A review by elliebelle_
Adulting 101 by Lisa Henry
3.0
3 stars
A fun and easy first-love story that fell a bit flat on the emotional front.
Nick, 18, has been lusting after Jai, 25, who works on one of the construction sites at Nick's new (and first-ever) job. After a few weeks of staring at him, Nick takes his courage in his hands and decides to ask Jai if he can suck his dick.
Jai is only back in town for a few months of the year to make money before he heads off traveling again. When he accepts Nick's offer, they get caught in flagrante, and both lose their jobs.
Jai is at a loss for what to do. Nick comes to see him to apologise, and there's something so sweet and endearing about him that Jai figures they might as well fool around until it's time for him to head off.
This book got off to a good start. Nick is young, he's fun and quirky, and he's frankly a hot mess. He doesn't want to go away to college at the end of the summer, but can't bring himself to tell his family, so just lives in his little world of delusion, messing around and not taking anything seriously.
Unfortunately, Nick started to grate on me as the book went on, and there wasn't quite enough character development to make up for it. He's very immature, and his life would be much easier if he stopped to think for literally one second before speaking instead of just word-vomiting all over everyone.
Them getting caught on the construction site was funny, but they're also interrupted while going at it twice more in this book, and the gag just wasn't funny the third time around.
I liked the outcome of the book, but thought the epilogue was too soon in the timeframe and I'm not sure I believe that they'd really get a HEA at that point. Nick still had a lot of personal growth to do.
The book is very well-written though, and I really like the author's style. There were plenty of cultural references - some mainstream fandoms, some literary - and the tone was light but there were lots of pretty words that I really appreciated.
Sexual content: Explicit but not OTT, and awkwardly realistic. First times, blowjobs, anal sex (verse).
A fun and easy first-love story that fell a bit flat on the emotional front.
Nick, 18, has been lusting after Jai, 25, who works on one of the construction sites at Nick's new (and first-ever) job. After a few weeks of staring at him, Nick takes his courage in his hands and decides to ask Jai if he can suck his dick.
Jai is only back in town for a few months of the year to make money before he heads off traveling again. When he accepts Nick's offer, they get caught in flagrante, and both lose their jobs.
Jai is at a loss for what to do. Nick comes to see him to apologise, and there's something so sweet and endearing about him that Jai figures they might as well fool around until it's time for him to head off.
This book got off to a good start. Nick is young, he's fun and quirky, and he's frankly a hot mess. He doesn't want to go away to college at the end of the summer, but can't bring himself to tell his family, so just lives in his little world of delusion, messing around and not taking anything seriously.
Unfortunately, Nick started to grate on me as the book went on, and there wasn't quite enough character development to make up for it. He's very immature, and his life would be much easier if he stopped to think for literally one second before speaking instead of just word-vomiting all over everyone.
Them getting caught on the construction site was funny, but they're also interrupted while going at it twice more in this book, and the gag just wasn't funny the third time around.
I liked the outcome of the book, but thought the epilogue was too soon in the timeframe and I'm not sure I believe that they'd really get a HEA at that point. Nick still had a lot of personal growth to do.
The book is very well-written though, and I really like the author's style. There were plenty of cultural references - some mainstream fandoms, some literary - and the tone was light but there were lots of pretty words that I really appreciated.
Sexual content: Explicit but not OTT, and awkwardly realistic. First times, blowjobs, anal sex (verse).