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wintergirl94's review against another edition
3.0
I love a friends to lovers and this was a lovely evolution to watch. I found the story line a little bizarre but hey! It was fun :)
raynebair's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book the first time around. This time I listened to the audio and wow! The hotness was cranked up with Charlie David's narration. I think parts of this story burned up my iPhone. ha! Great read, and even better listen.
desert_rose's review against another edition
4.0
Dante and Griffin have been best friends since forever.
They are both straight firefighters working in the same station.. They have been there in 9/11 and since that day every year bars in New York honor firefighters with free drinks that night.
Dante is from an Italian family and Griffin is Scottish. MMMMMM both are yummy!!
So Dante is the womanizer and Griffin is having problems lately with having feeling for his friend and trying to conceal it while feeling guilty about it all the time.
When Dante gets short in cash because of a mortgage on his house and for fear of losing it, he is approached by a russian Alek who shoots porno flick for his website. When Alek convinces him that all he has to do is jerk off by himself for the camera and it's only a few minutes for a few hundred bucks.. he agrees.
When he tells Griff about it, he is not so happy!!
But somehow he gets Griff into the idea and they shoot a flick with Alek. But Dante still needs money and Griff would do anything for his friend.. So they go back to Alek and the fun starts :)
I don't wanna give any more about the story than I already gave.. It's fun and touching!
This was an amazing book. When I found out that this was the only M/M book to be nominated in the romance category in the 2011 book awards in Goodreads, I thought I had to give it a try.
I was not disappointed!!! Of course I voted for it!
It was so hot but endearing. The relationship that formed between the best friends was so enchanting and touching. I loved the development of it. The characters were perfect! Griffin being self conscious about his size and feeling he is betraying his best friend with his sexy thoughts towards him, while Dante seems carefree and a womanizer but surprises me in the end with his inner feelings.
The Gay For You theme is one of my favorite Gay themes. It also comes under Friends To Lovers, and I love that too :)
This was my first time to read by this author, but I will look out for other titles by him. That was something else that amazed me, that the author is a male.. I'm kinda used to reading M/M by female authors, so this was kind of a change and I enjoyed it!!
Thank you Damon! You Rock!!!
The cover!! OMG the cover!! It is smoldering hot.. I love it! I'm imagining Dante the one in the back and Griffin the one in the front from the descriptions in the book.
I could go on and on about this book but I will just ruin it.. It is a recommended read for all M/M fans..
Ok now since I looooooooved this book, why did I give it the 4 stars instead of 5?! Well that's a personal choice because I don't really enjoy reading the weird sex terms that some writers use. For example "flog the log" and "salty handshake". I was annoyed that masturbating was referred to differently every single time.. It was hard to keep up. That's why I say it's personal choice, it does not take away from the story, and I did think maybe it was there for a reason like to show that the guys are macho or something, so maybe they did add to the story but to me it didn't.
That will not change my ind about reading more books though :) It was steaming HOT!!!
They are both straight firefighters working in the same station.. They have been there in 9/11 and since that day every year bars in New York honor firefighters with free drinks that night.
Dante is from an Italian family and Griffin is Scottish. MMMMMM both are yummy!!
So Dante is the womanizer and Griffin is having problems lately with having feeling for his friend and trying to conceal it while feeling guilty about it all the time.
When Dante gets short in cash because of a mortgage on his house and for fear of losing it, he is approached by a russian Alek who shoots porno flick for his website. When Alek convinces him that all he has to do is jerk off by himself for the camera and it's only a few minutes for a few hundred bucks.. he agrees.
When he tells Griff about it, he is not so happy!!
But somehow he gets Griff into the idea and they shoot a flick with Alek. But Dante still needs money and Griff would do anything for his friend.. So they go back to Alek and the fun starts :)
I don't wanna give any more about the story than I already gave.. It's fun and touching!
This was an amazing book. When I found out that this was the only M/M book to be nominated in the romance category in the 2011 book awards in Goodreads, I thought I had to give it a try.
I was not disappointed!!! Of course I voted for it!
It was so hot but endearing. The relationship that formed between the best friends was so enchanting and touching. I loved the development of it. The characters were perfect! Griffin being self conscious about his size and feeling he is betraying his best friend with his sexy thoughts towards him, while Dante seems carefree and a womanizer but surprises me in the end with his inner feelings.
The Gay For You theme is one of my favorite Gay themes. It also comes under Friends To Lovers, and I love that too :)
This was my first time to read by this author, but I will look out for other titles by him. That was something else that amazed me, that the author is a male.. I'm kinda used to reading M/M by female authors, so this was kind of a change and I enjoyed it!!
Thank you Damon! You Rock!!!
The cover!! OMG the cover!! It is smoldering hot.. I love it! I'm imagining Dante the one in the back and Griffin the one in the front from the descriptions in the book.
I could go on and on about this book but I will just ruin it.. It is a recommended read for all M/M fans..
Ok now since I looooooooved this book, why did I give it the 4 stars instead of 5?! Well that's a personal choice because I don't really enjoy reading the weird sex terms that some writers use. For example "flog the log" and "salty handshake". I was annoyed that masturbating was referred to differently every single time.. It was hard to keep up. That's why I say it's personal choice, it does not take away from the story, and I did think maybe it was there for a reason like to show that the guys are macho or something, so maybe they did add to the story but to me it didn't.
That will not change my ind about reading more books though :) It was steaming HOT!!!
mere's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
shandra's review against another edition
5.0
Too Hot To Handle!
Firefighters get a lot of flack from male and female admirers alike so I was surprised to see Damon Suede recognize this as sometimes being problematic for the guys. I love guys who aren't 100% comfortable with their own desirability even if they do know they've got plenty to admire. Griff was too sweet for words with his pale skin prone to blushing and his size making him feel as if he were a bull in a china shop all the time; Dante was the perfect peacock of a guy who constantly preened for attention in an attempt to keep anyone from getting too close.
Anyone except Griffin Muir who was family, right?
I love that they had this amazing bond as friends, as brothers-in-arms at the firehouse, and as men who'd been through too much together. I could believe Griff would go in for the Hothead-Dot-Com job with Dante to help him save his house since what wouldn't he do for this man who was so much to him? He'd die for him, but he wouldn't spend a few minutes uncomfortable in front of a camera? That wouldn't have made any more sense than him agreeing to it without having any more-than-friendly inclinations toward his best friend.
Falling in love comes with fear attached. No one walks into real love without knowing this person can break them in a way they never want to be broken if they don't return that love.
I was so glad to see Dante and Griff finding a way to love one another without breaking each other. They got the best happy-ever-after they could considering their circumstances. I have a lot of hope for their future; I was really glad the hardships closeted Tommy underwent since his struggles only made what Griff and Dante had together that much more precious. I really look forward to seeing Tommy's story when it gets here.
In the meantime, I couldn't recommend Hot Head higher if I tried. It's a blazing inferno of a read with the perfect blend of insecurities to make friends-to-lovers convincing.
Firefighters get a lot of flack from male and female admirers alike so I was surprised to see Damon Suede recognize this as sometimes being problematic for the guys. I love guys who aren't 100% comfortable with their own desirability even if they do know they've got plenty to admire. Griff was too sweet for words with his pale skin prone to blushing and his size making him feel as if he were a bull in a china shop all the time; Dante was the perfect peacock of a guy who constantly preened for attention in an attempt to keep anyone from getting too close.
Anyone except Griffin Muir who was family, right?
I love that they had this amazing bond as friends, as brothers-in-arms at the firehouse, and as men who'd been through too much together. I could believe Griff would go in for the Hothead-Dot-Com job with Dante to help him save his house since what wouldn't he do for this man who was so much to him? He'd die for him, but he wouldn't spend a few minutes uncomfortable in front of a camera? That wouldn't have made any more sense than him agreeing to it without having any more-than-friendly inclinations toward his best friend.
Falling in love comes with fear attached. No one walks into real love without knowing this person can break them in a way they never want to be broken if they don't return that love.
I was so glad to see Dante and Griff finding a way to love one another without breaking each other. They got the best happy-ever-after they could considering their circumstances. I have a lot of hope for their future; I was really glad the hardships closeted Tommy underwent since his struggles only made what Griff and Dante had together that much more precious. I really look forward to seeing Tommy's story when it gets here.
In the meantime, I couldn't recommend Hot Head higher if I tried. It's a blazing inferno of a read with the perfect blend of insecurities to make friends-to-lovers convincing.
hfieglein's review against another edition
2.75
Not sure why but I had such a hard time following who people were and what their hands were doing and where they were, also just was somehow friends to lovers but also instalove?
willywonka3435's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it.
This is just really, really great. The ending gave me chills (in the best way). The characters have so much personality they leap off the page.
This is just really, really great. The ending gave me chills (in the best way). The characters have so much personality they leap off the page.
moonweaver's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5