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amalia12's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
The characters of this book are loveable in my eyes and their story was interesting. Eden has an internal conflict, Matt struggles with internal homo- or queerphobia (but fortunately not for long) and Johnny is an impulsive, adventurous guy with ADHD. I liked that there was very little "drama" in the relationship of the three, for instance no jealousy. Of course there are conflicts and problems in the story, but not so much in the relationship itself. I finished the book within a few days, for me it was a pageturner.
Some things annoyed me, though. As Matt discovers that his feelings for Johnny are way deeper than he thought, he thinks that he has become gay. You don't become gay, you either are or not. But that doesn't get clarified by anyone. And it takes quite a while until Johnny explains to Matt that he is bi (just as Johnny himself is), because he is also into Eden. And then they never talk about it again, they do not reflect at all about what it means to be bi, at least not in their conversations.
I would have wished for the characters to talk about polyamory at some point, but they don’t, I mean that term never gets mentioned or explored further. There is one reference to polyamory, a piece of jewelry with a heart and the infinity symbol, but again no talk about polyamory.
There are a lot of explicit sex scenes. I expected as much, as this is an erotic novel. What I liked about these was that there is a lot of talking, asking for consent often. However, there is a lot of repetition – not in what the characters do, but in what they say. Eden gets called »princess« and »beautiful« all the time, up to the point that it got annoying. There are also lots of Christian or bible references (and I do not only mean an exclamation like "Oh my God", there is more), which I found a bit misplaced in the erotic scenes.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia
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