There was a lot of potential in this story. William has a lot of personal growth to go through before he can reconcile his beliefs with how he feels about Rick. Unfortunately, that growth happens off the page and is only told in voicemail messages. Rick, too, must figure out if William's worth it, if he can forgive William for his prejudices, but Alexander never lets us in on Rick's decision-making process. He also begins a subplot with William's friend Teddy that's never resolved. The first chapter was a confusing info dump of characters who weren't necessary to the story, and the second full of participial phrases, mostly beginning sentences, so many that I became too distracted by sentence structure to notice plot. By the third chapter, this picks up and has some potential, but the conflict and resolution are all off-screen. I'd be interested in reading this story in a more expanded version, or at least in short story form with the crucial emotional moments foregrounded. I like this story even though it was only an introduction to the beginning of this couples relationship. I will be disappointed if this is all we see of them, partly because Williams issues have not gone away as a result of this one incident, and partly because the relationship was not consummated. It's a huge let down to be denied this part of the romance especially when there is so much sexual tension between the two characters.
What do You think about Super Gay (2013)?
Very stereotypical. Nothing terrible, just not very engaging.
—aylin
