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Jay Hogan

Start date: May 25, 2022

Finish date: May 29, 2022

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Sep 22, 2021 Florence . rated it it was amazing

4.75 “I only need you, as you are” stars

Actual review to come tomorrow because I stayed up way too late to read this book.

I love Jay Hogan, I have read all of her books but one and I really enjoyed the first book in this series, so I was very excited to read this book. This book is about Lee who wasn’t a very nice character in book 1 in the series and redemption arcs are my favourite thing in books. Also this book is a sexual exploration with a guy who thought he was straight, which is also one 4.75 “I only need you, as you are” stars

Actual review to come tomorrow because I stayed up way too late to read this book.

I love Jay Hogan, I have read all of her books but one and I really enjoyed the first book in this series, so I was very excited to read this book. This book is about Lee who wasn’t a very nice character in book 1 in the series and redemption arcs are my favourite thing in books. Also this book is a sexual exploration with a guy who thought he was straight, which is also one of my favourite thing in books. So I was pretty certain I would enjoy it but oh boy did I love this book.

I have been in a reading slump for months and Jay Hogan books always take a lot of focus and time for me to read, so I was worried that I would not be able to get into the book as much as I wanted to. But jokes on me, I actually read this book in one sitting due to how much I loved it.

This book was the sexual exploration of my dreams. Lee thinks he’s straight and he is a little homophobic. But he’s really attracted to Fox and he doesn’t know how to deal with that. So Lee tries to hate Fox and is mean to him at first but it doesn’t make the feelings go away. One night he kissed Fox and they start exploring to see what a relationship would be. The sexual exploration in this book was just chef’s kiss. I loved everything about it. I loved how we got to see Lee’s first everything happen on page. I loved how we got to see Lee marvel at how good the sex felt, it was just so lovely to read about. And I really loved how we got to see Lee be confused about his sexuality and not knowing how to act on his attraction to Fox (which was so realistic to me) but once he know Fox was the one for him, he never hid their relationship and was proud of it, that really worked for me.

The redemption of Lee was also very well done to me. I loved how we saw him reflect on his past actions and how he knew that he did some things wrongs and realize where he went wrong before so that he can work on himself and become a better person. This book was very character focused and it was all about them learning and growing and finding what makes them happy and it worked so well for me. Expecially Lee, he was a little lost at the start of the book so I loved to see him find his footing and what he wants in life. Also Lee wasn’t the nicest person ever at the start of the book and he had some anger issues so I loved seeing him aknowledge where he was wrong and work on himself to be a better person. I love character growth in books so that really worked for me. Also, once they got together, these guy had pretty good communication for the most part and that really worked for me, I loved how they were open and honest with each other.

My only complaint is that I could have done without the evil’s ex who campaigned the entire book to take Fox’s dog away from him, that was just a little too much drama for my taste. But I loved the rest of the book so much that it didn’t really bother me.

I received an ARC of this book, and this is my honest review. ...more

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Dec 23, 2022 Sheri rated it really liked it

Shelves: opposites-attract, slow-burn

*late review...
May must have been a busy month for me because I missed more than one review, this lovely story included.
Six months later I still recall much of what I felt.
I was annoyed with Judah.
I was smitten with Fox.
I longed for them to find their way together because they were so good together!
They found it. *whew*
It wasn't easy. It was tender at times, almost like poking a bruise. But there was healing and plenty of heat.
In the end, my heart was happy, and look forward to book 3! ...more

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