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Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler
5.0
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Dahlia Adler's Radleigh University series is easily one of my favorite new adult series. I've loved the first two books and I was more than ready for Frankie's story when I got my hands on an eARC of Out on Good Behavior. I was totally intrigued by her character and, while I've read a number of NA and adult M/M novels, I've only ever read a YA F/F book. It was time to change that and what better way to do it than by reading a book from a series I love by an author I love about a character I already loved? (That's a lot of love, eh?)
Frankie and Sam's story was a fantastic addition to the Radleigh Univeristy series. They were wonderful, diverse characters and I just loved the storyline. I have a thing for watching characters get "tamed" in books when they find the right person and that, mixed with Sam's coming out made this a book I just couldn't put down. I stayed up late to read as much as I could and then refused to get out of bed until I finished the rest the next morning. That's how addicted I was to these two and their story. I loved how they challenged each other.
Out on Good Behavior was a wonderful read all the way around. I loved the characters (of course I already had somewhat of a head start on this since they were introduced in a prior book) and I enjoyed getting to see more of some of my favorites from earlier in the series, too. It was a funny, sweet and sexy book and it gave me a fair few feels along the way, too. This is the first time I've come across a pansexual character in a book and, as someone who has pansexual friends in real life, I know it's not the easiest thing to understand. I appreciated how it was defined and handled in this book.
I'm sad to see this series come to an end, but I can't wait to see what Dahlia gives us next.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
FAVORITE QUOTES
And yes, I'm aware my list of favorite quotes is longer than my review. ;)
Dahlia Adler's Radleigh University series is easily one of my favorite new adult series. I've loved the first two books and I was more than ready for Frankie's story when I got my hands on an eARC of Out on Good Behavior. I was totally intrigued by her character and, while I've read a number of NA and adult M/M novels, I've only ever read a YA F/F book. It was time to change that and what better way to do it than by reading a book from a series I love by an author I love about a character I already loved? (That's a lot of love, eh?)
Frankie and Sam's story was a fantastic addition to the Radleigh Univeristy series. They were wonderful, diverse characters and I just loved the storyline. I have a thing for watching characters get "tamed" in books when they find the right person and that, mixed with Sam's coming out made this a book I just couldn't put down. I stayed up late to read as much as I could and then refused to get out of bed until I finished the rest the next morning. That's how addicted I was to these two and their story. I loved how they challenged each other.
Out on Good Behavior was a wonderful read all the way around. I loved the characters (of course I already had somewhat of a head start on this since they were introduced in a prior book) and I enjoyed getting to see more of some of my favorites from earlier in the series, too. It was a funny, sweet and sexy book and it gave me a fair few feels along the way, too. This is the first time I've come across a pansexual character in a book and, as someone who has pansexual friends in real life, I know it's not the easiest thing to understand. I appreciated how it was defined and handled in this book.
I'm sad to see this series come to an end, but I can't wait to see what Dahlia gives us next.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
FAVORITE QUOTES
"I forget everything I'm supposed to be when I'm around you."
"I'm not looking for anything, Frankie. I never was. I just found you. And I don't want anything that you aren't. I don't care who you've been with. And I think you know exactly who you are and what you want. It's one of the things I like most about you. I don't care if you like girls, guys, both, neither, whatever–I just won't share you with anyone else. Not like that."
"And my sexuality is not a Sapphic thesis. I'm gay, if you need to hear me say it. I'm not embarrassed about it. I'm not questioning. I'm not trying to change it about myself, and I don't hate myself for it. I will be out someday."
"When that day comes, I will lose everything. I will lose my family, I will lose my old friends, and I will lose my financial support. The day I come out is going to wreck me, even as I know it’s coming, even though I’ve prepared for it for years. So I’m the one who’s greedy, Frankie, because I won’t go through that alone. I won’t do it without someone at my side who loves me, who has the potential to make up for what I’m losing. And that won’t be a casual thing. It won’t be a person who isn’t monogamous with me. It’s a lot of pressure, I know, and maybe it’s unrealistic. Maybe I’m dreaming of some woman I’ll never find. And it’s lousy luck that the first girl I’m crazy about can’t be that partner. But I’m afraid that if I keep spending time with you, I’ll never find the person who is, and I need to. I need to start my life.”
It isn't just about the way she feels, or smells, or tastes; it's the way she sighs into my mouth, like: finally. Like: you found me. Like: this is everything I dreamed it would be. How do you ever stop kissing a girl like that?
"You make me feel perfect, exactly as I am."
"I want you to fuck me like you don't know you're the only person I've ever been with."
And yes, I'm aware my list of favorite quotes is longer than my review. ;)