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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
"Be good or I'll stop." GOOD HEAVENS, FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG HIGH!! These authors just slayed me. I am lying on the floor dead. This book, this book, this book!!! Deeply emotional, funny af, dirty with an upper case D and a lovely smattering of kinky sexy. Beau and Zane or better known as Bane are now two of the most memorable characters in all the MM I've read. I think I re-read that scene with Zane in a trench coat 10 times! Was on a crowded subway reading and re-reading and when I finally moved to another section of the book, the guy standing behind me said "oh shucks, I wanted to read it again, too!" Talk about embarrassment! You must read book 3 in the Cyberlove series otherwise this book won't make much sense. And as I've said for books 2, 3 and now 4, read the whole damn series! These authors - Megan and Santino or better yet, Megtino have fallen into a groove that is so awesome. It's like with each book, they complemented each other's writing style better than the book before. But this one! Still lots of drama with the YouTubers and the various personalities but this book is a tour de force. Literary excellence, excellent messaging about self-love and love of community, standing up for yourself and embracing love. I finished the book yesterday and still thinking about Beau and Zane. (Now I think I'll go back and re-read the trench coat scene!)
The dynamics of this duo are perfect. Perfect enemies. Perfect misconceptions. Perfect secrets. The resolutions aren't simple or neat.
Even the epilogue is perfect!
In other words, what are you waiting for? Go! Read it!
Even the epilogue is perfect!
In other words, what are you waiting for? Go! Read it!
These two working together have more than earned their spot on my must read/must buy list the second their books hit. And once again, this one didn't disappoint.
Let’s get the basics covered before we move on to more “in depth” coverage of the Beau and Zane Show:
Hot as Hell, like with lots and lots of flames. Actually just listen to this song before you start (just think of it as the gay romance version of pre-gaming).
Funny as Hell. Zane in particular is just that bit of extra extra I was hoping for.
Vernacular and Pop Culture references ON POINT and a plenty (I personally find these very amusing), almost like a guided instruction of millenial lore.
This universe keeps growing and I expect more Cyberlove is in our future.
So, this is the fourth book in the Cyberlove series co-written by Santino Hassell and Megan Erickson and for all intents and purposes it was what I was hoping for. Entertaining, sweet when it needed to be, with a heavy dose of intense smut, and a happy ending that came about with a pretty swift resolution and didn’t leave me feeling on edge or ragey. Like with the other books in this series, Megan and Santino took an interesting look at yet another part of the social media machine and how the players in it operate. I have to give it to them this series is so damn clever and fun, honestly how had no one done this before?!
Beau and Zane are explosive in all ways, in bed, on camera, on text, EVERYWHERE, they just crash into each other. Beau can’t stand Zane’s messiness he is crass and careless with his privacy, but what he hates the most is how open Zane is about it. He’s trashy and completely unrepentant about it. Beau is annoyed by it all and yet there is something about the way that Zane goes about his life, that makes it hard for Beau to stay away.
Zane on the other hand sees Beau as nothing but a sanctimonious fake. He dismisses him as a hypocrite who is just trying to push his own internalized shame and hang ups on his viewers. To Zane, Beau has just fallen into the bullshit heteronormative trap that he refused to fall prey too. Zane gets to say how he will live his life as a gay man, and he’s just no interested in hearing from anyone who wants to put labels on him or try to make him into someone he is not interested in being. And yet when they are together it all feels so right, so real, he keeps coming back even if he hates himself for it.
The funny thing with these two is ,they are both so black and white, they are one polar opposite ends and Judge Judying (gonna coin this one!) the hell out of each other, but when the clothes come off it is all PERFECT. They give each other exactly what they need. It’s a classic enemies to lovers trope done well, all with that sassy/edgy/clever combo that Megan and Santino achieve so well together.
There are also moments of pretty insightful reflection on celebrity and how it transforms a person’s perception of themselves. All the things that it can take away as it gives you popularity or wealth. There were also so pretty important moments in there related to friendships and loyalty that made the book feel more grounded, and even a bit different in tone than the others.
If you like the fist four you will love this one. It’s exactly what I was expecting and I had a ton of fun reading. Can’t wait for the next one.
I paired this book with yummy Poke Bowl recipe and delish South African Chenin Blanc
You can find it in my blog
https://thetipsybibliophile.com/2017/06/03/mature-content-by-megan-erickson-santino-hassell-w-poke-bowls-and-chenin-blanc/
Hot as Hell, like with lots and lots of flames. Actually just listen to this song before you start (just think of it as the gay romance version of pre-gaming).
Funny as Hell. Zane in particular is just that bit of extra extra I was hoping for.
Vernacular and Pop Culture references ON POINT and a plenty (I personally find these very amusing), almost like a guided instruction of millenial lore.
This universe keeps growing and I expect more Cyberlove is in our future.
So, this is the fourth book in the Cyberlove series co-written by Santino Hassell and Megan Erickson and for all intents and purposes it was what I was hoping for. Entertaining, sweet when it needed to be, with a heavy dose of intense smut, and a happy ending that came about with a pretty swift resolution and didn’t leave me feeling on edge or ragey. Like with the other books in this series, Megan and Santino took an interesting look at yet another part of the social media machine and how the players in it operate. I have to give it to them this series is so damn clever and fun, honestly how had no one done this before?!
Beau and Zane are explosive in all ways, in bed, on camera, on text, EVERYWHERE, they just crash into each other. Beau can’t stand Zane’s messiness he is crass and careless with his privacy, but what he hates the most is how open Zane is about it. He’s trashy and completely unrepentant about it. Beau is annoyed by it all and yet there is something about the way that Zane goes about his life, that makes it hard for Beau to stay away.
Zane on the other hand sees Beau as nothing but a sanctimonious fake. He dismisses him as a hypocrite who is just trying to push his own internalized shame and hang ups on his viewers. To Zane, Beau has just fallen into the bullshit heteronormative trap that he refused to fall prey too. Zane gets to say how he will live his life as a gay man, and he’s just no interested in hearing from anyone who wants to put labels on him or try to make him into someone he is not interested in being. And yet when they are together it all feels so right, so real, he keeps coming back even if he hates himself for it.
The funny thing with these two is ,they are both so black and white, they are one polar opposite ends and Judge Judying (gonna coin this one!) the hell out of each other, but when the clothes come off it is all PERFECT. They give each other exactly what they need. It’s a classic enemies to lovers trope done well, all with that sassy/edgy/clever combo that Megan and Santino achieve so well together.
There are also moments of pretty insightful reflection on celebrity and how it transforms a person’s perception of themselves. All the things that it can take away as it gives you popularity or wealth. There were also so pretty important moments in there related to friendships and loyalty that made the book feel more grounded, and even a bit different in tone than the others.
If you like the fist four you will love this one. It’s exactly what I was expecting and I had a ton of fun reading. Can’t wait for the next one.
I paired this book with yummy Poke Bowl recipe and delish South African Chenin Blanc
You can find it in my blog
https://thetipsybibliophile.com/2017/06/03/mature-content-by-megan-erickson-santino-hassell-w-poke-bowls-and-chenin-blanc/
***I will not support Santino Hassell’s writing from now on. Well after I finished this book, I became aware of the following situation.
https://twitter.com/sweetsakuradoll/status/972031764766994432?s=20
Courtney Milan has also written of some shady goings on.
https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/972171262180188160?s=20
Please consider whose work - whose lives - your reading patronage supports.
https://twitter.com/sweetsakuradoll/status/972031764766994432?s=20
Courtney Milan has also written of some shady goings on.
https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/972171262180188160?s=20
Please consider whose work - whose lives - your reading patronage supports.
“Let’s be real, kids. The world sucks. Family sucks. And being expected to be eternally indebted to the people who bumped uglies and squirted you out? That sucks. You’re not beholden to anyone.”
This is about two queer youtubers who are oposites of each other. Zane is brutally honest and broody and Beau is cheery and optimistic and they hate each other. They coincide in a few cons and realise that they are really compatible sexually (how do they know that?). And then they realise that they are compatible in other ways. This was probably my favourite in the series. The hate to love trope was done so beautifully, the chemistry that they had was incredible. Even though they seemed very stereotypical (one being optimistic and the other pessimistic) both of them were super multi-layered. And also I loved that they were youtubers since I understand that community a lot more than the twich community and I think the way that they did it was so realistic including drama channels and the popularity that they had and vidcon drama, so good.