Stuart’s old boyfriend was a dom, but also apparently quite a jerk. He’s nervous about exploring this side of his relationship with Matthew. However, Matthew is amazing and loving, and Stuart realizes their connection will be what they both want it to be. Told from both of their POVs, I loved the exploration of this angle of a relationship.
Told from Shane’s point of view, and flashing back and forth from today to the past, this was an interesting story about a rock star’s life. Shane meets a fellow rock star, Kayden, who he is immediately lusting after. The only other guy he ever felt like that towards was Jesse, his best friend while growing up. Flashing back to the past gives us some insight into the relationship with Shane and Jesse. This would have been an amazing story if there had been a lot more dialogue between all of the characters. I just never felt like I got to really know who the other characters were. As it was, I still really enjoyed it, couldn’t put it down, and was tearing up at the end.
There is a free prequel and sequel to this story, and I enjoyed both of them.
I loved the concept of the story. Owen doesn’t want to marry Seth even though the law finally passed legalizing gay marriage. His reason is that so much money is being spent fighting for this right when it could be spent on other rights, like not being discriminated against at work. Owen felt he would be a hypocrite for following through with a marriage. However, there was also an underlying question about whether Seth truly trusted and believed in his relationship with Owen.
The author tried to explore both of these ideas while dealing with the family holidays. If the focus was just on the belief in the relationship, then this would have been more enjoyable. But since the heavier topics were brought up, I really felt they needed to be addressed more appropriately. There was too much waffling on these ideals, and the ending felt like everything Owen was fighting for was just dismissed.
Enjoyable and easy to read, the story focused on Nicky learning to accept himself for who he was. The growing relationship with Spencer was sweet, but there wasn’t enough dialogue or emotion to really make this feel like a romance. Nicky’s friends were fun and added some humor to the story.
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