Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

This little novella is definitely sweet and brought the heat. Unfortunately, I didn’t quite buy into the MCs connection, and therefore the spice didn’t work as well as it could have for me. The MCs are friends, but because all of their one-year-long-history happens off page, and it quite quickly jumps to spice, it felt a bit icky to me. Instead of ‘pining after my friend’ being the vibe, it came off as ‘sprouting wood every time my hair dresser (whom I barely know) breathes in my direction’.

Supposedly they had seen each other every month and texted in between, but that didn’t really come through. They felt like strangers.

It *was* hot though, and nothing really wrong with it I suppose (I’m feeling very critical and trying to reel it back in lol), it just wasn’t what I expected after reading the blurb. It’s surely perfect if you’re looking for something short and sweet with spice (and dick piercings!)

I thought the narrator (Freddie Wills) did a good job with it. The narrating bits between dialogue did sound a bit like a wildlife documentary at times, but that’s probably just the ‘formal’ vibe of the writing shining through.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Divorced MC
Florist MC
Hair dresser MC
Friends to lovers
Novella
Cock piercing (and others)

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Brief mention of parent death (cancer, past),
31 and 32

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
MCs age: 31 and 32
Pages: 125