Strings attached nick nolan pdf

That's smart and sexy! Thank you author Nick Nolan! This was a splendid read! Apr 29, Kassa rated it really liked it. Strings Attached attempts to take a classic tale mixed with a teenage coming of age story, throwing in a splash of mystery and danger, some sexual tension, and a happy ending to tie everything up. The result is mostly successfully and the story is a very enjoyable to read. It has an engaging storyline, likable characters, interesting dilemmas, and a flowing writing style that is easy to read.

On the other hand, the writing is overly descriptive in some parts and the style changes partway through Strings Attached attempts to take a classic tale mixed with a teenage coming of age story, throwing in a splash of mystery and danger, some sexual tension, and a happy ending to tie everything up. On the other hand, the writing is overly descriptive in some parts and the style changes partway through the book which drops important resolutions abruptly.

The plot weaves several elements together all revolving around the main character Jeremy. Jeremy is a poor kid of a drunk, ex-drug using mother. The mystery portion revolves around this death and whether it was an accident or not. For the most part, the story does a good job of keeping the various pieces moving together. Initially the book reads like a continuous narration as each successive chapter picks up exactly where the last one left off.

The quick pace keeps you interested even through the detail. Yet the narrative style changes about halfway through when suddenly the story jumps large chunks of time and details are noticeably missing.

This shows a very sharp contrast to the detail orientated earlier part of the book where everything is included and now scenes that should be included are not. Part of this disjointed new narrative plays into the mystery aspect, leaving it very interesting but too easily resolved.

There ends up being no real mystery. Instead the facts are simply told in a pretty quick manner instead of being shown and crafting palpable tension. What shines in the book though is the voice of Jeremy. He is the main third person narrative even as the point of view does jump around a bit and his young, coming of age tale is engaging and interesting.

Some of the dialogue reads slightly mundane and antiquated yet it has a real appeal and understanding for that young adult range in a story for adults. There is thankfully no big high school trauma and drama, yet the outside antics are enough to keep the quick pace going and the pages flying by.

His confusion, mistakes, yearning, and emotional cracks all create a great character with enough charm and delight to carry the story through any stumbles and foils. Even with the somewhat darker tones of the plot, the writing keeps the story light and interesting and above all, pretty enjoyable to read. For those that enjoy young adult books that are targeted and meant for an older audience, this offering delivers an imperfect but worthwhile story.

View 1 comment. Considering all of this, Jeremy is even a good boy, he has no rebellion feelings and he is probably only waiting to be independent to build his own life and stability. Katherine is a very wealthy business woman, living in Ballena Beach, a rich heaven for rich people and their rich kids. Suddenly Jeremy looses even what little stability he had and he is in the hand of Katherine, who wants to watch, and drive, his every step.

Katherine is probably the Mangiafuoco of this modern version of Pinocchio, the puppeteer, and Jeremy is the puppet. Sometime he is even too much and so Jeremy is almost scared by him. Jeremy is a guy with a lot of doubts. And so Jeremy tries to be the perfect straight guys with a beautiful girlfriend and the right circle of friends, but his desires are always there.

At the end of the novel, he is still a teenager, still with all his open questions; he has maybe some clues more to understand the puzzle of his life, but he is far from resolving it. Real life is still out there, and Jeremy has yet to taste it. A good story It's rare for me to find a good gay novel, but this one really held my interest. And did it without using explicit sex scenes to leave me panting, or annoyed, until the next one. I'm really looking forward to the next book in the trilogy.

View all 5 comments. Pure fluff, but very enjoyable fluff which I would happily recommend to anyone looking for an enjoyable holiday read. It's gay YA, which I reckon is a tricky genre to pull off in terms of tone, and to be fair I think the author does a good job. However you do get a sense that this is his first book - there are some great passages and descriptions and others which tend towards cliche. Critics might think of this as a gay O. So, while I'm a bit surprised it won some a Pure fluff, but very enjoyable fluff which I would happily recommend to anyone looking for an enjoyable holiday read.

So, while I'm a bit surprised it won some awards, I thoroughly enjoyed this troubled young man from wrong side of the tracks gets chance at redemption which is laced with family secrets and danger while discovering himself and his sexuality!

The ending comes rather abruptly with a final chapter to tie virtually everything up in a big pretty bow. Also, the Pinnochio analogy never feels very convincing and the author's afterword where every aspect is spelled out does not actually help to convince me otherwise.

But - and I actually think this is maybe the most important thing about this book - there are still not that many books out there for young gay men and women looking for some reflection of themselves and their feelings as they grow up. This may be a broad brush portrait of gay youth with more than a touch of the fantastic, but I can imagine - and hope - that it will find many readers, young or old, delighted to get caught up in its cocktail of adventure, love and loss.

May 24, Jay rated it it was amazing. I just wanted to know what would happen next and would Jeremy be happy. The author suggest that there is a Pinocchio theme to the story. I have read all three of the stories in this series and I have to say you must read them all to get the complete picture.

This is truly an amazing set of books. Dec 27, Michael rated it really liked it. Nick Nolan is such a great writer. The setting near the sea brought back many of my childhood memories. The characters were well developed. Apr 12, adrienne rated it it was ok Shelves: m-m-fiction , waste-of-time , meh.

Loved it! So much so I bought the next two books in the series! Can't wait to read those now too. Sep 13, Curtis rated it really liked it Shelves: fiction , lgbt , romance , mm-romance , reviewed , read-in , zz-chmm-scavenger-hunt.

Teenager Jeremy Tyler leads a challenging life. His single mother is an alcoholic, and he's often left to take care of her. But when he comes home to find her almost dead, he knows this time things need to change.

Not only do the doctors say rehab is his mother's only option, but he's not sure how much longer he can be her caregiver. He's due to finish high school soon, and he'd like to at least have the chance to attend college. With Jeremy's mother reluctantly agreeing to rehab, Jeremy finds hi Teenager Jeremy Tyler leads a challenging life.

With Jeremy's mother reluctantly agreeing to rehab, Jeremy finds himself whisked away to the home of a rich great aunt whom he doesn't remember ever meeting. But when he arrives, he finds that life with Aunt Katharine might just be exactly what he needs. She dotes on him and provides everything from clothes to a new haircut to advice on how to fit in. Though with that advice comes a clear message: a Tyler needs to be perfect in every way and nothing less is acceptable.

Which is the one thing that makes Jeremy's new life bittersweet. If his great aunt ever found out his one flaw, would she disown him? Would he lose everything? And is that worth denying himself true happiness? Jeremy is a surprisingly resilient young man considering the upbringing he had.

And although life in Ballena Beach is much different from what he had in Fresno, he quickly adapts to his new surroundings. It's all the forces moving around him that create the conflict in this story. While I enjoyed several of the side characters, I did find the character of Jeremy's uncle confusing. It's Jeremy's story, so maybe it didn't seem important--but there's no real indicator of his motivation. All of the secrets he kept for all of these years?

It just seemed a bit strange. But again, maybe we as readers are not really supposed to understand. Overall, this is an easy read. It's got some comedic moments as well as some sad ones too.

Entertaining enough to get you through a rainy afternoon. Jeremy Tyler is a confused young man, unsure of himself and his sexuality. That is until her latest episode which results in her being forced into rehab. Her husband is a different matter and not at all what he seems. The characters have their flaws which makes them more believable up to a point. Performance Luke Daniels was spot on with Jeremy, his voice was perfect and made it easy to acknowledge the bewilderment and turmoil of a boy with such conflicting emotions.

Jun 12, Sam Barnes rated it really liked it. This one went all over the place, plot wise. Character wise, I loved it. I loved the journey that Jeremy went on. Catches You By Surprise and Then Whacks You Let's be clear about this: The characters in this book are sometimes stereotypical but more often than not totally out-of-character.

This tale of poor little poor boy becoming poor little rich boy is filled with angst on all levels and in every character except one, which may surprise you. Stick with it to stumble upon that character, and you will raise your eyebrow and accept how evil some people can be and get away with it, almost. I liked Jeremy's tri Catches You By Surprise and Then Whacks You Let's be clear about this: The characters in this book are sometimes stereotypical but more often than not totally out-of-character.

I liked Jeremy's trip through adolescence guilt and opportunity, and his mother's total crummy attitude. I was moved and touched by a number of Jeremy's dreams, interactions with peers and guardians, and his ultimate decision to do what is in his best interests. The character of Arthur is the one who seems to hold the book together, but I will let you find out if that's true.

He's a bit too good to be true, but he is, and you will like him. There's some sex in this book, and the only disconcerting thing regarding that paucity is that I thought a big sex scene should have occurred before the denouement, but the author still pulled it off. Nick Nolan's cliff notes at the end of the book are fascinating.

This book gets five stars and not four because the characters are so well developed. I am looking forward to the next two in the series, and keeping my fingers crossed. Apr 16, A rated it it was amazing Shelves: audiobook. I just wrote a long review and then accidentally erased it, so I'm going to go with list form, here. The things I loved: Luke Daniels, the narrator on the Audible version. If you can, listen to this one.

He's hands down the best narrator I've ever heard and I enjoyed the book even more because of him. Nolan's characters. You don't know whether you love or hate them, and your opinion of each one of them changes many times throughout the book. They are damaged and a little selfish and, with the excep I just wrote a long review and then accidentally erased it, so I'm going to go with list form, here.

They are damaged and a little selfish and, with the exception of Arthur, sometimes difficult to like. But I cared about each one of them. And it takes a talented author to make you care about characters you're not entirely sure you like. There's a lot going on here. But it never seems like too much and never seems unbelievable. There's a murder mystery as well as a coming out story intermingled with crazy family dynamics and teenage lust. Great dialogue. Funny and witty and realistic.

I dare you to try to put this book down. And let's not talk about the things I disliked, because I don't have anything to say in that regard. I've moved on to the sequel, Double Bound, and am so happy I discovered this new author. Jan 29, Don Bradshaw rated it really liked it Shelves: family-drama , coming-out , friends-to-lovers , sports , intimate-friends , mystery.

Life for Jeremy Tyler has been nothing but misery and broken promises. His father was killed in a car accident when Jeremy was two years old leaving him to live alone with his alcoholic mother in poverty.

At age 17 Jeremy came home from school to find his mother almost dead in a drunken stupor. He is sent to live with his extremely wealthy great-aunt and her husband Bill. Jeremy's life is turned upside down by the rags to riches way of life. Jeremy soon finds out that even the wealthy have thei Life for Jeremy Tyler has been nothing but misery and broken promises.

Jeremy soon finds out that even the wealthy have their ugly little secrets. I found this book to be a quick read although the story had many subplots. Nolan did an excellent job of intertwining a social commentary into the life of a young man discovering himself.

Much of the story dealt with Jeremy's coming to grips with being gay and embracing his sexuality. I did feel like the wrap up conversation with his Aunt Katharine explained too much too quickly. So much was revealed in those few pages that it seemed as if Mr.

Nolan was taking the easy way out of a corner he had written himself into. I did enjoy the story of young Jeremy very much and look forward to reading the sequel. Jeremy's mother is an alcoholic, and when a bender from hell lands her in rehab, Jeremy goes to live with his exceedingly rich great-aunt. Moving from poor to posh is tough enough, but Jeremy is also struggling with his sexuality and some unanswered questions about his father's death.

It may seem a bit convoluted but Nolan weaves these stories together in such a way that they form an in-depth backdrop for a coming-of-age story. If you had asked me before reading this book if a murder-mystery cum Jeremy's mother is an alcoholic, and when a bender from hell lands her in rehab, Jeremy goes to live with his exceedingly rich great-aunt. If you had asked me before reading this book if a murder-mystery cum homo sexual awakening cum family tragedy book would be my cup of tea, I would have laughed at you.

I would have brushed off the premise as too complex, too hokey, and too dramatic. When it comes to Nolan's Strings Attached though, I would have been wrong. I can't quite explain how Nolan draws it all together into this surprisingly not melodramatic story, but he manages it beautifully. Jan 21, Carol rated it liked it. Reading the afterword, I now see why some scenes felt gratuitous, and others didn't seem to jibe with the rest of the chapter. Descriptions were inserted to follow a Pinocchio storyline, and to change it from YA to an adult book.

I think it would have worked better as a YA book for me. Plus the endless descriptions of what every single person was wearing! It felt like filler. But I did debate about buying this after my prime me 3.

But I did debate about buying this after my prime membership ended. I couldn't stop wondering how everything worked out for Jeremy. Caring about a character counts for quite a bit to me.

I was really happy to find it still on my Kindle - if I didn't leave the book I could continue reading. As soon as I got out it just had the message - item has expired. Update after listening to all three audio books - it is totally worth it to start this trilogy.

This series is a roller coaster ride, but after reading the 3rd book, which was my favorite, I'm glad I stuck out the ride. Also, the audio version is amazing, highly recommended.

Original review: Luke Daniels has become one of my favorite narrators. He transforms this story from just an OK coming of age read to a truly wonderful experience.

I don't think I would have enjoyed this story as much if I ha Update after listening to all three audio books - it is totally worth it to start this trilogy. I don't think I would have enjoyed this story as much if I had read it. The POVs constantly changed and the story drags a little. But I really enjoyed tagging along on Jeremy's journey and tragic adventure.

I look forward to the next audiobook in the series. Dec 10, Joy rated it really liked it Shelves: thriller , m-m. I really liked this one! First, Jeremy, when he was a toddler, lost his father. Now there is a.

Strings Attached — Nick Nolan. Rating: Series: Tales from Ballena Beach - 1. Pages: Purchase: Share: Description; Adolescence is a hazardous way of life for year-old Jeremy Tyler; his father died in a mysterious accident when he was a.

Book Descriptions: Strings Attached by Nick Nolan Goodreads Author Adolescence is a hazardous way of life for year-old Jeremy Tyler; his father died in a mysterious accident when he was a child, and his mother has since descended into alcoholic hell and forced rehab; that's when he's sent from the Fresno slums of his childhood to the posh estate of his overbearing great aunt Katherine and.

Strings Attached.