul at Gay Media Reviews
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