The New Normal (Gold Coast Collage #1) de L.J Hayward

Bonjour à tous!

J’espère que vous allez bien. Pour ma part, ça va. J’ai repris le travail depuis 3 semaines et ça m’a fait énormément de bien. Je vous retrouve aujourd’hui pour la chronique d’un roman d’une auteure que je n’avais jamais lue et dont j’ai énormément aimé la plume. Il s’agit du tome 1 de la série Gold Coast Collage écrite par LJ.Hayward, intitulé The New Normal. Résumé:

Brian Stagliano’s life should be pretty sweet right now. Two of his closest friends are getting married, and he’s taking a new, exciting step in his career as a doctor. Most amazing though, his best mate has been given the all clear from cancer. But Brian’s normal has just been tipped A over T and the friendship he’s relied on for years is in danger. All because of five little words.

Andrew Fitzroy should be on top of the world. The cancer that’s haunted him is gone. He can finally get on with his life—except he doesn’t know what that life is anymore. Is he brave enough to come out as bisexual? Should he pursue architecture or stay in construction? Either way, Andrew knows happiness won’t be his until he has what his engaged friends have—love, joy, passion. So, he says those five little words to Brian—I’m in love with you.

Friends since childhood, Brian and Andrew have always been closer than brothers. Best mates. Nothing could ever tear them apart. Except for those five little words. Now, Brian’s not sure about so many things—their friendship, his own desires—and the foundation Andrew’s built his world on feels like its crumbling. But if they manage not to destroy everything they have together, Andrew and Brian might just find a new normal with each other.

FR- Alors alors… alors j’ai énormément aimé ce roman. Je ne savais pas trop à quoi m’attendre surtout sur un tel sujet qui a été traité mainte et mainte fois. Mais j’ai trouvé que l’auteure y apportait une touche nouvelle qui m’a énormément plus.

J’ai beaucoup aimé la réaction de Brian. J’ai aimé qu’il se questionne aussi bien sur ses sentiments pour Andrew, que sur sa propre sexualité. J’ai aimé le suivre dans son questionnement et j’ai aimé la façon dont il va se laisser porter par ses envies sans trop se poser de question. J’ai aimé les suivre dans la découverte de leur relation et j’ai aimé qu’Andrew ai lui aussi des doutes et des questions même s’il est à l’origine de la « révélation ».

J’ai trouvé que l’auteure nous proposait une version différente des friend to lovers qu’on peut lire habituellement et j’ai aimé les différents thèmes abordés dans ce roman.

Un détail qui m’a un peu gênée c’est les amis de Brian et Andrew et notamment James et Elle que j’ai trouvé super égoïstes. Je suis un peu partagée sur ce groupe d’amis et je ne sais pas s’ils seront toujours au centre de l’histoire dans les prochains tomes mais j’avoue que je ne suis pas pressée de les retrouver contrairement à Andrew et Brian.

Cependant j’ai prit beaucoup de plaisir à lire ce roman. La plume de l’auteure est vraiment entraînante et j’ai adoré suivre Andrew et Brian dans leur découverte de l’autre et d’eux même. Les scènes de sexes sont très chaudes et bien écrites, bref, un excellent Friends to lovers que je vous conseille fortement.

ENG- So well well well… well I really liked this novel. I was not sure what to expect especially on such a subject which has been treated over and over again. But I found that the author brought a new touch to it which made me enormously more.

I really liked Brian’s reaction. I liked that he wondered about his feelings for Andrew as well as his own sexuality. I liked following him in his questioning and I liked the way he will let himself be carried away by his desires without asking too many questions. I liked following them in the discovery of their relationship and I liked that Andrew also has doubts and questions even if he is at the origin of the « revelation ».

I found that the author offered us a different version of the friend to lovers that we can usually read and I liked the different themes covered in this novel.

One detail that bothered me a little is the friends of Brian and Andrew and especially James and Elle that I found super selfish. I am a bit divided on this group of friends and I do not know if they will always be at the center of the story in the next volumes but I admit that I am in no hurry to find them unlike Andrew and Brian.

However, I really enjoyed reading this novel. The author’s pen is really catchy and I loved following Andrew and Brian in their discovery of each other and of themselves. The sex scenes are very warm and well written, in short, an excellent Friends to lovers that I highly recommend.

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