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At Attention
by Annabeth Albert
1) Off Base ★★★★½
content warnings: death, loss of a loved one, grief
representation: main m/m relationships, gay main characters, side f/f relationship, side trans character, side gay characters, side asexual coded character
Just to get this out the way, things I loved that are the same as the first book: the soap opera-esque angst and the smut was great (this one also had mirror sex 👌).
I'm a complete idiot because I didn't realise until Pike and Zack showed up that Apollo was a character from Off Base. And yes, I literally felt my heart seize when my boys showed up.
Apollo and Dylan were both great characters that I almost immediately fell in love with, and I loved how they brought a level of maturity to this book that the last was lacking. The exploration of Apollo's grief especially was done extremely well and I loved the way that the other characters approached it. Not gonna lie though, Apollo's daughters completely stole the show for me. They were so adorable and that epilogue, no lie, nearly made me fuckin cry.
The romance between Apollo and Dylan was also amazing, in part because it combined some of my favourite tropes which are age differences and single parents. But also because it was so damn sweet and their chemistry was incredible. Them watching TV throughout the book was so darn adorable and literally anytime they were lying in bed together and just being Soft I could feel my heart literally melting within my chest.
Annabeth Albert also continues to add a lot of great LGBTQ+ rep. Aside from Apollo and Dylan, there are a ton of side gay characters such as Pike, Zack, Maddox and Ben (and even though he's not out in this, the fourth book in the series focuses on Dustin who you then find out is bisexual). Apollo's parents-in-law are an f/f couple, one who is a trans woman which was dealt with in a casual but respectful way (keeping in mind I come from a cis viewpoint). While it is only subtext, Annabeth Albert has also confirmed that she wrote Apollo's mother to be on the asexual spectrum.
This book was incredible, and after being Maddox and Ben I'm so excited to continue to the next book.
content warnings: death, loss of a loved one, grief
representation: main m/m relationships, gay main characters, side f/f relationship, side trans character, side gay characters, side asexual coded character
Just to get this out the way, things I loved that are the same as the first book: the soap opera-esque angst and the smut was great (this one also had mirror sex 👌).
I'm a complete idiot because I didn't realise until Pike and Zack showed up that Apollo was a character from Off Base. And yes, I literally felt my heart seize when my boys showed up.
Apollo and Dylan were both great characters that I almost immediately fell in love with, and I loved how they brought a level of maturity to this book that the last was lacking. The exploration of Apollo's grief especially was done extremely well and I loved the way that the other characters approached it. Not gonna lie though, Apollo's daughters completely stole the show for me. They were so adorable and that epilogue, no lie, nearly made me fuckin cry.
The romance between Apollo and Dylan was also amazing, in part because it combined some of my favourite tropes which are age differences and single parents. But also because it was so damn sweet and their chemistry was incredible. Them watching TV throughout the book was so darn adorable and literally anytime they were lying in bed together and just being Soft I could feel my heart literally melting within my chest.
Annabeth Albert also continues to add a lot of great LGBTQ+ rep. Aside from Apollo and Dylan, there are a ton of side gay characters such as Pike, Zack, Maddox and Ben (and even though he's not out in this, the fourth book in the series focuses on Dustin who you then find out is bisexual). Apollo's parents-in-law are an f/f couple, one who is a trans woman which was dealt with in a casual but respectful way (keeping in mind I come from a cis viewpoint). While it is only subtext, Annabeth Albert has also confirmed that she wrote Apollo's mother to be on the asexual spectrum.
This book was incredible, and after being Maddox and Ben I'm so excited to continue to the next book.