Flores delves into all the craziness of Provincetown, Mass, in this flamboyant look at getting away from it all. Zack is distraught over being dumped, so he heads to a resort he finds on the back of a gay magazine. There he meets porn super-bottom Hart Throb (aka Van), whom Zack doesn't recognize presumably because he doesn't watch online porn. Right.
That's only the first of moments where I didn't believe. Fortunately, Flores is a good enough writer and his writing style is light enough that it was easier to go with the flow than over analyze all the plot twists that rivaled a Coney Island roller coaster.
Although the subject matter is deeper than the writing style, readers who are lying on a beach hoping to get the perfect tan can spend enough enjoyable hours reveling in the antics of P-Town inhabitants and visitors to fill out a lazy day. A few alcoholic beverages and a passing parade of beautiful young bodies might even cover over the plot holes that would otherwise make a reader's brow furrow.
So lie back and enjoy this book on its own terms. The cover says it all: Relax.
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