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Love on Fire by Zach Jenkins

raynebair's review

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3.0

Clay's indecisiveness was annoying. I felt he was leading Ezra on, even though I could totally understand why he was acting that way. But it irritates me how he acted when they went on their date. Guys are so scared that they are going to be found out, that they act all weird even though that same weird behavior is outing them anyway. Just act normal, turdballs! It's less obvious, if you are trying to hide. I'm glad his buddies called him out for being an ass.

missysreadingcorner's review

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5.0

I'm surprised I liked this book. When I was a quarter of the way into the story, I thought the story was so-so. I'm glad I gave this book a chance. I felt like Clay and Ezra shouldn't have worked but they made did. I can't wait for the next book.

tltravis's review against another edition

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5.0

Oh...my...gosh

Loved it! We all have that one regret. That potentially life changing moment that most will never get a second chance at. If it comes around, grab it and never let it go!

colleen_m's review

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I have no patience for this level of but-I-can't-be-gay-I'm-a-macho-firefighter. I can't deal with that much whining.

knrt_17's review

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4.0

New to me author. Mm contemporary book. Some parts seemed a bit rushed, but it was an enjoyable read. Will read more from this author and series

ktomp17's review against another edition

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4.0

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

Clay has an attraction to Ezra back in high school and almost acts on it, but runs before anything happens and before he can consider how he feels about it. He continues for years in relationships with women, until he sees Ezra again years later after he becomes single again.

Ezra seems a bit flighty when the book starts. He has no direction, doesn't seem to really care about anything other than being on his own, but then doesn't seem to be able to take care of himself. When he goes home to help his mom (after getting fired for being flighty and not caring), he comes face to face with Clay.

There are immediate sparks of attraction, but Ezra has to wait for Clay to come to terms with things and decide if he wants to get involved with Ezra and/or come out of the closet. Ezra never appeared to be the type to want to hide back in any closet and he does struggle with this aspect of his relationship with Clay. I didn't quite grasp what it was about Clay that made Ezra want to stick it out and want him so bad. They did make it work, however. The reveal of Clay and Ezra's relationship was done in a somewhat unique way, and I liked the reaction of Clay's friends and co-workers.

This was a 3.5 star read for me, but I am rounding up to 4 stars.

cadiva's review

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3.0

Needed a bit of polish but a sweet story

This isn't a bad story and has the makings of a good one with a bit of a tighter edit.
The story rambles a bit and gets tied up in Clay's insecurities which make it drag a little.
Ezra is also a bit pushy and then he sort of drops off and becomes more of a background character than the other MC and the rapid about face was a bit too quick.
But on the whole it's a fairly harmless romance which has a sweet neat ending.
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