Release Day Review ~ Bad Company (Bad in Baltimore #1) by K.A. Mitchell
Title: Bad Company
Series: Bad in Baltimore
Author: K.A. Mitchell
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Category: Contemporary
Pages: 200
Some things are sweeter than revenge.
“I need a boyfriend.”
Hearing those words from his very straight, very ex-best friend doesn’t put Nate in a helpful mood. Not only did Kellan Brooks’s father destroy Nate’s family in his quest for power, but Kellan broke Nate’s heart back in high school. Nate thought he could trust his best friend with the revelation that he might be gay, only to find out he was horribly wrong and become the laughingstock of the whole school. Kellan must be truly desperate if he’s turning to Nate now.
Kellan’s through letting his father run his life, and he wants to make the man pay for cutting him off. What better way to stick it to the bigot than to come out as gay himself—especially with the son of the very man his father crushed on his quest for money and power. Kellan can’t blame Nate for wanting nothing to do with him, though. Kellan will have to convince him to play along, but it’s even harder to convince himself that the heat between them is only an act....
4 Stars!
A long time ago, I read Bad Boyfriend and Bad Attitude but somehow skipped over Bad Company. I decided this would be a great chance to see how it all started with Nate and Kellan. I have to say I’m kind of disappointed in Nate.
Nate was more of a jerk than I personally like to see without having enough on page time of showing a turnaround. I understand the feeling of betrayal and the desire for revenge but he had so much more animosity than I think was necessary for the depth of the story. In my opinion, the story was more of a quick and easy read and I expected and hoped for more time in which the two men actually were good together.
There wasn’t enough time focused on them falling in love with one another and making things work. It was either snark and verbal jabs at one another, all out arguments or sex. Yes, the sex was passionate, aggressive and hot but that’s all it ever was. There was never that true feeling of connection there.
Now, I’m not insinuating that this book was poorly written or not entertaining. I enjoyed it and I did actually like Kellan quite a bit. He was funny and a bit immature but endearing nonetheless. He wasn’t overly concerned with what it would do to his life when he was “coming out” and I think he handled the aftermath quite well. Sometimes I had to wonder what he saw in Nate, though.
Overall, I would probably recommend this book but I will warn you Nate isn’t the most likable individual ever.
***Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by the author/publisher for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.***
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