Release Day Review ~ Knowing Me, Knowing You (Loving You: Book 4) by Renae Kaye

Release Day Review ~ Knowing Me, Knowing You (Loving You: Book 4) by Renae Kaye

Title: Knowing Me, Knowing You

Series: Loving You: Book 4

Author: Renae Kaye

Release Date: October 30, 2018

Category: Contemporary

Pages: 238

Dreamspinner 

Can friends turned occasional lovers move beyond past mistakes and wrong assumptions to build something that can last?

Quiet bookworm Shane has a big secret—one he’s kept for fifteen years. AFL superstar Ambrose Jakoby grew up next door to Shane. They were close friends, and Shane supported Ambrose through school.

One night, everything changed.

Before Ambrose left Perth as a scared eighteen-year-old to head to Melbourne and take up his new footy career, Ambrose and Shane slept together.

For the next nine years, they continued a secret friends-with-benefits situation whenever Ambrose was in town. Shane never knew exactly where he stood or how to define Ambrose’s sexuality—and Ambrose didn’t know either. Then last Christmas, everything changed again, and a disagreement strained their friendship. Shane vowed to get over his unrequited love.

But Ambrose is back, recovering from an injury and hoping to make amends. He claims he’s ready for a real relationship. But Shane has to decide whether Ambrose means it and whether his Hufflepuff soul can take the chance.

4 Stars

Knowing Me, Knowing You is a nerd and jock, friends to lovers, friends-with-benefits turned romance story. It chronicles the pathway to love for Ambrose, a star footballer, and Shane, his childhood best friend and all around bookworm. Shane considers himself nondescript and his best friend Ambrose as beautiful and special. They’ve had a friends-with-benefits type arrangement for years while Ambrose was away playing football. A few months before an injured Ambrose returns home to recuperate, Shane cuts off their physical relationship and is determined to “get over Ambrose”. Needless to say, due to true love and timing, that never takes root.

Knowing Me, Knowing You is a cute romance and offers us the opportunity to revisit some other characters from this series like Jamie and Liam, Kee and Tate, and Aaron and Vinnie. Unfortunately, it loses some of its luster with the ending (it’s happy-ish for now).

** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by Dreamspinner Press, a review wasn't a requirement. ***