Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

I want kisses, the kind that you remember in old age.

This story was fun, a smidge unbelievable, and super sweet.

A couple of my friends both thought Pete was difficult to like in the very beginning, and although I totally understand why, I kinda liked him from the start. He is a bit of an idiot, but he never has bad intentions. Cameron is a very sweet man with a horrible (homophobic and racist) family. It’s amazing that he turned out to be a nice person, really. Although he is naive to the point of annoyance sometimes, lol.

I think I maybe wished the book was angstier, actually. It was building up to potentially major stuff going down a couple of times, but it was all resolved fairly pain free. The way it all went down fit the story and characters, don’t get me wrong, I was just in a mood for more chaos, lol.

I’m gonna preface this with saying that I don’t have OCD and I don’t personally know anyone who does (I do have personal experience with other mental health issues). While I thought the disorder was handled well and respectfully, the book did give me ‘magic peen’ vibes sometimes. Of course it’s possible that Pete being comfortable around Cameron helped him deal with his obsessive thoughts and compulsions, but maybe *too* much? Obviously there is no ‘right’ way to have/handle any mental health issues, but I would have appreciated it if some of Pete’s issues didn’t seem to be a non-issue because of Cam. Overall tho it was really good.

The book definitely has that ‘Dianna’ flair when it comes to humor. Made me laugh a handful of times.

“You passed out… with your cock hanging out,” he informs me between breaths, “like a horny lumberjack who got hit by a blow dart. It was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.”


⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Mental health rep
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Office romance
Virgin MC
First times
Sexual awakening
Grumpy/sunshine
Hurt/comfort
Age gap
Closeted MC

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Forced outing
Homophobic family
Racist family
Homophobic coworkers
Bigotry

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Hinting at vers, but no switching on page.
Main characters’ age: 25 and 35
Pages: 261

“Yeah and has more experience than me. You’re quite a bit older, so I figured—" “Thirty-five,” I clarify, so he’ll know ‘quite a bit’ was a poor choice of words for our ten-year difference. Except, instead of sounding abashed, he smiles and gestures to me like I agreed with him. “Yeah, exactly.”

He’s touch-starved, so heartbreakingly touch-starved that I don’t know how I didn’t notice it sooner. When his arms close tighter around me, I can’t help but wonder if I am, too.

We essentially just had a cock battle. Is that even a sexual practice?



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