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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
Loved Felix and Marshall!
This book was great! Loved the pinning, the adoration that both of these characters felt for each other was everything.
The miscommunication actually worked well in this book. It did get a bit annoying at some point, but I understand why it was needed.
Overall, great book! Definitely recommend
This book was great! Loved the pinning, the adoration that both of these characters felt for each other was everything.
The miscommunication actually worked well in this book. It did get a bit annoying at some point, but I understand why it was needed.
Overall, great book! Definitely recommend
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
୨୧ The Dating Disaster ୨୧
╰┈➤ [3.5 out of 5 ☆’s.]
❝𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.❞
ʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝
I am not a person that skips around in a series — I like reading in order so that I can see the set up for all of the couples that are to come — but this book was my exception to that rule.
I knew of Marshall + Felix because they were featured in “Master of Mayhem” (I instantly added their book to my TBR because I was so intrigued by them) and I did end up enjoying their story overall! :)
There was a lot of miscommunication — which I’m not a big fan of — but I finished this book in a day (so it was doing something right).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol
So many misunderstandings for no reason, if they’d just had a healthy communication, this book would’ve been half shorter. It was def cute, Marshall is adorable and I love the demi rep. Felix was cute too, even if his constant jumping to wrong conclusions got old real fast.
I need to go read Robbie and Brandon’s book as soon as I am done with this series though!
I need to go read Robbie and Brandon’s book as soon as I am done with this series though!
Bonus star for Tim Paige narration! But it was a fun, lighthearted, and entertaining listen throughout the day (yes I listened to it in one day
➛First read: September 2022 | ★4.0 stars
➛Second read: July 2023 | ★3.5 stars
This was a lot of fun with sooo much pining.
Marshall and Felix are pretty different, and not only in size. Felix is outgoing, flirty and very sex-positive. Marshall is a bit shy, introverted and a virginal demisexual. When they are set up on a blind date, their clashing intentions and vibes immediately lead them to start out on the wrong foot.. Felix ends up feeling rejected, even though that was not what Marshall was truly feeling. This results in the two of them dancing around each other for a long time, both being pretty much smitten with the other, but never actually telling the other person how they feel. They end up feeling unsure where they stand with each other, and that pretty much goes on for the whole story.
I can see why some people might get frustrated with the amount of miscommunication in this book, but without it, we wouldn’t have had all that desperate longing between them, and I sure as hell wouldn’t have wanted to miss it. I actually really enjoyed a lot of those moments of misunderstanding.
I was also pretty obsessed with the depths of Marshall’s adoration when it came to Felix. He thought the world of him and desperately wanted to be more than friends or fuck buddies. It didn’t take him very long to know that this fiery twink was it for him, and it was great to see him not wanting to push Felix, but still never giving up on making him his.
➛Second read: July 2023 | ★3.5 stars
This was a lot of fun with sooo much pining.
Marshall and Felix are pretty different, and not only in size. Felix is outgoing, flirty and very sex-positive. Marshall is a bit shy, introverted and a virginal demisexual. When they are set up on a blind date, their clashing intentions and vibes immediately lead them to start out on the wrong foot.. Felix ends up feeling rejected, even though that was not what Marshall was truly feeling. This results in the two of them dancing around each other for a long time, both being pretty much smitten with the other, but never actually telling the other person how they feel. They end up feeling unsure where they stand with each other, and that pretty much goes on for the whole story.
I can see why some people might get frustrated with the amount of miscommunication in this book, but without it, we wouldn’t have had all that desperate longing between them, and I sure as hell wouldn’t have wanted to miss it. I actually really enjoyed a lot of those moments of misunderstanding.
I was also pretty obsessed with the depths of Marshall’s adoration when it came to Felix. He thought the world of him and desperately wanted to be more than friends or fuck buddies. It didn’t take him very long to know that this fiery twink was it for him, and it was great to see him not wanting to push Felix, but still never giving up on making him his.
“What am I to you?”
Everything. You’re every single thought, decision and daydream I have. Every single day.
But if I say that, guaranteed I’ll scare him off for good. It’s a hard question to answer because everything he is to me are things I can’t tell him. I can’t mention how I look at him and see my hopes for more. Or that his opinions mean more to me than anyone’s. That he’s the reason I’m happy half the time and the reason I’m exasperated and sexually frustrated the other half. Telling him that I’m on edge until I see him each day, and when I do it’s like something inside of me relaxes, sounds like some stalker-level bullshit. But every second that passes without an answer is taking his smile with it.
“You’re… wonderful.”
Although Felix was very fond of attention, it was obvious he had pretty low self-esteem behind all that bravado. And thus, sometimes I felt a bit bad for him when Marshall was being his dumb self by not making it more obvious to Felix how he felt about him. How hard would it have really been for him to tell Felix that he was demisexual and wanted more? Especially since it didn’t seem like Marshall was insecure or ashamed of it or anything like that. It definitely would have made everything so much easier between them. But, well, it would have also made this whole book a bit redundant, so I guess I just had to take my frustrations with Marshall’s stupidity as a small sacrifice to enjoy this book. At least Marshall’s intentions were always pure, so I was still able to like the guy plenty.
All in all, there were of course a few things I would have changed about this book, but I didn't mind any of it too much. I genuinely thought Felix and Marshall were cute together and their excessive pining was what made this book a standout for me!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
medium-paced
My only gripes were that the scene in book 1 where Felix makes the grand gesture were ignored and essentially replaced.
This world is huge so you would think continuity would factor.
This world is huge so you would think continuity would factor.
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’ve listened to a lot of Saxon James audiobooks this year, and this one wasn’t my favorite. I think that has everything to do with the age of the characters—I don’t think a college romance is for me. And I was hesitant to start it, but I wanted to get anything else connected to the divorced men’s club series because I adored that.
But Felix and Marshall were both so young and so very stupid. Like so stupid. All signs both were giving pointed to wanting to be in a relationship together and they both were just like “I have to show him that it would be good to date me!” I was rolling my eyes at that.
But! I did think Marshall’s grand gesture was adorable :) the ten years later epilogue was extremely adorable too.
But Felix and Marshall were both so young and so very stupid. Like so stupid. All signs both were giving pointed to wanting to be in a relationship together and they both were just like “I have to show him that it would be good to date me!” I was rolling my eyes at that.
But! I did think Marshall’s grand gesture was adorable :) the ten years later epilogue was extremely adorable too.