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A Starr is Born
Written by Lambda-Award winning author Ryan Field, A Starr Is Born is a queer retelling of an old rags to riches trope that’s been reinterpreted many times, but this time it’s totally different with gay main characters, a gay love story, and a gay male point of view. It’s partly a light-hearted parody and partly sarcasm. It’s also highly erotic and charged with authentic, emotional gay male romance.
From the day they meet for the first time until the day their lives change forever, Harrison Parker and Morton Starr were destined for greatness—and each other. A Starr is Born follows the paths of handsome, badly-behaving rock star Harrison Parker and sexy gender-bending performer Morton Starr, who is just starting his career.
Morton is so madly in love with his husband, Harrison, he’ll do anything to please him, including overlooking all his self-destructive issues. However, as openly gay Morton gains more fame and success in the mainstream with his popular gay love songs and his unique gender-bending image, and Harrison continues to slide downhill, there comes a point where everything has to change. And when that climax finally happens, Morton isn’t certain about anything in his future or his marriage.
From the day they meet for the first time until the day their lives change forever, Harrison Parker and Morton Starr were destined for greatness—and each other. A Starr is Born follows the paths of handsome, badly-behaving rock star Harrison Parker and sexy gender-bending performer Morton Starr, who is just starting his career.
Morton is so madly in love with his husband, Harrison, he’ll do anything to please him, including overlooking all his self-destructive issues. However, as openly gay Morton gains more fame and success in the mainstream with his popular gay love songs and his unique gender-bending image, and Harrison continues to slide downhill, there comes a point where everything has to change. And when that climax finally happens, Morton isn’t certain about anything in his future or his marriage.
242 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 25, 2019
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Ryan Field
181 books217 followersRyan @ryanfield Hybrid author of over 100 published modern romance novels and stories, including AN OFFICER AND HIS GENTLEMAN, FANGSTERS, and THE RAINBOW DETECTIVE AGENCY. He is a Lambda Award-winner with a short story and he's always more than thankful for reader reviews. In fact, he cherishes reviews from real readers, and that means good or bad reviews.
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June 10, 2020
Ryan Field is the king of M/M novelized adaptations of popular films. A Starr Is Born is no exception. I really enjoyed Field's take on this classic story. Pushing the boundaries with the gender-bending MC Morton. His backstory really colors his journey towards stardom and his relationship with rock star, Harrison.
Plenty of steamy moments and a great inclusion message compliments the main plot. It would be really hard not to like this one.
I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Plenty of steamy moments and a great inclusion message compliments the main plot. It would be really hard not to like this one.
I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
February 2, 2022
Another fun read from Ryan Field. Sexy, passionately erotic and a fun take on a story most people are familiar with. I loved feeling the author’s love of the desert as he describes it during a journey that the main characters take while driving to Palm Springs. Now something else until I choose another Ryan Field novel to read.
June 30, 2019
First of all, I should say I'm not part of the target audience for this book as I'm not a gay man. That being said, this book definitely has a more authentic voice to it than a lot of "M/M romance" books that are written from the perspective of a gay male character (and clearly targetted at women). This is an #ownvoice book.
I struggled a bit with a retelling of this particular story because it's so well=known. It's difficult to write anything in under 200 pages that is going to have enough character development to carry such a dysfunction relationship and make it believable. I feel like this plot line is one that needs much more room to grow on the pages.
I really liked MC, Morton. I loved his background ... he was raised by two drag Queen Dads, and he had a lovely gender-fluid way of dressing. He was full of pride and comfortable within himself which great to see. It was a little difficult to believe that he would fall in love with Harrison as quickly as he did - especially when it was clear from the first moment that Harrison was struggling under the weight of multiple addictions.
I haven't read any of Field's other writing so I don't have a sense of his writing style other than in this book. It's certainly well-written,
I struggled a bit with a retelling of this particular story because it's so well=known. It's difficult to write anything in under 200 pages that is going to have enough character development to carry such a dysfunction relationship and make it believable. I feel like this plot line is one that needs much more room to grow on the pages.
I really liked MC, Morton. I loved his background ... he was raised by two drag Queen Dads, and he had a lovely gender-fluid way of dressing. He was full of pride and comfortable within himself which great to see. It was a little difficult to believe that he would fall in love with Harrison as quickly as he did - especially when it was clear from the first moment that Harrison was struggling under the weight of multiple addictions.
I haven't read any of Field's other writing so I don't have a sense of his writing style other than in this book. It's certainly well-written,
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