Author: S.E. Harmon
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Category: Contemporary
Pages: 270
Dreamspinner Press
Kelly Cannon is satisfied with his life. He has friends, a wonderful family, and a great job. But his love life has reached a new level of pitiful. Why? Well, his heart decided to break all the rules. Don’t fall in love with a straight guy. And definitely don’t fall in love with your best friend.
NFL standout Britton “Blue” Montgomery has pressure coming at him from all sides. From his father, who’s only interested in Blue’s football career. From his coaches, who just want him to play without getting injured again. From the fans. From his agent. And from his mother, who has popped up on the radar after leaving his family years before. And now his relationship with Kelly is on shaky ground, and that frightens Blue more than anything.
When Kelly admits he’s in love with Blue, bonds are tested, and Blue has to decide what’s really important. He doesn’t want to lose the number-one person in his life, but the cost to keep Kelly close might be more than he’s willing to pay.
It’s a good thing his nickname is the Blueprint—it’s time to draft a new set of plans.
Kelly and Blue have been best friends since they were children. Blue is straight. He’s an NFL player and enjoys his groupies. The way Blue acts and talks in this book is a lot of the reasons I quit reading MF books. The author does not shy away from Blue’s interactions with female groupies. He likes the women varied and willing. Kelly is in love with Blue and can’t make any other relationships succeed because of it. He’s always Blue’s plus one and then watches from the sidelines while Blue hooks up. This is how the story goes through more than 80% of it.
I didn’t really like either character. Blue’s a jerk towards females, keeps Kelly hanging on and waiting and gets jealous when Kelly’s attention is not on him. Kelly talks a big game about not letting his life revolve around Blue, and yet he does. He’s willing to accept the bare minimum from Blue and when he finally does stand his ground, it’s more like a child having a tantrum. I just found nothing believable about their relationship. There was very little time of these two men being in a relationship for me to believe they have a HEA. I kind of felt that Blue just gave in to keep the status quo and eventually he’ll just get bored like he does with everyone else.
What I did like was the author’s writing style. I thought she did a great job with the characters in the story, the supporting characters and the dynamics in the story. The story had great humor, sarcasm and engaging dialogue. Before going into this book, if you don’t like books with characters having sex with females, you’re not going to want to read this one. If you don’t like books with the MC’s engaging in sex with someone other than the other MC, you’re going to want to skip this one. If you want a nice, neat HEA bow, you’re going to want to skip this one. If you like unconventional reads, friends to lovers and gay for you (yes, I know people have a problem with that label, it is what it is, though), then you should give this one a chance.
Rating: 3.5 stars
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