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Alec Nortan

Autor de To Steal His Heart

7 Obras 19 Miembros 6 Reseñas 1 Preferidas

Sobre El Autor

Créditos de la imagen: author page at NineStar Press

Series

Obras de Alec Nortan

To Steal His Heart (2016) 4 copias
Payback (2018) 4 copias
To Lose His Heart (2016) 3 copias
To Fight His Heart (2016) 3 copias
Love on the Spectrum (2020) 3 copias
The Gaia Protocol (2017) 1 copia

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre canónico
Nortan, Alec
Ocupaciones
author
Biografía breve
Alec Nortan is a French social services worker. Though he learned English at school, he chooses this language to write in. His works are gay-related fictions, varying from young adult, science fiction or fantasy adventure, to romance.

Miembros

Reseñas

I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this. I like books with a mystery element, and I didn't see the ending coming. When you look at bad guys, it is easy to dislike them. It takes a great story to make me root for the "bad guys" and hope things work out for them rather than the "victim". Well written, fun, and intriguing characters. I liked this a lot.

I am voluntarily reviewing an ARC provided by IndiGo Marketing & Design
 
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ktomp17 | Mar 21, 2021 |
Hervé has Asperger's. He's working, living on his own...but still challenging himself daily with tasks his psychologist gives hm. Hervé struggles most with social interactions and physical contact. When he's overwhelmed by the sound and sensations around him, he shuts down.

Luc is recovering from an accident that has left him disfigured. When he first meets Hervé he won't go out unless he's wearing a hoodie. He's been called names, and the stares and expressions on peoples' faces are impossible for him to take. He's moving through life without looking up.

Both men are struggling with social interactions for completely different reasons but somehow, when they meet, they manage to reach each other in a place that is somehow between all the challenges they face. As they become closer, they learn to assist each other in gentle and loving ways... it made my heart hurt (in a good way).

This book is a joyous experience. It's not often that a book has a character who is on the Autism spectrum... let alone a main character like Hervé. I know this is one interpretation of a Neurodiverse individual, but it read as authentic and genuine for me. My personal experience with neurodiversity made me cheer at sections of this book! It was an absolutely pleasure to read about Hervé: the ups and the downs he faces are remarkable and so is his resilence.

Luc is open and accepting when he begins to learn about Hervé. Perhaps, their "disabilities" enable them to see each other clearly in a world in which people are entirely too focused on "sameness" and the convenience of always being able to assume they know how people will react to things.

I loved the fact that Hervé had a supportive work environment. Hervé's boss is a great character! He clearly demonstrates that neurodiverse people can be welcomed into a work environment just like anyone else. With a few minor changes (which might even be good for all of us!), Hervé is able to manage a job that he's not only successful at.. he excels.

In a world of books that are written about the same "types" of people over and over again, this novel is a breath of fresh air. It's well-written, well-paced and had me hooked from the beginning. The brief flashbacks of Hervé's life as he was growing up really filled out his character and made me appreciate the way he was trying to live his life.

I would happily read more by this author!
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KinzieThings | otra reseña | Jun 16, 2020 |
Hervé has Asperger’s. He’s working, living on his own…but still challenging himself daily with tasks his psychologist gives hm. Hervé struggles most with social interactions and physical contact. When he’s overwhelmed by the sound and sensations around him, he shuts down.

Luc is recovering from an accident that has left him disfigured. When he first meets Hervé he won’t go out unless he’s wearing a hoodie. He’s been called names, and the stares and expressions on peoples’ faces are impossible for him to take. He’s moving through life without looking up.

Both men are struggling with social interactions for completely different reasons but somehow, when they meet, they manage to reach each other in a place that is somehow between all the challenges they face. As they become closer, they learn to assist each other in gentle and loving ways… it made my heart hurt (in a good way).

This book is a joyous experience. It’s not often that a book has a character who is on the Autism spectrum… let alone a main character like Hervé. I know this is one interpretation of a Neurodiverse individual, but it read as authentic and genuine for me. My personal experience with neurodiversity made me cheer at sections of this book! It was an absolute pleasure to read about Hervé: the ups and the downs he faces are remarkable and so is his resilence.

Luc is open and accepting when he begins to learn about Hervé. Perhaps, their “disabilities” enable them to see each other clearly in a world in which people are entirely too focused on “sameness” and the convenience of always being able to assume they know how people will react to things.

I loved the fact that Hervé had a supportive work environment. Hervé’s boss is a great character! He clearly demonstrates that neurodiverse people can be welcomed into a work environment just like anyone else. With a few minor changes (which might even be good for all of us!), Hervé is able to manage a job that he’s not only successful at.. he excels.

In a world of books that are written about the same “types” of people over and over again, this novel is a breath of fresh air. It’s well-written, well-paced and had me hooked from the beginning. The brief flashbacks of Hervé’s life as he was growing up really filled out his character and made me appreciate the way he was trying to live his life.

I would happily read more by this author!
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KinzieThings | otra reseña | Jun 16, 2020 |
‘To Steal His Heart’ is an entertaining and suspenseful tale on more than one level. There are some unusual cases accepted and solved by a talented thief, Matt Glenn, who uses his abilities to protect people against the real bad guys. There are a protective kidnapping, several creative break-ins, corrupt cops, a secret trial, and lots of fascinating details about a security business based on an unusual setup. But Matt manages to get in trouble in his personal life as well as his professional one, and things go far less easily for him there. And that just goes to prove that matters of the heart are more complicated than matters of the law…

Matt is an exceptional thief. He loves his job, and figuring out ways around people’s security systems only to then turn around to make them practically idiot-proof is his life. One case leads to another, with word of mouth his most effective way of generating new business. He has the occasional help of a friend who is a cop, a loyal employee, and several other “sources” who are part of his network set up to provide him with information.

One case leads to the next, and by the time I was halfway through the book, I was deeply invested in finding out not just what was next for Matt on a personal level, but who was behind setting him up to look like a gang leader and drug dealer. The methods used by the criminals are quite clever, but Matt keeps his wits about him at all times. He does not know whether to follow through with Ben, whom he has just met and is about to fall for, or pick up things with Jordan, the cop he broke up with a few years ago, but events show Matt the best course of action – eventually.

If you like your stories action-packed and with more than one bad guy to catch, if talented security gurus with more than five guns hidden in their apartment are your thing, and if you’re looking for a read that is entertaining, suspenseful, and has a low-level romance running almost in the background, then you will probably like this novella.


NOTE: This book was provided by NineStar Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
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SerenaYates | Oct 14, 2017 |

Estadísticas

Obras
7
Miembros
19
Popularidad
#609,294
Valoración
4.0
Reseñas
6
ISBNs
13
Idiomas
1
Favorito
1