mkeen148's review
4.0
Another great addition to the series is great smut, an interesting/unique plot line, villains you just hate the whole time, and a happy ending for everyone. The climax could have been a bit more written out and had more of an in-depth ending to the angst of the main couple, but it was not bad.
notguilty's review
4.0
Never before have two men been so bad at communicating, but when they finally get their act together…they rock!
What starts as an anonymous hookup, turns into anonymous friends with benefits. Neither realizes that their lives are about to collide IRL. Filled with geeky banter and rockstar flare, they both have to figure out how to push aside the outside noise and decide their own paths and fight for it and fight for each other.
R. Cayden specializes in easy, laid-back books with fun characters and lots of steam. All in all, an enjoyable way to spend a few hours.
< ARC provided by GRR and this is my honest review >
What starts as an anonymous hookup, turns into anonymous friends with benefits. Neither realizes that their lives are about to collide IRL. Filled with geeky banter and rockstar flare, they both have to figure out how to push aside the outside noise and decide their own paths and fight for it and fight for each other.
R. Cayden specializes in easy, laid-back books with fun characters and lots of steam. All in all, an enjoyable way to spend a few hours.
< ARC provided by GRR and this is my honest review >
itssarahc's review
5.0
I have been a fan of R. Cayden's works since the first book I read of theirs and this book did not change that opinion. It lived up to the expectations set by the other books in this series and continued the low angst, high heat combination that we all come to love from R Cayden.
Honestly, this book surprised me. I didn't realize how much I would enjoy the initial conceit or how well it would work. Two men meet and hook up. They decide they enjoy the anonymous, so they don't share names with one another. Instead, they come up with nicknames for each other - and that's used until their paths inevitably cross and they learn the truth about who the other is.
It shouldn't have worked so well, but R Cayden's characters made it work and made it work so well.
I think what worked best on this type of story was the fact that the lack of names didn't mean that they weren't getting to know one another. While it started as just hookups - usually to fill a bit of a public sex kink - they started to open up to each other. Even before they had names. They started getting feelings which made it make sense that when life tried to stand between them, they'd keep pushing.
While this is book three in the series, it can be read as a standalone. Characters from other books appear, but I don't feel like its necessary to read them to really understand anything in here. I definitely recommend - but then I recommend the whole series.
** DISCLAIMER: ARC provided by GRR for fair and honest review. **
Honestly, this book surprised me. I didn't realize how much I would enjoy the initial conceit or how well it would work. Two men meet and hook up. They decide they enjoy the anonymous, so they don't share names with one another. Instead, they come up with nicknames for each other - and that's used until their paths inevitably cross and they learn the truth about who the other is.
It shouldn't have worked so well, but R Cayden's characters made it work and made it work so well.
I think what worked best on this type of story was the fact that the lack of names didn't mean that they weren't getting to know one another. While it started as just hookups - usually to fill a bit of a public sex kink - they started to open up to each other. Even before they had names. They started getting feelings which made it make sense that when life tried to stand between them, they'd keep pushing.
While this is book three in the series, it can be read as a standalone. Characters from other books appear, but I don't feel like its necessary to read them to really understand anything in here. I definitely recommend - but then I recommend the whole series.
** DISCLAIMER: ARC provided by GRR for fair and honest review. **
feistyredhead82's review
4.0
Nico and Shadow story was so fun to read, even though these two men have some epic communication issues and so much stacked against them they manage to get through it all and get their happy ending. This book is steamy and fun and I couldn’t get enough!
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