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gillianw's review against another edition
3.0
While I didn't enjoy this book *quite* as much as the first two in the series, it was still an enjoyable, relatively low-angst read. 3.5 stars
a_reader_obsessed's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Stars
A chance to let loose. A growing need to be one’s true self. Hard to resist attraction.
Cautious Quinn can finally relax and have fun with his BFF on their long awaited spring break trip. He’s tired of being the responsible one, the predictable, boring one. He’s ready to have a great time, all the while secretly ogling his reality TV crush from afar.
JR is tired of hiding who he is, tired of being pigeon-holed into a persona that’s not him. Quinn catches his eye and is the impetus to having him reevaluate his career path and choices. As hard as they try to avoid the other after an unfortunate mishap, a cruise ship is never too big to avoid that one person you’re trying to hide from.
Overall I liked this. The writing was still great because it’s Erickson, but this installment had less emotional depth and sexy than the previous two books in my opinion. Apparently I’m not one for sneaking around, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Because it will. And it does. That kind of anxiety I can go without. Regardless, still enjoyable, with a great supporting cast.
A chance to let loose. A growing need to be one’s true self. Hard to resist attraction.
Cautious Quinn can finally relax and have fun with his BFF on their long awaited spring break trip. He’s tired of being the responsible one, the predictable, boring one. He’s ready to have a great time, all the while secretly ogling his reality TV crush from afar.
JR is tired of hiding who he is, tired of being pigeon-holed into a persona that’s not him. Quinn catches his eye and is the impetus to having him reevaluate his career path and choices. As hard as they try to avoid the other after an unfortunate mishap, a cruise ship is never too big to avoid that one person you’re trying to hide from.
Overall I liked this. The writing was still great because it’s Erickson, but this installment had less emotional depth and sexy than the previous two books in my opinion. Apparently I’m not one for sneaking around, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Because it will. And it does. That kind of anxiety I can go without. Regardless, still enjoyable, with a great supporting cast.
elvenavari's review against another edition
4.0
Probably the best one in the series thus far. Jay/JR & Quinn were really great characters. I loved them from the first sentence I read about them. And the supporting characters? All played their parts to perfection!
bookish_notes's review against another edition
5.0
Out of Frame is a much lighter story. We're also no longer going cross-country in this book compared to the last two, as this story takes us out on a Caribbean cruise for spring break.
Jess is Colin's sister from the last book, Focus on Me, and both her and Quinn are on the cruise in their senior year of college. Quinn has grown up as an only child and a bit sheltered from the world by his parents. He's been protected and, because of his parents, frets about the little things and acts like a senior on a cruise ship rather than a college senior. He is basically very precious and must be protected at all costs. J.R. is a TV reality star created for the reality show, Trip League. As the show's season wraps up, J.R. and his cast mates are filming abroad the cruise ship with all the other spring breakers, but he's just done with the whole show. He needs the money for his family, but at the cost of hiding his sexuality.
Quinn is coming out of a bad relationship where his ex-boyfriend would never acknowledge him in public and that has really messed with his head. He doesn't want to be hidden away again, but J.R. won't make it easy if cameras are always in his face and the producers and his agent want him to pretend to be straight.
This was a fun book to read. It's a little more light-hearted, has some really sweet moments, and everyone isn't exactly how to expect them to be. I know it's probably for marketing reasons or something along those lines, but never in the cover (obviously) or the blurb does it mention that one of the book's main characters is black. So we have a POC for a main character and I would have loved to have seen that mentioned somewhere? But anyways...I love that J.R., or rather Jay to his family, wasn't made into a stereotype and that, off-camera at least, he just really wants to be out in the public eye as black and bisexual. But he's been shoved into a corner on the show as the angry, and straight, black man and it's eating away at him.
This book is told from alternating POVs, Quinn's and J.R.'s. I liked reading from both their perspectives. The story is fun and sexy. It takes some real logistics to get two people to hook up on a cruise ship and fall in love without any of the dozens of live feed cameras catching any of it.
I think I would have liked to see them go on land, or are there cruises that don't do this? I'm not sure. The secondary characters, from Jess to the other cast mates on Trip League, are all really awesome to read about and now I want all of them to have a story of their own. I know Levi's the next story, in Overexposed, but I wouldn't mind a story with Casey or Jess even if their stories would be a m/f novel instead of a m/m one.
There's small cameos that get worked in with characters from the previous two books. I just laugh every time a characters asks about Justin and Landry, because I just want to go back and re-read their story over and over again. Out of Frame was really enjoyable and I really loved reading Quinn and Jay's story. I feel like I would have loved to see the relationship grow with them on dry land, but maybe that's just me wanting more of Quinn and Jay. The relationship is really cute and Quinn and Jay have really sweet moments on the ship that will just make your heart melt.
Jess is Colin's sister from the last book, Focus on Me, and both her and Quinn are on the cruise in their senior year of college. Quinn has grown up as an only child and a bit sheltered from the world by his parents. He's been protected and, because of his parents, frets about the little things and acts like a senior on a cruise ship rather than a college senior. He is basically very precious and must be protected at all costs. J.R. is a TV reality star created for the reality show, Trip League. As the show's season wraps up, J.R. and his cast mates are filming abroad the cruise ship with all the other spring breakers, but he's just done with the whole show. He needs the money for his family, but at the cost of hiding his sexuality.
Quinn is coming out of a bad relationship where his ex-boyfriend would never acknowledge him in public and that has really messed with his head. He doesn't want to be hidden away again, but J.R. won't make it easy if cameras are always in his face and the producers and his agent want him to pretend to be straight.
"Just wait five minutes and leave."
Those six words brought back every single emotion I swore I'd left behind with Alexander. I was a dirty secret. That was all I was worth.
When would I ever be loved by someone who was proud of me?
This was a fun book to read. It's a little more light-hearted, has some really sweet moments, and everyone isn't exactly how to expect them to be. I know it's probably for marketing reasons or something along those lines, but never in the cover (obviously) or the blurb does it mention that one of the book's main characters is black. So we have a POC for a main character and I would have loved to have seen that mentioned somewhere? But anyways...I love that J.R., or rather Jay to his family, wasn't made into a stereotype and that, off-camera at least, he just really wants to be out in the public eye as black and bisexual. But he's been shoved into a corner on the show as the angry, and straight, black man and it's eating away at him.
This book is told from alternating POVs, Quinn's and J.R.'s. I liked reading from both their perspectives. The story is fun and sexy. It takes some real logistics to get two people to hook up on a cruise ship and fall in love without any of the dozens of live feed cameras catching any of it.
I think I would have liked to see them go on land, or are there cruises that don't do this? I'm not sure. The secondary characters, from Jess to the other cast mates on Trip League, are all really awesome to read about and now I want all of them to have a story of their own. I know Levi's the next story, in Overexposed, but I wouldn't mind a story with Casey or Jess even if their stories would be a m/f novel instead of a m/m one.
There's small cameos that get worked in with characters from the previous two books. I just laugh every time a characters asks about Justin and Landry, because I just want to go back and re-read their story over and over again. Out of Frame was really enjoyable and I really loved reading Quinn and Jay's story. I feel like I would have loved to see the relationship grow with them on dry land, but maybe that's just me wanting more of Quinn and Jay. The relationship is really cute and Quinn and Jay have really sweet moments on the ship that will just make your heart melt.
liszt91's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
enemies2lover's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
haletostilinski1's review against another edition
4.0
This series has been so much fun to read! I thought that while the last one was angst city, this was was cute and adorable. Slightly angsty, but nothing compared to the last book.
Quinn, who is Colin's sister's best friend who appeared briefly at the end of the second book, goes with Jess, the sister, on a spring break cruise in their last year of school (although J.R., the other MC mentions that gay people can get married, but then Quinn mentions it is 2015, and spring break is in March/April and gay marriage wasn't legalized until about June of that years, so just a tad off on the timeline there) and meets J.R., a reality star.
The cruise is like a mix of these six cast members from a travel reality show and all these spring breakers, and J.R., who was pressured into a signing a contract that he would act straight for the show - instead of being who actually is, which is bisexual - tries to stay away from Quinn but can't, because they're attracted to each other immediately.
This was an easy, fun read and these two had wonderful chemistry with some really cute scenes. Again, the sex in this didn't wow me as it didn't particularly wow me in the last one either, but I still enjoyed it. I think Miss Erickson on her own just doesn't have that extra oomph in sex scenes that Santino Hassel most likely provides in the Cyberlove series, is all I'm saying. I just wish they were more detailed in this series. Although I do remember the sex scenes being more steamy in her Daring Fate series, so I know she is capable of hot sex scenes. Not so much for this series though.
I really enjoyed the side characters in this as well, and how these two get their happy ending was adorable and made my heart melt. Still very much enjoying this series! <3
Quinn, who is Colin's sister's best friend who appeared briefly at the end of the second book, goes with Jess, the sister, on a spring break cruise in their last year of school (although J.R., the other MC mentions that gay people can get married, but then Quinn mentions it is 2015, and spring break is in March/April and gay marriage wasn't legalized until about June of that years, so just a tad off on the timeline there) and meets J.R., a reality star.
The cruise is like a mix of these six cast members from a travel reality show and all these spring breakers, and J.R., who was pressured into a signing a contract that he would act straight for the show - instead of being who actually is, which is bisexual - tries to stay away from Quinn but can't, because they're attracted to each other immediately.
This was an easy, fun read and these two had wonderful chemistry with some really cute scenes. Again, the sex in this didn't wow me as it didn't particularly wow me in the last one either, but I still enjoyed it. I think Miss Erickson on her own just doesn't have that extra oomph in sex scenes that Santino Hassel most likely provides in the Cyberlove series, is all I'm saying. I just wish they were more detailed in this series. Although I do remember the sex scenes being more steamy in her Daring Fate series, so I know she is capable of hot sex scenes. Not so much for this series though.
I really enjoyed the side characters in this as well, and how these two get their happy ending was adorable and made my heart melt. Still very much enjoying this series! <3
papercranestitches's review against another edition
5.0
Note (added 11/03/2018):
In light of recent events, I can no longer recommend this book to my friends (or any reader, for that matter).
However, my Goodreads review space provides me an opportunity to rate and review books, expressing how they made me think, feel, question, or react at a particular moment in time. Sometimes, I use my review space to share stories about my life or comment on the world around me, drawing comparisons between myself and the characters and plot lines that I read about. As such, they are a time capsule of sorts and the historian in me won't let me erase them from the historical record.
So I am going to leave my ratings/reviews intact, but reiterate that I can no longer recommend this book to my friends.
Originally rating and/or review:
*** 4.5 Stars ***
I love this series. If you aren't reading it, you should be.
In light of recent events, I can no longer recommend this book to my friends (or any reader, for that matter).
However, my Goodreads review space provides me an opportunity to rate and review books, expressing how they made me think, feel, question, or react at a particular moment in time. Sometimes, I use my review space to share stories about my life or comment on the world around me, drawing comparisons between myself and the characters and plot lines that I read about. As such, they are a time capsule of sorts and the historian in me won't let me erase them from the historical record.
So I am going to leave my ratings/reviews intact, but reiterate that I can no longer recommend this book to my friends.
Originally rating and/or review:
*** 4.5 Stars ***
I love this series. If you aren't reading it, you should be.
thegabecole's review against another edition
5.0
Just as cute as the first two—and exactly what I needed after another book destroyed me. For NA boy kisses (and more-than-kisses), a seriously cute romance and a celebrity crush come true, definitely check this one out! :)