theslashpile | Completion Alert: Social Skills (Reply)

Title: Social Skills
Author:

unavez18 / KingdombytheSea (http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/user/12164-kingdombythesea/)
Format: novel
Length: 109,134 Words
Status: Complete
Rating: R
Link: Social Skills
rec'd before: here (rec copied and pasted below), originally rec'd by

jesper_divah
Summary: Connor Owens is a violinist, a college freshman, and an extreme introvert. Life seems pretty bleak . . . until he reluctantly takes a job tutoring for the athletic department and meets someone who just might be the ticket out of his self-imposed prison.

Review: This is a story that I have lately been enjoying, and one of the few WIPs I would consent to reccing. It is in many ways a typical college coming-out story, and I can´t even properly explain why I find myself totally spellbound by this story and check every day if it has been updated.

It is in many ways more maturely written than your average story in college settings, has strong characterization and a realistic description of an introverted persons social relations.I think the characters in this story are very genuin and real, nothing feels constructed or superimposed. The writing is of good standard, and the writer takes great care to post properly edited and betaed chapters.

EDIT: By the way, sorry for the double author tag, but I feel that there is an equal chance that you come by the story through both author names, so added both so if someone wants to rec it in the future they can find it.

My review: This is a beautifully written and executed story. Sara, the author, really takes the time to put quality work up. Her characters are three dimensional, the women in the story are as prominent as the guys and treated respectfully - imo. Her boys seem cliche when you read the blurb - jock/nerd etc - but they aren't.

I can honestly say this is one of my most favorite stories ever and I'd recommend it for the memories.