Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

Jesus. I wasn’t imagining things. This kid was seriously flirting with me. Fuck.

Cooper is frequently described as a ‘little shit’, and he definitely is, but in the best ways. He knows what he wants, he knows he’s talented, and he isn’t afraid to ask (or tell) Thomas for what he wants. I really liked that about him. He’s not perfect or anything, as his confidence also leads to him being super stubborn, but he works so well with Thomas. I enjoyed how, along with Thomas, I slowly started forgetting about the big age gap at the same time as him. Not that Thomas ever completely forgot as the age difference is a massive theme throughout the books (or so the blurbs imply), but still.

Early on the book annoyed me, because characters that are supposed to like each other and get romantically involved, but almost exlusively have thoughts about how the other would look on their knees, gives me such a massive ick. Thankfully this improved eventually. There was so much more to Cooper than being a potential hookup. I’m sure (at least) hope it was done intentionally, because things like that is the quickest way to kill a romance for me. But, in N. R. we trust, because now I want to listen to the other books asap.

Super fun banter, good spice and enough angst to keep it interesting.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Age gap
Boss/intern
Son’s friend
Workplace romance
Architects
Secret relationship
Single dad

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Brief mentions of past divorce

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: Thomas goes to a club early on looking for a hookup but he doesn’t want anyone else and goes home alone. Before anything happens with Cooper.
Breakup: Almost.
POV: 1st person, single POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile but no switching in this book.
Main characters’ age: 22 and 44
Kid’s age: 22
Pages: 124

“No jokes about the elderly?” I asked as we got to the elevator. “Yesterday you were full of cheek about my age.” “Can you remember yesterday?” he asked, wide-eyed. “Your medication must really work.”

⚠️ Spoiler warning for the next quote ⚠️

“The guy you’ve been seeing, the one you were all so secret-squirrel about, was my dad?” Cooper nodded. “Yes.” “Oh, fucking hell,” Ryan squeaked. “The one you said sucked dick like a Dyson?” Cooper shrugged and shot me a not-even-sorry glance. “I was drunk…”


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