Sauntering Vaguely Downward edition by Nessa L Warin Literature Fiction eBooks
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Dylan Rojers is excited about Dragon*Con—a huge convention in Atlanta celebrating pop culture, science fiction, and fantasy—but he and his last-minute roommate, Brendan Stone, get off on the wrong foot. It seems that every time they manage a tentative truce, something happens to set them back, and by their second day at the convention, both think there’s no way they can get along.
But maybe Dylan and Brendan have more in common than they thought. Once they start talking, the sparks that were starting arguments ignite a different sort of passion. Through the four fabulous days of parties, shopping in the Dealers Room, costume parades, and discussion panels, Dylan and Brendan grow ever closer. There’s just one problem they live in different cities, and Dragon*Con doesn’t last forever. Will Dylan and Brendan risk a long-distance romance or is a lasting relationship just one more all-too-brief fantasy?
Sauntering Vaguely Downward edition by Nessa L Warin Literature Fiction eBooks
Sweet story staged during a 5-day event called Dragon*Con (sci-fi/fantasy convention). Dylan and Brendan have both been ditched pretty much last minute by their intended roommates and have to scramble last minute to make alternative arrangements. Through a common interest website they find each other and make arrangements to share a hotel room to cut costs. Of course the attraction is there, but there is the awkward getting to know each other "dance" that occurs. They hook up, but the question is what happens when the convention ends?The story flowed well. The sex was at times sweet and tender and during the most aggressive scenes, still believable. One of probably a few things preventing this from being the great American novel, is that I thought I was reading about two people either in their late teens or early twenties gauging by the characters' dialogue. Early thirties? If that had been revealed earlier in the novel, this critique might have been lower still, but not having that level of intellect expectation early on helped me to find them more endearing and by that time it was too late for me to change my opinion. I genuinely like the characters and it was a good light read.
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Sauntering Vaguely Downward edition by Nessa L Warin Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Dylan is in Atlanta for Dragon*Con, the annual convention in Atlanta for all things scifi/fantasy/geek/fanboy/girl, but his long time roommate Eric cannot make it at the last minute. Frustrated, he advertised on the boards for someone at the last minute to split the cost of the room with him. Since he plans on being at events, panels, parties and all the general merriment to be had at the long Labor Day weekend event, maybe he will luck into someone who won't piss him off too badly.
Brendan also has his long time roomie Nate also bail on him at the last minute. He too doesn't really want to foot the hotel bill by himself, and when he runs across Dylan's ad, he jumps at the chance to find a roommate.
Unfortunately, Dylan is a bit...anal...about having his schedule adhered to and being on time, and when Brendan is late meeting him on Thursday at 230 pm exactly, the two don't start off on the best footing. Never mind that Brendan has to deal with a late plane, the world's busiest airport, Atlanta mass transit and traffic - Dragon*Con waits for no man!
Such a shame too, because Dylan is immediately attracted to Brendan. Too bad the guy isn't gay...and the convention will be over soon and Dylan will be back in New York.
And Brendan thinks Dylan is an ass, but a cute ass. Too bad he isn't gay...and the convention will be over and Brendan will be back in New York.
Will these two guys manage to find some common ground, or will they let an opportunity for something good saunter on southward?
Being an Atlanta native and having been to one of the early early early Dragon*Cons back when dinosaurs walked the earth, I had very high hopes and expectations for this book. And I have to say, I was very happily surprised. Ms. Warin has crafted a fun and entertaining story about two guys who meet under unlikely circumstances and manage to fall into something pretty special.
What I really liked about this book is how the two characters slowly came around over the course of a long weekend, recognized that the setting could be affecting their interactions and judgement, and yet decided to take a chance on love anyway. What started out as the opportunity for just a little weekend fun (and what guy doesn't want to carpe THAT diem) managed to grow over the course of five days into both men wanting to see where it might go.
There was an easiness to the writing of these characters that doesn't show itself often. The fact that both held back initially from expressing their feelings, not wanting to name what was happening and jinx what they felt, was very true to the characters. It sometimes is so easy to compromise the integrity of the characters to move the story along, but I found Ms. Warin wielding a deft hand here, letting the relationship unfold as it should and having the emotional connection dictate the flow and action.
Since the setting required the story take place, at least initially, within the five days of Dragon*Con, the build was slow and sweet. At first, I had some qualms over how much alcohol fueled some of the action, especially with Brendan. But it in no way was outside of the actions that I think would have happened anyway, and didn't compromise the characters or the flow of the story.
Overall, I was impressed with the sweetness of the feelings between these two men and the way they slowly decided to open their hearts to each other. The evolution of the relationship was nicely done. And the epilogue, the nice cherry on this very sweet sundae.
Job well done.
Tom
Dragon*con, for those of us who don't go, sounds like the most event-packed weekend ever, with panels, demonstrations, live action role playing, and cosplay, and probably another sixty things I don't even know about, so why can't a couple of guys fall in love?
Brendan and Dylan connected on line, strictly to share a hotel room, after both their usual companions backed out of coming. It's not just economics, though it sounded expensive; Brendan's wonderful buddy cancelled the hotel room too. Knowing each other only by their on line handles and not expecting to have to hang out together for anything other than some drunken snoring and struggling into costumes, they start off badly, and have to struggle from "gee this guy is a jerk" to "he's a kind of hot jerk" to "he's not a jerk, really."
The story is told in the present tense, which brings the story along in a moment-by-moment way over the course of the five day con. Brendan and Dylan have a full complement of con-going friends, who add their two cents in from time to time on the budding relationship. They vary from wryly amused to downright intrusive, but are all accepting to supportive, and add greatly to the con's festivity. The group costume sequence had everyone together, letting Brendan and Dylan see how the friends might blend. Without interference from a few of them, this relationship might not have gotten off the ground.
Brendan and Dylan have these few days to decide if they want to pursue a relationship beyond the con, which is a fantastical step out of real life as it is. While I'm all pleased for them finding both happiness with each other and a glorious time at the con, I can't say that there was a fascinating story to go along with the revelation. The conflicts that they experienced on the way to couplehood are the standard progression of finding out a little about one another, finding out they are both gay, and from then on it's logistics. Once they've gotten into bed, it's very little more than amusing anecdotes. One section where a small misunderstanding threatened to turn into a bigger misunderstanding, it got talked out and resolved in a matter of paragraphs. The biggest conflict seemed to be an argument over the superiority and relative contributions of Neil Gaiman vs. Terry Pratchett in Good Omens.
Adding to the slightly extra work of reading a present tense story, the characters' names are similar enough that it's not entirely effortless to keep them straight. Since they've stepped out of their usual lives, little of those details follow them to the con making the characters blur just a bit more. One does metalwork, the other does leather, neither does his craft on stage, nor shows his work this time, blurring them further. We don't even find out that Brendan is thirty-two until nearly the end of the book. The author has stated that this was originally a real person slash story, so it may be that getting identifying details out has resulted in these homogenous characters; the voices are very similar once Dylan gets over his initial snit.
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards reads a lot like a friend's accounting of a good time in a far-away place; it was a wonderful vacation but it's a little short on plot.
Sweet story staged during a 5-day event called Dragon*Con (sci-fi/fantasy convention). Dylan and Brendan have both been ditched pretty much last minute by their intended roommates and have to scramble last minute to make alternative arrangements. Through a common interest website they find each other and make arrangements to share a hotel room to cut costs. Of course the attraction is there, but there is the awkward getting to know each other "dance" that occurs. They hook up, but the question is what happens when the convention ends?
The story flowed well. The sex was at times sweet and tender and during the most aggressive scenes, still believable. One of probably a few things preventing this from being the great American novel, is that I thought I was reading about two people either in their late teens or early twenties gauging by the characters' dialogue. Early thirties? If that had been revealed earlier in the novel, this critique might have been lower still, but not having that level of intellect expectation early on helped me to find them more endearing and by that time it was too late for me to change my opinion. I genuinely like the characters and it was a good light read.
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