Release Day Review: All He Ever Needed by Cate Ashwood

Release Day Review: 

All He Ever Needed by Cate Ashwood

Title: All He Ever Needed
Author: Cate Ashwood
Length: Short Novel
Genre: Contemporary m/m romance
Trope: Best Friends to Lovers
Release Date: September 21st
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41059360-all-he-ever-needed

Buy Link: Amazon

Blurb:

Some secrets are too heavy to hold on to forever.

For Ethan, pretending has become second nature. After all, he’s spent the last decade pretending to be straight, pretending to be happy, and pretending he isn’t desperately in love with his best friend. But in a single moment of raw honesty, all those lies come crashing down around him and he’s left wondering what to do next.

When Jase learns his best friend is going through a breakup, his first instinct is to come to Ethan’s rescue, and he knows just the thing to help. The cabin where they spent summers as kids is sitting vacant, and a week there is the perfect remedy to start healing a broken heart.

In the seclusion of the mountains, long-buried fears and emotions take their friendship into unexplored territory that will either bring them closer together… or tear everything apart.

4.5 Stars 

I’ll be honest, when I started reading, and it’d been a while since I’d read the blurb, all I could think is, “is this a double GFY”? I was completely confused, but Ethan’s circumstances became clear pretty quickly, although it took some time to figure out Jase’s story.

I absolutely loved this story. It captured my attention and held on tightly until the very end. I adored both Ethan and Jase, although at one point I kind of wanted to throat punch Jase, but still, these two men fit together perfectly. They had heat and passion and so much chemistry it came off the pages at you in waves. I loved watching them learn one another’s bodies. The sex was passionate and smoking hot.

I loved that the progression from friends to lovers was so easy and effortless. It felt natural, organic and believable.

The story is well-written and it flowed well. Very enjoyable and definitely recommend!

*copy provided by author/publisher in exchange for an honest review*