Fixing Cupid

By Cristian YoungMiller

When Ben Bonner 'breaks' Cupid (Jack) it is up to Ben and his would-be love to fix Cupid so that the world can fall in love again.

Ben Bonner is an uptight, conservative lawyer who has everything except for love. After one heartbreak too many, his best friend Carey arranges for him to move in with a magical character named Jack. Urban legend has it that whoever lives with Jack will immediately find their soul mate and live happily ever after. However this match comes with a catch because Jack is also a middle-aged party animal. And although he finds his roommates love, Jack also ruins every other aspects of their life.

Desperate to find his special one, Ben moves in and immediately meets Anna Henderson, a smart, beautiful woman who takes Ben’s breath away. Anna, though, isn’t the type to sit around waiting for a man. She’s witty, spirited and she has a few secrets of her own. In fact, she isn’t even sure how much she likes Ben... which makes it too bad that in his frustration, Ben breaks Jack’s Cupid-like powers. With his powers gone, not only is Jack unable to get Anna to fall in love, but no one else in the world will be able to fall in love either.

So now with his life crumbling around him and the love of his life fading away, it becomes essential for Ben to get Anna’s help so that together they can; fix Jack, help the world to love again, and just maybe, live happily ever after.

A 40,000 word novel.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: RateABull Publishing
• Release date: Apr 14, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458062147

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Fixing Cupid

By

Cristian YoungMiller

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This book is for all of you who have wondered why you haven’t found the love of your life.

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Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Epilogue

Excerpt:

Happiness May Vary

First Day After Life

Run From the Reaper

Everybody vs The Ferret: 1

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my mother Sandra Miller-Byles. Only with her support have I have been able take advantage of what has become the most prolific time of my life.

I would also like to thank Carey Meyer. Carey is a person that I hadn’t seen in 10 years. Yet on the one day that we did meet she managed to inspire me to turn a real life situation into a project that would become this book. Thanks Carey.

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Fixing Cupid

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Chapter 1

‘Is she or isn’t she?’ Ben wondered. Ben looked over at the 33-year-old, elegantly dressed woman who sat nervously across the table. ‘She’s such a delight,’ Ben thought. ‘In 10 years, when all of the other wives are secretly blaming their husbands for the last 10 pounds that they can’t get rid of, Sherry will still be sitting across from me in her pearls. Assuming the manufacturer doesn’t run out, she will still have her shiny blonde hair. She will still be wearing it in a tightly wound bun, and she will still have a stomach tight enough to bounce a quarter off.’

Ben, 37, was just a little older than Sherry, but in lifestyles they were worlds apart. Ben could be content to spend every night at home on the couch. He was the type that didn’t immediately take off his suit when he got home from the law firm. In fact, if Sherry was stuck at the gym, Ben sometimes took off his tie, and then put it back on when he knew she was coming home. The tie wasn’t necessary to complete the ensemble, but he always felt that it had the magical ability to make his butt look more taut, and who didn’t want that?

With her pearls and yoga body, Sherry was the perfect bookend. She wasn’t the professional that Ben was, but she was driven, and where she drove herself most was at the gym.

Sometimes she would come home so sore that she could barely walk straight. Her tightly quaffed bun would be slightly askew, and she would have a look in her eyes that if it wasn’t for the pearls, would make Ben think she had a libido. But he knew Sherry; she didn’t. Women didn’t have libidos in the 1950s and that is clearly where Sherry was from. And if she wasn’t technically from there, her stylist certainly was.

Ben sipped slowly on the last of the red wine. He looked over at his girlfriend who had just prepared a three course meal fit for a king, and like the queen that she was, she had prepared all of his favorite things.

Well, that was a nice surprise, Ben said, wondering if the next course included sex.

Did you like everything? Sherry asked with the tense look on her face that usually accompanied Sherry’s unique brand of uptight, 1950s housewife sex.

‘Sexy,’ Ben thought. No, everything was perfect. You cooked all of my favorite things. You're perfect. I don't deserve you.

Sherry clenched her jaw in that nervous way that she did whenever Ben would make his moves on her. When Ben saw that, crossing his legs was the only thing that he could do to not take her right then and there.

She looked down at her watch.

‘She can’t wait,’ Ben thought. What's the matter, Sherry? You keep looking at your watch, he said seductively.

This was only a formality. He knew what was up. He knew the tie he had worn was always her favorite. He remembered all of the times she would slither up to him and say, Oh baby, that’s one sexy tie. You know what you can do with that tie?

Yeah, Ben knew alright. He would then hang it up on the tie slat he removed it from and make love to her like an animal. That’s right, he would do it missionary style. And do you know why he would do it missionary style? Because that was really the only style that he knew.

But Ben knew that knowing more wasn’t necessary because she liked it. All 105 pounds of her liked it, every part of her, from her perfectly manicured feet to her Stepford Wife hairdo. And Ben knew that what they made every other Tuesday (except when she had spin class), was wasp love at its finest.

Ben stared at Sherry and decided that he was ready to go, and he wasn’t necessarily talking about round one of Wimbledon as they would call it (mostly because of the pair’s evenly paced grunting). No, Ben was thinking about taking home the trophy. He was thinking about asking Sherry to be his doubles partner, always and forever more.

Sherry looked around the room almost distracted. ‘Is there another course?’ Ben wondered. If so, he couldn’t eat another bite.

Ben, do you know that feeling when you meet someone and you just know you want to spend the rest of your life with them?

‘This is amazing,’ Ben thought. ‘Our thoughts are one.’ Yeah, Ben said, looking back with a satisfied smile.

You do? Sherry replied with relief. And when that happens, you know that you want the rest of your life to start immediately?

Ben felt a warm feeling come over him as Sherry spoke. Ah huh.

Oh good. Because that's why I want you to move out.

Ben looked at her knowing that her pale, sexy body couldn’t have resisted him much longer.

Wait, what? he asked, just realizing that she hadn’t asked him to take her bra off with his teeth.

Ben was thrown back in his chair. The light around him seemed to lower and somewhere in the back of his mind appeared a memory. In that memory a 25-year-old Ben stood in the front row of a rock concert. He wore a leather jacket with fringe hanging from the sleeves and tight leather pants. In other words, he was stylin’.

He bopped along looking at the band, and then turned to Bonnie, the sultry 25-year-old brunette with him. Ben leaned over to Bonnie and yelled at the top of his lungs into her ear. Aren't these seats great?

Bonnie, who couldn’t hear Ben, turned to him excitedly. Oh my god. OH MY GOD! The lead singer just signaled me to go back stage. OH MY GOD!

Without another word, Bonnie dashed away. Ben then looked up at the lead singer who was looking down at him. Ben gave him a look that said, ‘Dude, I was about to hit that.’

The 37-year-old Ben then left that memory and settled on another. This time the 15-year-old Ben was sitting in the basement in a circle with a group of 15-year-old boys and girls. They were playing ‘Spin the Bottle.’

Jennifer, with the 18-year-old body and the can-do attitude, took hold of the bottle. Ok, I'm gonna spend seven minutes in heaven with...

All of the boys held their breath because they knew that anything that happened in that closet would allow their 15-year-old bodies credit. And that extra credit caused by Jennifer’s 15-to-18-year-old-body-to-physical-age-ratio would pay off in college when they would be able to skip all of the awkward fumbling and move right to the advanced classes.

Ben watched as the bottle slowed down and pointed towards him. His Clearasil caked face cracked a smile. The railway full of braces he showed said, ‘the train is in baby, and it’s time for you to get on board.’ At least that was what they were saying as he hit the ground.

From the floor Ben looked up at Michael. Michael was the boy that had bumped him out of the way so hard that Ben had to subtly untangle the love train out of the shag carpet. Apparently, Michael took his advanced classes very seriously.

Michael, Jennifer said with a smile and an eager exit toward the closet.

Free from his long time nemesis, 80’s shag, Ben shot the excited Michael a look which said, Dude! I was about to hit that.

The 37-year-old Ben was then transported in thought to his preschool classroom. Ben handed the 4-year-old girl next to him a picture. The picture was a Picasso inspired rendition that he had drawn of the two of them.

The little girl looked at the picture and laughed. She was the vixen of Ben’s preschool class, and in full vixen mode she flipped her hair back and uttered the words that every 4-year-old boy yearned to hear.

You’re a poopy head, she said.

But before Ben got out what everyone around the sandbox said was the traditional mating response, he was thwarted.

You’re a poopy head, the boy on the other side of the girl announced, confirming her assessment.

The girl then turned to the boy and gave him the look that Ben had yearned to see. It was the look that either said, You, big boy, are the one that I want to share my cookies with. Or it said, I need to be changed. Whichever one it was, it rightfully belonged to Ben, and that preschool pamper-rider was a cuckold for stealing it.

But now, on the outside of this once glorious love triangle, Ben shot the boy a look. Then with the boy’s eyes locked with his, Ben pointed the boy’s gaze at the Barbie that Ben held in his other hand. And with his hand still tightly latched on Barbie’s hair, he then turned back to the boy and shot him a look. The look said, Dude, I was about to hit that.

I can’t believe this. You cheated on me? the 37-year-old Ben asked in a daze.

No Ben. I would never do that, Sherry replied defensively. I like you too much for that. That's why you have to go.

What? Right now? Ben asked, stunned.

Sherry looked at her watch anxiously. Yes Ben, right now.

Then, what was all this? The romantic lighting? All my favorite things?

Sherry shrugged her shoulders and gave Ben a look that said, What do you think it was?

The realization hit Ben like a wet wick hitting water. This was my last meal.

"So dramatic you are. Ben, I could have done this in a restaurant, but then we would have to come home and it would be awkward. I respect you too much for that.

So instead you break up with me in our home.

Sherry sucked her teeth, reacting to Ben’s mistake. Actually, it's my home. I packed up your things and placed them in the closet. Sherry put both of her hands over her mouth with the fortitude that would follow if he had suggested serving red wine with fish. In other words, she knew what she was doing was scandalous.

Ben slowly pulled himself away from the table. He couldn’t believe his ears. Moments earlier he was considering the possibility of one day setting time aside to think about marrying this woman, and now he was walking toward a closet door that might hold all of his worldly possessions. He found the entire situation unfathomable. Yes, the situation was not to be fathomed.

He crossed the elegantly decorated apartment and opened the closet door. Sherry wasn’t kidding. She had placed everything that he owned into it.

In the front was Ben’s neon sign that read, We have fresh Pi, and in the back was the bean bag chair that he didn’t want to get rid of because it was the first thing he had bought as an adult. The chair was sacred to him because it represented his ability to let go of things. In this case, it represented his ability to let go of the things that he clung to in his youth.

It helped that none of your stuff ever went with my apartment, Sherry said in a dry tone.

I don't believe this, Ben said, staring at everything he owned. But believe it or not, he wasn’t referring to the book of unbelievable things he got as a kid and wasn’t able to get rid of. No, it was the fact that his lady was trying to throw him out.

And before Ben could formulate his protest there was a knock on the door. Surprised, Ben looked back at Sherry who was anxiously looking down at her watch.

Wait, is that him? You invited him here tonight?

Oh Ben, don't make a scene, Sherry begged, getting up from her place at the table.

No, I've always just sat back and watched other guys take my girl, Ben said, working himself into a fury. That's it. We are gonna talk this out and I'm telling this guy to go to hell.

No Ben, don't, Sherry protested in a half hearted sort of way.

Ben noticed Sherry’s strange tone and shifted his head to judge her true feelings. Sherry simply stared back. Ben took a step toward the door and Sherry wrung her hands. Ben put his hand on the door knob and Sherry reached out her hand without saying another word.

‘She wants me to send him away,’ Ben thought. ‘She loves me and she wants me to fight for her.’

Ben swung open the door and was face to chest with the biggest, blackest man he ever did see. ‘Holy crap,’ Ben thought. ‘This man pooped bigger things than me.’

Ben stepped back and examined the man in the doorway. Daquan was clearly a bodybuilder. In fact, he was still wearing his skull cap, weight belt and gloves.

‘Oh wait, this isn’t him. This is a strategically chosen moving man that would intimidate me out.’ Was this your boyfriend’s idea? Did he hire a thug to scare me off? Well I don’t scare that easily! Ben proclaimed while standing his ground.

Ben! Sherry screeched, mortified.

Did you do it? the monster in the nipple revealing spandex tank top said.

I did, Sugar Baby, Sherry giggled back.

Ben decided to relinquish his ground when Daquan pushed past Ben moving him about four feet. And it was with Ben’s less than wholehearted approval when Sherry jumped on the King Kong-like fellow that had entered his, actually Sherry’s, place and climbed him like Sears Tower. It was also with Ben’s less than wholehearted approval when Daquan and Sherry made out.

Ben stared at the two’s consummation, confused. ‘Certainly Sherry hadn’t meant to stick her tongue down the black fellow’s mouth and

Reviews for Fixing Cupid

[krizia_lazaro_3 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It just did not make a lot of sense for me. Sorry.

[weisser4 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Interesting take on what happens when Cupid no longer behaves like Cupid. How bad can it be for the young attorneys who can't fall in love?

Silly, enjoyable read. It was a fun little book. It could have been a bit better. I felt that the relationships were superficial, even the ones that were supposed to be long and emotionally tied. No great novel here, just a "what if."

[ravenswoodpublishi-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

CRISTIAN YOUNGMILLER'S "FIXING CUPID" (REVIEW)When Ben Bonner 'breaks' Cupid (Jack) it is up to him and his would-be love to fix him unless they want the world to go on forever without love. This story was cute and romantic with a touch of fantasy. I enjoyed it.-Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club

[scoshie · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Attorney Ben Bonner has just been kicked out of his condo by his girlfriend of a year who hs just told him she has fallen in love at first sight with a man from her gym. Dazed and finding his stuff already packed he turns to his best friend ex-fiance Carey. When Carey's fiance, Chip, finds out that all the stories he was told about the ex-fiance was Ben, Carey decides to take quick action and find Ben another place to stay. But when Ben moves in and meets his child-like roommate his very world spins out of control. This story was laugh out loud funny and a great way to spend an afternoon in the sun.

[qstewart_5 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What would you do if you had just found the love of your life and then turned around and broke Cupid? There is no hope that your chosen one will fall in love with you as long as Cupid is broken. This is a delightful story and fun to read. With the mentioning of a man nursing a child to the fight clubs that appear outside a window one should truly enjoy this short book. The characters are interesting and fun to get to know. Very good read.

[cwaldrum_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I'll admit this was a very cute story and I particularly enjoyed the reference to gazelle and lioness fight clubs, as well as the lactating man! For a short story it was enjoyable and I was able to read it in one sitting (now that I finally have my Kobo back!) and liked it. However, it needs a good and thorough edit. There were quite a few spelling, grammar and incorrect words that should have been cleaned up. Once done it's a good read for anyone looking for a sappy feel-good story!

[gwnfkt12 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the story of the man who unknowingly ruins cupid by turning him into an activist and then has to fix him so people can fall in love again. But really it's so much more than that because it's funny and encouraging and a bit ridiculous but overall it's heartwarming and it tells the story of how one man can go through so much and lose so many people and hit rock bottom and still manage to fall in love while his life is falling apart.The best part of this story is the Jack/Cupid character. We know so little about him and yet every scene in which he is involved shines and makes us love him. His character is genius and not in the least bit flawless, but it's his flaws which, according to the story, make him Cupid so we love his drunken and slovenly ways. This story was brilliant, though the beginning and ending could use some work. The beginning was confusing and it took several chapters for me to really care at all about any of the characters. The ending, on the other hand, had the opposite fault. It was over too quickly. Problem solved and happy ending in about 20 pages. If Ben and Anna had continued to argue (which was undoubtedly the best, most humourous part of the whole story) and then ben had worked some sort of miracle to make her fall in love with him by fixing Jack, the whole story would have worked much better. Instead the ending was predictable and happened too quickly. I loved the premise and the setup was brilliant but it would have beneffited from another hundred pages working up to the eventual love and lust perfect ending. Also, the epilogue was more confusing than it was fun which sort of ruined the whole thing for me. I think my only other complaint is that while Youngmiller's writing style can be at times genius and witty and makes this story nearly impossible to put down, he at times tends towards dramatic, uncharacteristically long sentences that ruin the mood because they are so confusing you have to read them twice. Otherwise his story telling abilities are pure lighthearted fun and enjoyment. It also doesn't hurt that there's a scene involving water buffalos.

[tbrennan1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Funny novel featuring Ben Bonner as an uptight 37 year old lawyer looking for love.He is evicted from their shared home by Sherry who has found a new partner and he seeks refuge with his best friend Carey (who is also an ex-girlfriend) and her new boyfriend Chip. Tensions arise when Chip discovers the previous sexual relationship between Ben and Carey. Enter Jack as Cupid and the legend that all those that share a flat with him find love. Carey fixes up Ben with Jack and he soon meets Anna , a cool lawyer who to Ben's frustration does not like him at all. Ben makes the mistake of changing Jack's childlike qualities and soon no one can fall in love again. This was very enjoyable and we enjoy the antics of Ben as he tries to bring back Jack to his Cupid state of mind so that he and Anna can enjoy true happiness.

[ljldml · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I'm sorry to say but I did not enjoy this book at all. I thought the idea behind the story was interesting and wanted to read this book. I've read other books by this author that were fantastic. This book, however, just didn't meet my expectations. I found the humor to be crude. There were some scenes that were funny, but overall, not my kind of story.

[danettedorsey · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The beginning has sexual content which could have been left out. The author obviously has a fixation with male content. I did not appreciate the pornographic exerpts at the end of the book from his other books. It was in bad taste. The book did not live up to the description and the exerpts from his other book should have been banned.

[jessibelle_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I did not expect the book to start the way it did. I was sort of turned off to the book after the opening scene. It did turn out pretty well though. I expected it to continue to go down the route it was going, but it didn't. If you can get past that opening scene, then I think you will like the book.I'd really like to know what happened with the person presented at the end and why she needs Jack's help.

[njmom3 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

What if Cupid was read? What if Cupid could lead you to the love of your life? What if you broke Cupid and the world could not find love? That is the premise of this lighthearted read. Some of the humor and situations in the book were unfortunately not to my taste.*** Reviewed for member giveaway ***

[sdrobert_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Funny story. The writing style and diverging conversations were a bit distracting to what would have been otherwise a great tale.

[gmtapublishing · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

CRISTIAN YOUNGMILLER'S "FIXING CUPID" (REVIEW)When Ben Bonner 'breaks' Cupid (Jack) it is up to him and his would-be love to fix him unless they want the world to go on forever without love. This story was cute and romantic with a touch of fantasy. I enjoyed it.-Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club

[murphy430 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a different kind of love story, written from the male point of view. This is apparent when there is a long discussion on the size of the male organ. Really not needed and didn't add anything. Did find the story humorous and wanted to see where it was going. Alot typo errors. Interesting to find out that Jack is Cupid and Ben breaks him. I think it was worth a quick read.

[lacigrl · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

First of all, I think the book needs a lot more editing, as far as grammar and spelling goes. There were enough typos to pull me out of the story constantly, things like "Carey IS about to reach out her hand and put it on Ben's leg when Chip RE-ENTERED the balcony" (present and past tense mixed together) or "Ben was about to THROUGH in the towel" or "...to smell Jack's BREATHE." I think it just needs someone to go through it carefully and correct those mistakes, and it will help a lot. Also, and I don't know if this is the case just on my copy or everywhere, but my .epub version had the color of the paragraphs all mixed up. One paragraph would be in black text, then another in white, then back to black, etc, which made it a little jarring to read. Overall, the concept was intriguing and the content was pretty good. It took me a while to get into the story, but once I did, I enjoyed it. There were some humorous parts and it was an easy read, but then there were other points where I felt like the humor was taken too far, to the point where it was no longer funny. (For example, I thought it was pretty funny that Ben had to breastfeed the baby while trapped in the room with the protesters, and then the baby bites him. It would have been funny had it stopped there. But to have this long description of him banging the baby on the wall, having people yank on him, and throwing him across the room just made it slapstick and a little TOO silly. I dunno, maybe it's just not my style of humor) I liked the idea of discovering Cupid as an immature drunk and "breaking" him, but it felt like there were a lot of ups and downs as far as positives and negatives for this book, so I did enjoy it, but wouldn't say it was a favorite.

[mkaighn_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Cute story. Predictable ending. Would have actually like for the story to have gone on a little longer. Unnecessary over emphasis on male body parts, but I realize its the author's thing, so its not that big of a deal.

[abcarroll_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Ben is a lawyer who is down on his luck and at the present time homeless. When his best friend hooks him up with an apartment that comes with a roommate, Jack, rumored to help people find the love of their life. Jack and Ben couldn't be more different but somehow their relationship gets them both into a lot of trouble and also helps them learn about themselves. I found this book really fun and a quick read. Definitely a good beach read for the summer!

[chelle2006 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book was really funny! I was so pleasantly surprised by that, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was a short story, but it didn't seem too short. I thought it was a really good length for the story that was being told. It reminded me of the hangover with all of the crazy antics going on. But it wasn't too outrageous- everything came together in the end. And everything was there for a reason. I really like that in a book. I also really enjoyed the main character, Ben. I could really relate to him, and felt so bad for him at the beginning of the book, when he was describing all the women that have left him for other guys throughout his life. But even the sad parts of the book were written very humorously. Cristian YoungMiller has a way with writing humor very successfully. Ben's friend Carey bugged me in this book though. She was my least favorite character. She just blurted out things about her and Ben's past without even thinking about it or the consequences it might have. And even when the consequences presented themselves- she didn't even seem to care. She didn't seem very genuine. I even liked her boyfriend, Chip, more than her. I at least found him funnier. But other than Carey, I have no complaints about this book. It was a fast paced, fun read. It put me in a good mood and I read it in no time. I really enjoyed this funny and cute book!

[stephanieoverton · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Laugh Out Loud Funny! What does one do when they break cupid?!?! Ben thought things were finally looking up. He was even thinking of maybe, popping the question. Then his life is moved to the core when he looks inside a small closet to see everything he owns packed inside. Asked to leave the place he has called home, he goes to the one place he knows he is accepted. His BFF’s. Carey his best friend and her man Chip offer him a place to crash, that is until tension is created when Chip finds out that Ben is an ex-boyfriend of Carey. Promising to give this place a try, Ben moves in with Jack. The story goes that anyone who lives with Jack falls in love and moves out within six months. Shortly after moving in Ben isn’t sure this is for him, it seems like a lot of trouble. After finally having enough of Jack and his child like behavior he confronts Jack and tells him to grow. (Ben needs to remember it’s this child like behavior that has him meeting Anna)Now it’s fight to bring Jack back his child like self and save Cupid. Asking Anna to help, can Ben fix Jack? Not only for himself, but for all of human kind. This book had me laughing out loud many times. I would like to suggest grabbing a glass of wine or something cool to drink and settle down for a night of fun reading, but it’s highly unlikely one will be able to keep their drink in their mouth.

[jynxpierce · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

From the description, I expected more from this. The plot sounds good in theory, but fell a little short in the execution. Ben’s adventure just seem to far out there to be realistic. Adding in the typos, this is a little hard to follow. It had some good points but overall, it left me wanting more.

[lovelyluck_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The first rule of gazelle fight club; there is no gazelle fight club! This line and many others made reading Cristian YoungMiller’s story, Fixing Cupid, extremely fun. Ben, a lawyer in search of love, finds himself living with a real life Cupid. The only problem is that Cupid (aka Jack) is broken and Ben still can’t seem to find the love of his life. Through many escapades with Jack, Ben finds love and discovers a different side of himself.This was a wonderful love story! I enjoyed it immensely. I was captured at the beginning and could hardly put it down. Several times I had to explain to my husband why I was laughing so much. A quick read for a day at the beach or a rainy Saturday morning, Fixing Cupid is sure to touch your heart and leave you happy!If you are the type who enjoys humor from movies with Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) or Kevin Smith (Dogma)then you will most likely enjoy this book. The humor is a little on the crude side. There are a few typos that sometimes distract from the reading but overall an enjoyable read.This was a member giveaway from LibraryThing.

[oodsatemydingo · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Fixing Cupid by Cristian YoungMiller has a great plot outline. Ben Bonner, is a lawyer who can’t find love. So through a series of events his best friend (an ex-fiancé) Carey helps him move in with mysterious Jack, who turns out to be cupid. But before the love of his life can love him back, Ben ‘breaks’ Jack. Together with Anna (the love interest; who is a fellow lawyer; and bartender) they try to fix Jack’s cupid powers so that she can love him back. Oh, and the rest of the world can fall in love too. The outline is a wonderful concept, then you throw in a “The Hangover” type crude humor, and it goes a little south of a top seller. The humor is great if you are into ‘wang comparisons’ and…well, there is a bit with a baby that is totally inappropriate, but okay, I found it mildly amusing. Some of it reads off as a movie script and I would totally watch this movie.But as a book it was one crazy event after another that you almost need to see to completely wrap your head around. It’s good for a good laugh, there are plenty of those in the book, but the base storyline seems to be strong in the beginning, loses it away near the middle, then finds itself in a keg party, and drunkenly stumbles back on track near the end of the book. On the plus side it is a quick read, so if you like crude humor, by all means pick this one up, it has plenty of that, and somewhere in there, there is a nice bit of romance. [Reviewed as part of the LibraryThing Member's Giveaway Program]

[blehner_4 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Liking the catchy title and a premise that sounded like it would make for a fun read I started reading Cristian Young Miller's book only to be almost instantly slain by the humor. Not in a good way though.Granted, the idea itself is actually a good one - a unique take on a modern day Cupid, named Jack - and should have made for an enjoyable light read with a chuckle or two along the way. Though it turned out pretty fast that the humor is outrageously and horribly bad, and the characters both shallow and overexaggerated, a combination that made me cringe more than once. To be fair, humor is something very subjective and not everyone likes every type of humorous approach in a story. And in this case, unfortunatelly, what was supposed to make the book fun or even hilarious, simply didn't work for me. Add unnecessary "wang comparisons" and a completely tasteless scene involving a baby. I wouldn't recommend the book, unless I know that a person is really into this brute kind of humor.On a different note - there were plenty of grammatical errors too, so a bit of editing wouldn't hurt the book.In short: A unique premise with over-the-top humor that certainly didn't meet my taste, but might be just the thing for other readers!

[arl_fish · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Overall, "Fixing Cupid" was a great book. It was easy to read, and humorous on many different levels. The simplicity of the whole novel was nice too. The only thing that I noticed that wasn't quite to my liking is that there were a lot of small spelling errors that took a lot away from the whole of the book for me.The main plot of the book, the main character trying to find love and "breaking" Cupid, his roommate, was light and funny. This book is more of a light read, one that doesn't take too much deep thinking- a great summer book.I really enjoyed it. Good job!