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haloblues's review against another edition
2.5
It wasn't bad by any means, but I found myself skipping the parts of the story where Tyson was with Brian at the gym, going out with him and Sean, etc., basically any scene that wasn't just centered on Tyson and Sean in their dorm because it wasn't holding my interest at all. Even by the end, I was more skimming than intently reading.
Sean was adorable, but it did seriously throw me off that he was so innocent that he kept referring to his dick as his "thing", calling his ass his "bottom" even during sex, etc. - and I'm saying that as someone who was about as innocent as he is until a solid couple of years into adulthood. It made him sound unsettlingly child-like, and that childishness was so emphasised and focused on both in his demeanour and his appearance as well as how he spoke and the words he used that it made me a little uncomfortable.
Details: Alternating POVs, first-person, past tense
Favourite character: Sean
Happy ending?: Yes
Sean was adorable, but it did seriously throw me off that he was so innocent that he kept referring to his dick as his "thing", calling his ass his "bottom" even during sex, etc. - and I'm saying that as someone who was about as innocent as he is until a solid couple of years into adulthood. It made him sound unsettlingly child-like, and that childishness was so emphasised and focused on both in his demeanour and his appearance as well as how he spoke and the words he used that it made me a little uncomfortable.
Details: Alternating POVs, first-person, past tense
Favourite character: Sean
Happy ending?: Yes
He had me now… and fuck the dangers of the minefield. I’d navigate that fucker just fine, thank you very much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Homophobia
better_read_then_dead's review against another edition
4.0
Smut heaven!
Wow….that was hot hot hot!!! I’m glad Tyson was there for Sean!! The things Sean had encountered by his so called mother was horrible. I’m so happy Sean stood up to his mom. I can’t stand that woman. Sweet, spicy, hot, cute, bossy, sad, loving and adorable was how this story was!
Wow….that was hot hot hot!!! I’m glad Tyson was there for Sean!! The things Sean had encountered by his so called mother was horrible. I’m so happy Sean stood up to his mom. I can’t stand that woman. Sweet, spicy, hot, cute, bossy, sad, loving and adorable was how this story was!
wandereaderr's review against another edition
1.0
Just… not good!
I can appreciate porn with no plot. I truly can. In fact, sometimes I prefer it. But this just… wasn’t good!
I can appreciate porn with no plot. I truly can. In fact, sometimes I prefer it. But this just… wasn’t good!
emma90's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
syniya's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
haletostilinski1's review
2.0
This book wasn't that great. Tyson and Sean had some chemistry with some hot scenes together, so I'm giving this two starts instead of one for that, but other than that there wasn't much substance to this story.
Tyson and Sean were both very one dimensional, cardboard cutout characters. Tyson was all about "I'm so selfish, I'm a manwhore, all I care about is fucking 24/7" basically until all he cares about is fucking Sean 24/7 - which, funnily enough, we don't actually get the fucking until late in the book. Sean is all "soft, meek guy with no backbone and no agency 100% of time" and both were annoying. I would be fine with Sean being that way in the bedroom and even outside the bedroom if he was anything other than that, if there was more to his character than just being really submissive. If there was more to Tyson than just being a dominant extremely horny guy all the time.
The sex scenes were annoyingly drawn out - it took forever to get to the action, I skipped a lot in this just to get to the good stuff. Also in the non-sex scenes these two would go off on tangents in their internal monologues, for a page, two pages, or more, before getting back to the damn scene in which they were talking to each other. It was boring and I skipped that a lot too. There's using a few paragraphs to explain something pertaining to the story and then getting back to the dialogue in a scene and then there was these scenes, which was basically like every scene in this book.
The things these two thought were silly and over the top, and there was no dimension to Sean's parents or any other character in this either.
It was all very one-note and boring, not much more than an okay written erotica trying to be more than erotica and ending up just being a fairly bad romance book.
Don't recommend this, it was pretty boring and silly overall with only a few redeeming qualities (i.e. when the sex scenes actually got to the sex part.)
Tyson and Sean were both very one dimensional, cardboard cutout characters. Tyson was all about "I'm so selfish, I'm a manwhore, all I care about is fucking 24/7" basically until all he cares about is fucking Sean 24/7 - which, funnily enough, we don't actually get the fucking until late in the book. Sean is all "soft, meek guy with no backbone and no agency 100% of time" and both were annoying. I would be fine with Sean being that way in the bedroom and even outside the bedroom if he was anything other than that, if there was more to his character than just being really submissive. If there was more to Tyson than just being a dominant extremely horny guy all the time.
The sex scenes were annoyingly drawn out - it took forever to get to the action, I skipped a lot in this just to get to the good stuff. Also in the non-sex scenes these two would go off on tangents in their internal monologues, for a page, two pages, or more, before getting back to the damn scene in which they were talking to each other. It was boring and I skipped that a lot too. There's using a few paragraphs to explain something pertaining to the story and then getting back to the dialogue in a scene and then there was these scenes, which was basically like every scene in this book.
The things these two thought were silly and over the top, and there was no dimension to Sean's parents or any other character in this either.
It was all very one-note and boring, not much more than an okay written erotica trying to be more than erotica and ending up just being a fairly bad romance book.
Don't recommend this, it was pretty boring and silly overall with only a few redeeming qualities (i.e. when the sex scenes actually got to the sex part.)
the_booklover0605's review against another edition
1.0
The writing was soooooooo bad. It was so hard to follow the story cus every scene was broken up by paragraphs of internal monologue that did nothing to move the scene along. I just kept getting bored and confused. Also it was just weird.
zoeyreif's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0