Patrick Winsor

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

I have to admit that I have been struggling a bit with how to rate this. I enjoyed the blurb is something that is right up my alley: potential GFY, exploration of relationships, bromance. The seriocomic warning had me looking forward to a potentially fun book; I loved the way it was written. Unfortunately, I didn't love it and I found myself doing more cringing than blushing or laughing. The first sentence mentions "dark" sexual desires, this book is a bit more dark overall than I tend to prefer. There were definitely some erotic scenes in this book, but I found myself thinking "say wha?????????" rather than "wow that is hot".

Levi is just starting college, so I am guessing he is about 18. Young, but certainly not naive. He is a part of this brotherhood that is sounds like he has been a part of for a long time, so to think of what he was doing when he was underage just icks me out. Thankfully none of that was written on the page.

Jayden is Levi's roommate. He (in his mind) is straight and looking forward to losing his virginity to some hot girl he meets on campus. He is young and very naive. Without any previous inkling that he finds guys attractive, he all of a sudden finds Levi completely irresistible. They are having sex, bareback, and then involving 2 other guys in the shower within hours of meeting. And Levi was so "huge" and rough with no preparation so that it was painful. And Jayden had no problem with that as a virgin? I sat there saying OUCH. It was not sexy at all to me. And then they are saying I love you. After meeting just hours before. *shaking my head* And then to paraphrase: Levi says "come with me and join the family" and Jayden says "I have no clue what you are talking about, but anything for you because I love you". Yes, they are young. Young people do stupid things. But still. Ugh.

So we find out about Levi's "family" and there are more sexual activities that would make most people cringe. Yet Jayden is perfectly fine with all of it, even though he has no clue what he is fine with because he doesn't know what is going on. And the punishment that Levi gets?? Oh hell no. Nuh uh. Not even going to think about that again. I'm not a man, but I feel pain from that.

OK, so those were all personal thoughts about the content which didn't sit well with me. That is personal choice, and . For the actual book itself, it felt a bit rushed. Yes we got a whole "romance" (they meet, fall in love, and have challenges), yes it is not a really story (close to 100 pages), yet it all took place over maybe 3 days total? I don't understand anything about Levi and how/why he became a part of the family, or why Jayden is at college with only one bag and very few belongings, or what happens next. It didn't feel much like a romance book to me. It was more of an erotic story with a hit of possible romance.

It's probably more of a 2.5 star read for me, but of course there aren't half star ratings. So how do I rate it-do I round up or down? I can't say I really enjoyed it, but I can't say I hated it or that it was the worst thing I ever read.… (plus d'informations)