I saw many people loved this book but for me, it was ‘ok.’ A bit OTT. Andy made me rolled my eyes so many times that I was afraid I was going to hurt I saw many people loved this book but for me, it was ‘ok.’ A bit OTT. Andy made me rolled my eyes so many times that I was afraid I was going to hurt myself because of him. I didn’t find it funny; it was exasperating at times –again- because of Andy. And I hated the end! (view spoiler)[Uhg, I can’t stand public proposals (hide spoiler)] and as I see is Andy trademark, it was rushed and it seems he didn’t think through it. I mean, (view spoiler)[he outed his best friend in from of everyone without talking about it first. I know they wanted to be out, (hide spoiler)] but that was too much exhibitionism for me. Sorry, not my jam.
2 stars because as Goodreads says: ‘it was ok’. ...more
This time we have Corey's drama and I'll be pretty forward with my ranting.
The book starts with Corey and ZacSerious case of 'it's me, not the book.'
This time we have Corey's drama and I'll be pretty forward with my ranting.
The book starts with Corey and Zach's relationship and this is my first niggle: they spent great part of the book together. I guess this is the author's trademark. Making one of the MC being with someone else almost the whole book.
Well, I'm exaggerating but I can divide this book in 2 parts, taking into account Corey's love interest: 40% Zack, 60% Angelo.
Second thing I HATED about the story: Corey and Angelo's relationship felt too much like insta-love.
I get Corey and Angelo are magical and stuff but they fall for each other SO fast that I cringe every time I think about it. Besides, the love declaration was so lame that I snorted so hard reading it I scared my sister that was sitting next to me. I didn't buy it for a second.
Third thing: The drama at the end with Angelo's cousin. I think it was unnecessary. Well, Corey's reaction was unnecessary. He was a bit egoistical bastard with Angelo. Blaming him and driving him away when the poor Angelo was also a victim.
The beginning really worked for me but suddenly I found the dialogues so shallow, the conversation were 'meh' and the plot wasn't so appealing anymore, it was too farfetched, too much drama. I wanted to DNF at 85% (because of something that happened) but I kept reading because I was so damn closed to the end to give up. I wasn't curious anymore about how things were going to be for Corey and Angelo, I just wanted to be over so I could move on.
What I did like was Corey's friendship with Doug and Jairo (Stewart is still insignificant for me in this book.)
Don't let me discourage you about reading this book, most of the things that bothered me are personal opinions.
This wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Don't get me wrong, I liked it. I laughed my ass off with Dex, I still think he’s awesome but there’s myThis wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Don't get me wrong, I liked it. I laughed my ass off with Dex, I still think he’s awesome but there’s my problem!! This book is about Cael and Ash, they should be the one entertaining me, no Dex! *sigh* It pains me to say this, especially when I've been enjoying the rest so much, but this book was a bit tiresome for me.
The thing that annoyed me the most was the repetition. These books aren’t standalone so I don’t get why the author has to repeat everything that happened before! Dude, we already know! I was really tired of reading what happened with Ash and his brother. Literally, he told the story 3 times (not to mention, in total I read it 4 times because he told it to Sloan in the previous book. Enough is enough!) I think the author could've invested those extras pages on Cael and Ash's relationship…. aaaaaaand that gets me to the next point.
Cael and Ash relationship development.- It wasn’t what I expected. It was weak and kind of fast. Ash has some issues; he definitely has some baggage, who in this book don’t? He has a sort of lifetime trauma and the way he solved it was almost miraculously for me. Besides, one moment Ash was like: No, no, no! and in the next page he was literally screaming 'he's my boyfriend'. Indecisive much? I don't get how he could change his mind so fast. Maybe that’s me who can’t move on that easily, I honestly don’t know but I didn’t like that whatsoever.
Personally, I think the storyline keeps getting better and this book is mostly focused on that instead of being focused on the gatitos relationship. It might be considered silly but I did enjoy the storyline! The author surprised me with the bad guys in this book, so I can't complain.
I like Austen very much; I need a book about him. Isn’t there one already? If there isn’t, is it too much to ask? or better yet, can’t I have him in real life?...more
Don’t get me wrong, it was a good read but there was something that didn’t work for me.
This boKind of romance was kind of frustrating for me…
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Don’t get me wrong, it was a good read but there was something that didn’t work for me.
This book is about Zeke and Benny. We saw Benny in Kind of Truth, he’s Will’s colorful and fabulous friend and Zeke is the bagel store owner’s son who we didn’t actually meet in the previous book but he was casually mentioned once.
Benny started to work in George’s bagel shop after Rand left. He and Zeke meet in the hospital after George faints and hurts his head and almost out of the blue George wants to set up Zeke with Benny. Both men agree to go out on a few dates to get George out of their hair and they develop a kind of ‘friend with benefits’ relationship.
Zeke and Benny couldn’t be more opposite. Zeke is a stoic and well-loaded guy who works at Wall Street and Benny is a flashy and wacky Italian guy who dresses the way he wants, does whatever he wants and dyes his hair in different colors almost every day.
I gotta point out that Zeke had lots of issues. His boyfriend cheated on him, his father wasn’t always as supportive as he is now and that made him very resentful and wary in life. But dude, I don't think he needed to to be overcomplicated. Not to mention that sometimes I just didn’t get his behavior.
I had some issues with Zeke from the very beginning, especially when he thought that Benny was ‘too gay’. What the heck? For me, there isn’t such a thing as ‘too gay’! You both like men, you both like cock, you are both gay. Period. The way Benny dresses doesn’t make him ‘gayer’ than a man who wears suits and doesn’t dye his hair! *eye roll*
I guess what kept me from loving this story as much as I loved the previous book was Zeke. His attitude drove me crazy, he was too predictable. He just annoyed the hell out of me, he was so self-focused and his need for revenge was absurd to me.
As I said, he was overcomplicated and the problems he had with Benny almost at the end would’ve been easily avoided if he just had walked away from his asshole ex-boyfriend but he had this thing of wanting to prove he was better than everyone and his huge ego was what brought him lots of troubles.
*takes a deep breath*
Moving forward, I liked Benny very much and I think he and Zeke were cute together but I am not head over heels with their relationship, the sex was hot but I found myself skimming it after 60% because being too much time in Zeke’s head was giving me an aneurysm.
I can’t deny Lane’s style his really good, her stories are usually pretty realistic and that can be good and bad at the same time. It can be bad because sometimes I don’t like to read about people I’ll usually avoid. If I encountered myself with someone like Zeke I will a.- smash his head against the wall till he stops being so self-focused or b.- run in the opposite direction before I smash his head against the wall and he presents charges against me. LOL
Overall, it’s a good read. Don’t mind me; I just don’t stand people like Zeke in general but if you don’t have the same issues like me, you’ll probably enjoy this more than me....more
I was in the mood for a sports romance and this book has been on my sight long before it was released, I mean, have you seen that cover? *fanning myseI was in the mood for a sports romance and this book has been on my sight long before it was released, I mean, have you seen that cover? *fanning myself* Hot blond quarterback! Besides, the blurb adds a pierced and tattooed fellow? Yes, please.
However, I read this and I ended up with mixed feelings about it. I’m gonna be pretty straightforward and start saying what I didn’t like:
~ The beginning. What kind of friends are those!? You know your bestie is a closeted gay and why on earth would you drop a bomb like that by taking him to a massage parlor where he’s going to receive a prostate massage by a complete stranger? That was so fucking ruthless. He had his reason of why he hadn’t come out and they freaking knew them! Wasn’t it better to just say: “We know you are gay, we have your back man”? *inhales and exhales to calm my ranting mind* Well, my conclusion to this big mess was that they were college boys and sometimes they can be incredible clueless and dumb.
Apart from that, the massage was pretty hot though; I just wish that it would have started being something that Matt agreed on beforehand. It would have been better and it wouldn’t have hovered on the edge of rape. Imagine yourself having a massage and suddenly having a finger up on your ass? Impossible not to freak out!
~ The dialogues and thoughts were kind of repetitive at times. And from time to time the MCs were the biggest and the ridiculous gay cliché of history. They will hear “tits” and would say stupid shit like this:
“Hey! You’re scarring the gay guys down here”
*eye roll* oh, please.
~ Matt’s insecurities were a huge deal at the beginning and then out of the blue he thought they were silly (which they were but the change was so fast that the whole issue was a bit farfetched and it made me feel that all the problems he went through were unnecessary.)
~ The sex was hot but a bit rushy. It left me feeling cold, it was like…. “did you finish already? That fast?”
~ Matt sometimes had behaviors that were so out of character for him. The author pictures him as a sweet and smart guy but there was a scene where he was so mean to Trevor that left me cringing because it was something so unlike him. I know he was scared at that moment, but that isn’t an excuse to call your boyfriend a whore. With the image the author gave me from him, I’d never have thought he would be so insensitive and rude… Besides, I hated that Trevor forgave him so quickly, dude, make him grovel a little!
On the bright side, there were stuffs that helped me to not DNF this book.
~ I liked that Matt wasn’t a dumb jock, he was pretty smart and that was hell of attractive!
~ Trevor went through hell after outing himself to his family and I like that he managed to come out of that pretty well, he was independent and strong. I liked he fought hard building himself a future and that Matt was just a nice plus to his life because it wasn’t like something he needed.
~ The friends. They were the main reason I started liking this so much more. All of them were so funny and caring! And I kinda have to thank the secondary characters; they made this story so much better.
~ Oh, and I liked that the way things happened I didn't see them coming. I can't shut down my brain and I'm always trying to predict things (which I hate) and the way the stuff developed here were ok. I mean, I knew they were going to happen but they didn't happen in the way I imagined them to, does that make sense? Whatever, because of that, I will round up my rating.
This isn’t a flawless story and I guess is due to being a debut M/M story for this author. I mean, how else would you explain the gay clichés?
Quarterback has pretty good ratings, it’s just me that didn’t love every single detail of it, so don’t feel discouraged by me.
This definitely wasn’t for me. Thank God, it was a short book, otherwise, I wouldn’t have finished it.
The only thing I liked was Chris becaus2 stars.
This definitely wasn’t for me. Thank God, it was a short book, otherwise, I wouldn’t have finished it.
The only thing I liked was Chris because he was snarky and flirty. He just made me laugh and he helped me a lot to finish this...
Now, I’m gonna start rambling about what I didn’t like:
The threesomes and the girlfriend.
I usually don’t have problems with threesomes, but I had problems with this one because I mostly felt it as a cheating… I have read pretty steamy threesomes where the MCs don’t change their feelings about their partner…
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To me, it was like Alec was cheating his girlfriend just in front of her face! C’mon dude!
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It was undeniable that Alec’s girlfriend was the freaking third wheel between him and Chris. I was so relieved when Chris stopped agreeing with this shit.
Dios mío, I’m SO frustrated right now that I can't think properly in English.
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BESIDES, they didn’t even have sex without her around! Not even after Alec dumped her. I’m so mad. Was it really necessary having her around until the end?
And obviously, this story was utterly unbelievable as the first one. That may be the pattern with this author. MCs’ love didn’t feel real to me. They did not spend too much time together and when they did, they were with the freaking girlfriend, or Shawn, or Alec’s cousins (I forgot his name, hehe). Not to mention that Chris didn’t even know what he liked about Alec *SNORT*
So yeah… That’s it. That was my rambling :-).
I’ll keep reading the series because my dear friend Vir told me they get better and I trust you honey!
Besides I like the little bit I read about Alec’s cousin and the French guy (whatever their names are)...more
This was an enjoyable read. I love imperfect characters, but this just didn't wowed me.
I liked Henry but I didn't love him. He was funny, yeah. I likThis was an enjoyable read. I love imperfect characters, but this just didn't wowed me.
I liked Henry but I didn't love him. He was funny, yeah. I liked his lack of filter, but ahg, I hated that he complains so muchhhhhh. That annoys me, I usually run away from those kinda people.
Every time Henry said "I'm going to died" or "you'll kill me with this routine" or something like that, I literally screamed to my kindle.... That poor thing didn't deserve my yellings, it wasn't its fault!
However, I liked Henry's development. He joins the gym and starts working out because his douche bag boyfriend left him and he wants to get fit so his ex will come back *but* in the process, his heart starts healing and he realizes so many things that he was blind before. He starts taking care of himself because he wants to, not because of someone else. Not even for his new love interest, Reed, his personal trainer.
I liked Reed and Henry together, the build up was great but I'd have like to see more of them as a couple. And I think Reed and Henry's interaction could've been better. Sometime Henry will do all the talking and Reed will just answer "you cracked me up" and that's it. He wouldn't add anything else.
Overall, it's a good read. Even if Henry's complaints hovered right there on the edge of being annoying....more
DNF @ 65%...... the worst of all is that I really enjoyed the beginning of the story. Red's first appearance was awesome but after 45% the plot was a DNF @ 65%...... the worst of all is that I really enjoyed the beginning of the story. Red's first appearance was awesome but after 45% the plot was a nightmare.
Sometimes, the chapters felt too long and they were kinda of repetitive. There was too much bullshit. The banter was good at first but then it was too much for me, they joked in moments when they didn't have to and it was too forced.
Uhg, this is a super 'meh' to me. I don't know if this gets better in the last 35% but honestly I don't wanna find out. What's the point? I was already going crazy after 45%....more
I finished this a few days ago but, oh man, you have no idea how difficult has been to decide what kind of rating I’ll give it to this book so I’ve beI finished this a few days ago but, oh man, you have no idea how difficult has been to decide what kind of rating I’ll give it to this book so I’ve been avoiding this moment. I can’t keep hiding though, so I’ll try to be objective in here, but let’s face it. There is nothing objective about reading and reviewing a book, is there?
The blurb tells you almost everything that you need to know: there’s an age gap of 22 years (that you know I’m a sucker for), there’s loss, grieving, love, and 'angst'.
The story begins with David James is in his late 40s and is a successful attorney who’s grieving the loss of his lover. After he injures himself he’s sent to do some PT and there’s when he meets Brandon Smith, a 27 years-old guy that speaks with a sexy Texan drawl and loves calling David ‘cow-boy’ (not my fav nickname, but whatever.) When these two meet, there’s insta-lust (I can deal with insta-lust, it is more realistic than insta-love.) And their relationship develops smoothly, almost too perfect. If they would have lived in a bubble, things would have worked out differently for them. But sadly, they had to interact with the real world.
And within their interactions with RL, their problems begin. David is concerned with the age gap and Brandon is afraid that he’ll be David’s rent boy. They fall into this circle of ‘what people would think’.
Everyone claim this story to be ‘angsty’ but I just didn’t feel it. I couldn’t connect with the characters and I don’t know where people started to grab their box of tissues. I don’t like finishing a book and feel empty afterward and that’s exactly what happened to me in here. I felt empty.
There were some plot issues to me in here. Let’s start with when Brandon finds out that David’s lover died and he implies that he died due to HVI. He did it like every gay man dies because of it and I think that was very rude.
Grieving. David was supposed to be grieving but I just didn’t feel like it. I didn’t feel his pain. He mostly felt guilty but that quickly evaporated when he was with Brandon. Oh, and he might have some early dementia because he talked to Kyle in his head…
Plot. The beginning was slow and the ending was quite rush. On the last 25%, there’s a *thing* as my friend Ky calls it (Ky’s review), that changes the mood of the book. I think it was a last minute add up because it was a heavy thing that shouldn’t have been treated at the last 50 pages of the book. It needed a more insight and because Winter didn’t develop it better, the way they solved it didn’t feel real to me.
I won’t say I didn’t have fun with this book because I laugh a lot with some of the characters’ behaviors that were utterly ridiculous. For example David and Brandon’s friends (if you can call them friends.) Ethan. He was cool at the beginning but then he was an asshole. I don’t get why he was being that way. Was he jealous? And David’s rich “friends”. What the fuck dude? It was like watching a soap opera when they were bullying David and Brandon.
Ok, these type of behavior can't be a first for either so I don’t know how these two manage to be so blind with their friends. They were complete assholes but somehow they're actions were an important part of the plot in here. It wasn't the best approach but I guess it's ok.
The title. When I read a book I like finding out the reason of the title but after I finish I’m just confused. I don’t know why ‘September’. It’s not like the whole books develop in September or something… I think not even *the thing* happens in September.
Overall, it’s an ok story. Sometimes was kinda of cheesy, especially when they were having sex but it was a good debut, but you know, after reading a book with a similar premise (Archer Through Arrows ) this one just didn’t wow me.
Copy received from author via Indigo Marketing and Design in exchange for an honest review....more
Ok, you should know that I usually don’t read series in order if their books are standalone. I usually start with those that catch my attention the moOk, you should know that I usually don’t read series in order if their books are standalone. I usually start with those that catch my attention the most. I already read book 1 and 3 and when I read book 3 I got curious with what happened with Mills so I thought I should give it a chance. Besides, I really liked Hendricks style so far so I knew I may enjoy this as well.
Was it good? *cringes*
I actually enjoy book 1 and 3 better than this one.
Mitch is the new guy on the team, he looks like Thor and he comes from a wealthy family. He has one year to prove himself to his asshole dad or else he’ll finish his studies in Yale. Dante is the opposite from Mitch, he’s black and he comes from a family that has always struggle to pay the bills and he wants to play in the NFL to help his mom but before the season begins, the Coach decides that everyone on the team has to prove themselves in practice to play in each game so Dante won’t have it so easy anymore. Mitch and Dante’s relationship complicates because both are fighting to have a place as LB.
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When I read the blurb I thought it was going to be enemies to lovers story but NO, it wasn’t like that at all. Dante was very friendly to Mitch till the coach makes them compete against each other to have a place on the games. And even so, I didn’t feel like both were competing. It was just Dante, Mitch was lost in his lustful thoughts. Things were always hot and cold between these two. They were always screwing things up and apologizing after The.Whole.Freaking.Book.
It has too much sex off pages; I think it only had at least three sex scenes and they were like porn, in and out. I found myself skimming them. And their connection didn’t feel real to me. It was constantly compared to Derek and Jason’s connection from book 1.
Dante was a prejudicial motherfucker. Just because Mitch’s dad had money he thought Mitch was being some pretentious douche bag when he wasn’t! The one who was always an asshole was Dante and I hate that Mitch was kind and understandable and he never got mad. NEVER! I don’t know how he put up with Dante. Maybe because he had a serious case of insta-lust almost insta-love. And God Mitch!!! He had the habit of poking his nose in places where no one called him.
And I don’t know, I didn’t like how Mitch was always wasting *his father’s money* and when they finally ended up together I don’t like that he invites Dante to live with him when the place isn’t his, I mean, that place it's being pay with his dad's money, right? Things could have gone pretty bad (worse than they already were) if his dad had found out his awful gay son was living with his boyfriend.
Not to mention Hendricks left some loose strings. I don’t know what happened with Mitch’s dad at the end, I don’t know if he cut him loose or what. What did happen with his tuition after they broke their deal? She didn’t mention that aspect afterward and the end was a bit rush. I would have preferred to know more about what Mitch was gonna do with his life now, it was obvious what Dante was going to do though and I didn’t like that epilogue at all.
I still prefer book 1 and 3. I didn’t feel passion, chemistry, connection. NOTHING. I don’t know what they like from each other. I don’t even think Dante would have felt something for Mitch if it weren’t for the little accident they had in the locker room.
God, I had my expectations really high with this one.
This is the story of Kai's two mods. Jesse and Cherry (who actually is Ian.)
What can I say? It waGod, I had my expectations really high with this one.
This is the story of Kai's two mods. Jesse and Cherry (who actually is Ian.)
What can I say? It was way angstier than the other two. These two boys had major problems. Specially Ian. But that wasn't my problem with the story, you know I love a well written angst.
My freaking problem was that they were supposed to be grownup men! But there were parts that I felt like the MCs in here were 16 instead of 24 and 26. Uhg!
I also consider that Jesse's reactions toward Ian's persona were a bit forced. Other than that, I don't have any other complaint.
As usual, Megan and Santino did a great job. Their writing was splendid. We even got some dirty phone sex (because they lived in different cities) and we also got some Kardashian drama at the end of the book. Oh God, I laughed so hard with the Nerdcon. And of course, we got glimpses of Zane and Beau so now I'm eager to read their story.
Just because Megan and Santino are fantastic writers, even if I didn't love the drama in this book, I'll round up my 3.5 to 4 starts....more
At first sight, this book screamed my name. It begged me to read it, so I did it. It was entertaining enough but not the best paranormal story I've rAt first sight, this book screamed my name. It begged me to read it, so I did it. It was entertaining enough but not the best paranormal story I've read.
August Goodson is a 25 young man who developed the ability to find dead or nearly dead people when he was 16.
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For me, that’s enough to be sucked into a story. Paranormal is always my go-to-genre.
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Obviously, I can’t forget to tell you that August works as a consultant for the police and he has a crush on the very hot and very straight Detective Luke Williams. With that premise, I couldn’t stay away from this book. OH, we have age gap too!
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However, it wasn’t as good as I thought it was gonna be. Geez, I hate when my expectations are crushed.
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Don’t get me wrong, I liked it. The mystery was good but it was soooooooooooo slow. The beginning was boring AF. I practically lived August’s everyday routine. That was a thing that lasted like 60% that’s when the mystery and bad things start to pick up.
I have to warn you, even if the blurb talks about August’s crush for Luke: this story doesn’t have much romance going on. The lack of romance and steam made me kind of mad, the story focused too much on August’s problems and everyday routine (that was driving me crazy because it bored me a lot) and it almost didn’t let space for anything else. Then bad things happen and they complicate everything.
There’s lots of character development, that’s something I can’t complain of. I liked the author took her time to do this because having the gift of finding dead people is something that takes a toll after a while and then what happened to August @70% requires some time to heal and good therapy.
I think it would have been better if the author instead of using those pages to describe me August routing (sometimes I felt like copy and paste because it is something that he obviously did EVERY DAY), she would have used them to elaborate August and Luke’s relationship. They spent an awful amount of time apart at the beginning of the book and then when they were together they just talked, pecked each other lips and hold hands. It was so high school relationship that it was frustrating.
At least I cared about August; otherwise, it would have been a chore to get to the end. As I said, the mystery was good, besides, I needed to know if I was right about who the killer was and yey for me because I was right! I don’t know if it was easy or it’s just me that can’t shut down my brain so I inevitably end up guessing. *sigh*
If you don’t mind the lack of romance department and follow the MC’s step-by-step routing, this book is definitely for you.
**spoiler alert** I'll say it was a pretty good love-forbidden story but it was kind of rare the way Daniel found out was gay. Really people go throug**spoiler alert** I'll say it was a pretty good love-forbidden story but it was kind of rare the way Daniel found out was gay. Really people go through epiphanies like that to found out they have been wrong your entire life? How can be so blind? I don't know, it was too sudden when he realized, besides he realized thanks to Nick but Nick didn't do anything striking... so, i don't know, I felt it a bit unnatural, it's like the author wanted him to be gay almost out of nowhere!
However, I really like the plot. The controlling mother and grandmother, the best friend secretly in love, but still everything was too forced.
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