Title: 717 miles
Author: Sophia Soames
Publisher: Self published
Cover Artist: Miriam Latu
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Length: 104 969 words/ 371 pages
Genre/s: Contemporary M/M Romance
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Trope/s: New adult
Themes: Coming of age, Au pair (Manny), Travel, Family, Airline Industry,
London, UK, Oslo, Norway, School. Enemies to lovers. Bisexuality. Gay. Out and Proud.
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
Deals with serious bullying.
For US readers, this story is set in the UK where the age of consent is 16.
The MC’s are 17 and 19. Mature content.
It is a standalone story.
Rating : 4/5 Stars
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The calculated flying distance from Oslo to London is equal to 717 miles which is equal to 1153 km. If you want to go by car, the driving distance between Oslo and London is 1732.79 km. If you ride your car with an average speed of 112 kilometres/hour (70 miles/h), travel time will be 15 hours 28 minutes.
Adam Vik Solheim should not be in London. He’s not supposed to be anywhere near the British capital, because Adam Vik Solheim, age 19, is supposed to be on a beach in Bali. He is supposed to be on the first stop on an Asian backpacking trip of a lifetime. That was the plan. That is where he is supposed to be. Not here. Alone in a weird house in a strange city, being paid to look after some troubled 17-year-old.
Felix Haugland has to survive the final 3 weeks of school. Make it through 21 more days of hell. Then he is going to hide out in his room for the rest of the summer until he can figure out how to get his life back on track. Find a school far far away, where he can start over and not make mistakes. He doesn't need a flipping babysitter. He just doesn't. His life is messed up enough as it is.
I have learned my lesson. I don’t get close. I don’t talk too much. I don’t tell people about feelings. That is fucked up.
What a sweet story about two broken young men and their journey to find true love….
The story come with a very promising good start and strong emotional feels because of what Felix been through with the bullying. The traumas, the anxiety and fears are portraying in good writing that could cringed you at some level.
Then come Adam, a Norwegian Au-pairs Felix's mother ask to accompanying his son while she’s go around the world working as an airlines attendant.
At first, Felix refused to have a manny (slash bodyguard) to look after his needs since he will be eighteen soon. Felix didn’t trust easily and he’d learned it hard way. But Adam had gave him a warm and comfort feeling that had long gone since the bullies started. Slowly and so smoothly, their relationship start to grow and change. Adam’s patient and understanding had help Felix to feels safe and alive again. Adam presence had brought positivity to Felix, encourage him to be brave and stand on his own feet again and claimed back his life. There’s an ups and downs in their relationship, they even argued in many things. Both Adam and Felix need to short a lots of things before they finally walk on same pace. And along with that their relationship become more and more stronger. They might be still young, but their connection are strong enough…
This book come with very interesting blurb and a very artistic cover that sold me instantly. The bonding and relationship development of the MC's and the writing are another things that made this book completely hard to put down.
And all those cuddling scenes? It was the best moment I have during the reading….very sweet, comforting and warmed my heart…
His lips brushing briefly against my forehead. Then his head comes to a rest on top of mine. I am held in his embrace like a baby. Like an awkward child being comforted against his will. He strokes my back, just letting his fingers dance over my skin. Breathing softly, his chest rising and falling against my awkwardly bent arms. I can’t go anywhere. I don’t want to go anywhere. I just give up and let go. I am warm. Held tight. Safe.
“I’ve got you.” He whispers.
Sophia Soames should be old enough to know better but has barely grown up. She has been known to fangirl over tv-shows, has fallen in and out of love with more pop stars than she dares to remember, and has a ridiculously high-flying (un)glamourous real-life job.
Her long suffering husband just laughs at her antics. Their children are feral. The Au Pair just sighs.
She lives in a creaky old house in rural London, although her heart is still in Scandinavia.
Discovering that the stories in her head make sense when written down has been part of the most hilarious midlife crisis ever and she hopes it may long continue.
Miriam Latu is a Norway based artist, specializing in hand drawn pencil portraits. She works with old-school pen and paper, and more of her work can be found on Instagram.
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