Forum: Story Recommendations

Does one need to read any other stories in the Damsels in Distress universe to understand and enjoy Shiloh?

We wait for a sequel.... Please...

I'm sure Douglas Fox's Lost and Found meets your criteria, but to understand it fully you need to read the other stories in the series on Kyle Martin first as they start years earlier and cover his high school years as well.

Is the separation from his childhood sweetheart mentioned in the blurb not angsty? I'll take your word for it, but long distance relationships are prime territory for college-angst!

And is the M/M tag graphic and a recurring thing? I'm usually a bit squeamish about that!

There's also a group-sex tag in all stories about Kyle except for the first one, and as I mentioned I'm not into swinging or sharing women with other men to expand on that. Is that going to be a problem if I read this?

I'm sure Douglas Fox's Lost and Found meets your criteria,

After reading the first 8 chapters, it seems like the story is the exact opposite of my criteria? The angst levels are HIGH in this. Not even 10 chapters in and one of them have cheated and they're broken up.. And after searching through the epub text, it seems like they're still not together even after 2/3rds of the story. Just how is does it meet the criteria of a romance with college aged kids with no to low levels of angst?

Just how is does it meet the criteria of a romance with college aged kids with no to low levels of angst?

Probably a misunderstanding.
When I read your post I had problems to understand what you meant with "with no to low levels of angst".
I first assumed a typo: "with no too low levels of angst", and you are searching for medium to high levels of angst. Rereading the sentence I realized you meant no or just low levels.

HM.

I could see that, but if one read my post and not just the subject line, I wrote what I don't like. Drunken infidelity was one of the examples I picked, and within the first couple of chapters that's exactly what happens so I don't know why it was recommended.

I could see that, but if one read my post and not just the subject line, I wrote what I don't like.

Does that realization make you wish you had included that information as an author's note attached to the story - instead of just in a separate post?

What are you on about? I'm not an author, why would I attach notes to any stories?

All I'm saying is, if I ask for something to be excluded, please don't recommend stories that includes it. If I ask for a romantic stories without any M/M and rape, I don't want to be recommended a story where there's M/M rape in the first few chapters. In this case, I wrote that I didn't want any drunken infidelity, and it happened in the first few chapters.

I don't think that it's too much to ask for people not to recommend stories that includes themes that I specifically asked to be excluded.

I don't think that it's too much to ask for people not to recommend stories that includes themes that I specifically asked to be excluded.

It isn't.

However, you are presuming that everyone reads (in full) AND actually comprehends that which you write. Therein lies the fatal flaw...

And you have just pointed out the reason for the fall of western civilisation...
People are too lazy to even try to gain understanding but still feel a need to voice their opinion

And you have just pointed out the reason for the fall of western civilisation...

I must've missed that event. When did it happen?

@darrok

And you have just pointed out the reason for the fall of western civilisation...

I must've missed that event. When did it happen?

It's a slow process - we're in the middle somewhere, rapidly approaching the point of no return.

Never said that it was a finished event, it is ongoing, similarly to the fall of Rome, which took centuries. We just need some drunken fool to fiddle.

the fall of Rome, which took centuries.

Fall in Rome takes three months, every year. It is the same everywhere. Perhaps the advent of bad weather makes it seem longer. Perhaps you should call it the Autumn of Rome.

richardshagrin
4/16/2019, 10:49:00 AM

@darrok

the fall of Rome, which took centuries.

Fall in Rome takes three months, every year. It is the same everywhere. Perhaps the advent of bad weather makes it seem longer. Perhaps you should call it the Autumn of Rome.

OK, if we are going to be pedantic about it: 'The Collapse of the Roman Empire', beginning with the assassination of Julius Caesar.

I'd disagree that the assassination was the fall of the Empire, more that the crossing of the Rubicon was the end of the Roman Republic.

But that's neither here nor there, so I just groan at the horrible pun he made and wonder if the Roman's that claimed Nero set the city on fire worked for the mainstream-media, or if I get accused of heresy when I bring up that Rome fell because of foreign immigration and religious intolerance.

I could see that, but if one read my post and not just the subject line, I wrote what I don't like. Drunken infidelity was one of the examples I picked, and within the first couple of chapters that's exactly what happens so I don't know why it was recommended.

There's always trolls anywhere. Or sometimes people forget things in stories they've read in the past.

Anyways, I'd recommend these three. It meets your criteria perfectly, as I used to like these type of stories.

Opus One by Ryan Sylander.
https://storiesonline.net/s/48790/opus-one
It's a well written harem story in college. I don't remember any drama at all, but more about three people exploring romance together.

OVERBOARD! by HandyMan
https://storiesonline.net/s/75245/overboard
Overboard is a very short story/tryout started off by osyter50 and HandyMan borrowed it to write his own story.
It's a college girl with an older man romance. There's an attempted rape from the female's classmate as the premise and some threats by that same person later but that's as far as it goes. No actual rape or anything serious.

There are other versions of "Overboard" by different authors. DON'T READ THOSE. Some of those have gratuitous rape scenes that really serves no purpose to the story.

If you have amazon unlimited, you can try
More Than Water by Renee Ericson.
It's a traditional boy meets girl in college and almost no drama/angst either. Although, there is some tension at the end for some spice but not anything serious.

If you branch out of SOL to real publishers, there's a whole genre on these type of stories by Harlequin or Carina Press publishers. You can find free ebooks lending at your library's overdrive.com.

There are other versions of "Overboard" by different authors.

I know of only two versions:
Overboard! by HandyMan
Overboard Too by Friar Tuck (originally published under his former pen name brertuck)

If there are others do you have a link?

HM.

It's been over 3 years since I read overboard so I'm not really sure. Blame storiesonline's webmaster for their shitty policy to remove my library read list when I stopped premier membership. Lost all my stories history.

@moredrowsy

There are other versions of "Overboard" by different authors.

I know of only two versions:
Overboard! by HandyMan
Overboard Too by Friar Tuck (originally published under his former pen name brertuck)

If there are others do you have a link?

Oyster50 had the original story idea, but didn't want to write the whole story. He put it there for anyone else who wanted to tackle. These two were the ones that took it on.

I liked HandyMan's take on the idea. I don't remember if I ever read brertuck's version.

Though, if you really want teens without angst, search under fantasy.

Strictly speaking, the OP did not ask for teen romance, it asked for college aged romance. which if you include MCs looking for a graduate degree, can go up to the late 20s. Bachelors 18-21 or 19-22 depending on HS grad at 17 or 18), Add another 2 years for a Masters degree or another 3-4 years for a doctorate. Both will take you out to at least 28

The age range is just after the eternally popular "coming of age" which often matches with high school, and fits with New Adult (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_adult_fiction).