reenz38's review
4.0
This book moved at a pace that I really liked. Nate and Kerran were kind of suited but were not. I kept getting frustrated with them and their fights and how Nate kept thinking about himself so much! I know that it didn't have much conflict in this story but Nate was in his head so many times. The sex wasn't off the charts hot, but it was good enough for them, especially the blowjobs, highly pleased.
readermelodie's review
3.0
I didn't really feel their connection, but it was a fun read anyway.
》 The look broke something inside Kellan and made everything right at the same time. How could one look say so many goddamned things?
And Kellan was so fucked because love was a hundred times worse than all the stupid songs could ever try to explain. And when he loved you back, it was too much. Like all of those feelings could never fit. You’d have to spend your life trying to figure out how, but it wouldn’t matter as long as he kept looking at you like that.《
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》 The look broke something inside Kellan and made everything right at the same time. How could one look say so many goddamned things?
And Kellan was so fucked because love was a hundred times worse than all the stupid songs could ever try to explain. And when he loved you back, it was too much. Like all of those feelings could never fit. You’d have to spend your life trying to figure out how, but it wouldn’t matter as long as he kept looking at you like that.《
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crtsjffrsn's review
4.0
Hearing Kellan Brooks say "I need a boyfriend" was probably one of the last things Nate Gray ever expected to happen in his life. He and Kellan had been friends when they were younger, but they quickly drifted apart when Nate started getting targeted by his classmates for being gay. Nate has witnessed Kellan's playboy antics on television and in magazines, but Kellan's father has finally cut him off for his philandering - something Kellan hopes to undo by pretending he's gay to upset his father. And Nate's even more surprised when he learns that Kellan expects him to play a starring role in this charade.
I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this one based on the description. I shared some of the same discomfort with the overall situation as some of the characters express during the course of the story. And while I would have liked to see a bit more depth to the development of the two main characters, their feelings about the situation, and their relationship, I did enjoy it overall. I'll definitely be giving the next book a read when I get a chance.
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I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this one based on the description. I shared some of the same discomfort with the overall situation as some of the characters express during the course of the story. And while I would have liked to see a bit more depth to the development of the two main characters, their feelings about the situation, and their relationship, I did enjoy it overall. I'll definitely be giving the next book a read when I get a chance.
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Dubious consentdreamerfreak's review
4.0
This was a surprisingly thoughtful book for me, and I think it's because this is a not a typical fluffy book for the genre, but neither does it fall strictly into the angsty category either. Kellan and Nate are both jerks at times, and stubborn in their beliefs, even the wrong ones, and not always likeable, but they're very realistic and gritty and that makes it hard not to love them despite their many flaws. Life isn't always fluff or epic battles against the bad guys. Sometimes you're your own worst enemy and the fights get messy. I think Bad Company demonstrates the realness of the that perfectly. Also, Kellan's epic fail at the bakery was laugh-out-loud funny. I mean, how?
witandsin's review
5.0
Kellan and Nate were childhood best friends, practically inseparable until Nate told Kellan he was gay and Kellan humiliated Nate. On top of that, Kellan’s power-hungry father brought down Nate’s family. Fifteen years later, Kellan pops back into Nate’s life, with one hell of a request. Kellan’s father has grown sick of Kellan’s wild, playboy ways and has cut him off.
Kellan’s bent on revenge. His plan? He’ll publicly come out, even though he’s straight. And the man he’ll use as his “boyfriend” is Nate, which will definitely send his father over the edge. Convincing Nate to play along is only the beginning of Kellan’s problems. With Nate back in his life, Kellan’s starting to have feelings he thought long buried in the past. And something about their faux relationship feels like it could be all-too-real…
K. A. Mitchell delivers one heck of an amazing story in Bad Company. Ms. Mitchell has penned two heroes who, by rights, shouldn’t be likeable, and makes them loveable. At the beginning of Bad Company, Kellan seems like a slutty, irresponsible, man-child. Yet his growth over the course of the story is truly something to behold. He grapples with finding his place in the world, addressing his viewpoint on his own sexuality, and struggles with his feelings for Nate. I loved watching Kellan come into himself and his journey alone could have made Bad Company a fantastic read. Nate, too, has incredible character development. When you first meet him, he seems like he’s the more “together” one of the pair. Yet, for all Nate’s self-assurance, he’s got a lot to learn about himself. Kellan and Nate’s individual character arcs are complemented by their developing relationship. The two hit a lot of road bumps on the path to happily ever after, and most of those problems are created by one or both of them. But for all those obstacles, Bad Company flows beautifully, buoyed by Nate and Kellan’s personalities and the burning heat of sexual tension. It would be remiss of me not to mention the eroticism of Bad Company because Ms. Mitchell singes the pages with the passion that sparks between Kellan and Nate. Bad Company is oh-so-good – don’t miss this book!
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed.
Kellan’s bent on revenge. His plan? He’ll publicly come out, even though he’s straight. And the man he’ll use as his “boyfriend” is Nate, which will definitely send his father over the edge. Convincing Nate to play along is only the beginning of Kellan’s problems. With Nate back in his life, Kellan’s starting to have feelings he thought long buried in the past. And something about their faux relationship feels like it could be all-too-real…
K. A. Mitchell delivers one heck of an amazing story in Bad Company. Ms. Mitchell has penned two heroes who, by rights, shouldn’t be likeable, and makes them loveable. At the beginning of Bad Company, Kellan seems like a slutty, irresponsible, man-child. Yet his growth over the course of the story is truly something to behold. He grapples with finding his place in the world, addressing his viewpoint on his own sexuality, and struggles with his feelings for Nate. I loved watching Kellan come into himself and his journey alone could have made Bad Company a fantastic read. Nate, too, has incredible character development. When you first meet him, he seems like he’s the more “together” one of the pair. Yet, for all Nate’s self-assurance, he’s got a lot to learn about himself. Kellan and Nate’s individual character arcs are complemented by their developing relationship. The two hit a lot of road bumps on the path to happily ever after, and most of those problems are created by one or both of them. But for all those obstacles, Bad Company flows beautifully, buoyed by Nate and Kellan’s personalities and the burning heat of sexual tension. It would be remiss of me not to mention the eroticism of Bad Company because Ms. Mitchell singes the pages with the passion that sparks between Kellan and Nate. Bad Company is oh-so-good – don’t miss this book!
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed.
nicolemarcell's review
3.0
2.5 stars
Good things: short and fun; fake dating trope; easy writing style; the always good “we used to be friends but then you betrayed me and we weren’t friends but now you’re back in town and we’ve started hanging out again” trope (that must surely have a snappier title, but I can’t think of it right now); they said the word bisexual and while he didn’t end up using be identifier, they still said it, so cheers all around
Okay things: banter was fun but also made them sound like they were 12 instead of 28; I actually did like the characters despite their (many, many) flaws, but based on other reviews this seems to be an unpopular opinion
Bad things: Kellan straight up referred to his dick as a little solider like 20 times and each time I wanted to die; plot is all over the place and doesn’t make much sense at all; it’s fake dating, but there aren’t really moments of forced intimacy that is typical of the trope, and instead they just start getting intimate for no apparent reason whatsoever; their emotions are all over the place and half the time I didn’t know if they were fighting or not; the father is supposed to be the villain and yet he hardly does anything meaningful at all; Big Things are revealed at the very end and they literally do nothing about it or explain
Problematic things: quite a few consent issues, one early on in the book that is kind of addressed but not particularly well, and then others that are sort of passed off as nothing; I never want Kellan to look at another human woman again if that is always how he is going to think of them because it’s nasty and gross
Overall, I had a lot of fun reading this book and I got through it in one sitting, but the plot isn’t really strong, the characters don’t make a whole lot of sense, and it promises fake dating, but doesn’t really use the elements of that trope successfully.
Good things: short and fun; fake dating trope; easy writing style; the always good “we used to be friends but then you betrayed me and we weren’t friends but now you’re back in town and we’ve started hanging out again” trope (that must surely have a snappier title, but I can’t think of it right now); they said the word bisexual and while he didn’t end up using be identifier, they still said it, so cheers all around
Okay things: banter was fun but also made them sound like they were 12 instead of 28; I actually did like the characters despite their (many, many) flaws, but based on other reviews this seems to be an unpopular opinion
Bad things: Kellan straight up referred to his dick as a little solider like 20 times and each time I wanted to die; plot is all over the place and doesn’t make much sense at all; it’s fake dating, but there aren’t really moments of forced intimacy that is typical of the trope, and instead they just start getting intimate for no apparent reason whatsoever; their emotions are all over the place and half the time I didn’t know if they were fighting or not; the father is supposed to be the villain and yet he hardly does anything meaningful at all; Big Things are revealed at the very end and they literally do nothing about it or explain
Problematic things: quite a few consent issues, one early on in the book that is kind of addressed but not particularly well, and then others that are sort of passed off as nothing; I never want Kellan to look at another human woman again if that is always how he is going to think of them because it’s nasty and gross
Overall, I had a lot of fun reading this book and I got through it in one sitting, but the plot isn’t really strong, the characters don’t make a whole lot of sense, and it promises fake dating, but doesn’t really use the elements of that trope successfully.
nellesnightstand's review
4.0
Kellen might have been a poor little rich boy but he finally stood up to his bully of a dad. He's determined for revenge and uses it as an excuse to see his former best friend Nate again. I love the build up, the tension, the banter and the chemistry. I wish we could've had an epilogue because I was left wanting a little more.