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zaza_bdp's review against another edition
1.0
Ce roman, à la base, avait tout pour me plaire, avec cette promesse d'une Bromance-et-plus sur fond d'ambiance série policière, agrémenté d'un gfy particulièrement hot.
Alors pour toute la partie "ambiance série policière", la promesse est (presque) remplie. L'ambiance au boulot, avec les différents flics qui se taquinent plus ou moins gentiment, le capitaine qui mène sa troupe en mode maître de maternelle, les descentes, les arrestations, les interrogatoires avec le duo good cop/bad cop ... Donc ça, oui, ce n'est pas trop mal, si on oublie le côté 'too much' de certaines scènes, mais finalement pas plus que dans une série policière classique.
La bromance ? Super au début, j'ai adoré les échanges entre les personnages, du moins jusqu'à LA scène où tout va basculer. Co-équipiers depuis 4 ans, Day (Leonidis de son prénom) et God (non ce n'est pas une blague !) alias Cash, passent leurs journées ensemble, au boulot, et se voient aussi durant le weekend. Une solide amitié les lie, mais Day est secrètement amoureux de God depuis le 1er jour, God étant hétéro (ou en tout cas, il n'a jamais laissé entrevoir qu'il pourrait être bi).
Donc LA scène ... En quelques lignes à peine, Day se jette sur son pote et à partir de là, les voilà en couple, à s'échanger des surnoms dégoulinants de mièvrerie, à b*iser comme des lapins et à se faire des déclarations à n'en plus finir. C'est allé tellement vite que j'ai cru qu'il me manquait plusieurs chapitres, mais non. Donc côté romance, c'est pour moi un gros WTF.
Ajoutons à cela une overdose de dramas à faire pâlir d'envie les scénaristes des soap opéras les plus nazes et on obtient ce premier tome que je n'ai même pas pu terminer (mais j'ai quand même lu les 40 % en diagonale, ne serait-ce que pour lire le fameux passage à partir des 83% qui a fait bondir tant de lectrices ; et le fin mot de l'histoire de famille de God (là encore, un pur moment WTF avec les yeux qui roulent tellement que j'ai fini par en rire)).
Non puis franchement ce nom, God, ça m'a parfois perdue, je ne savais pas toujours de qui on parlait. Remarquez, pour une fois 'Oh God !!!' dans une scène de sexe, ça fait référence à quelqu'un de précis, un gros alpha en mode lapin Duracell, et non pas un barbu grisonnant en aube blanche).
Bref ... j'aurai quand même bien ri, mais ce n'était malheureusement pas le but.
Alors pour toute la partie "ambiance série policière", la promesse est (presque) remplie. L'ambiance au boulot, avec les différents flics qui se taquinent plus ou moins gentiment, le capitaine qui mène sa troupe en mode maître de maternelle, les descentes, les arrestations, les interrogatoires avec le duo good cop/bad cop ... Donc ça, oui, ce n'est pas trop mal, si on oublie le côté 'too much' de certaines scènes, mais finalement pas plus que dans une série policière classique.
La bromance ? Super au début, j'ai adoré les échanges entre les personnages, du moins jusqu'à LA scène où tout va basculer. Co-équipiers depuis 4 ans, Day (Leonidis de son prénom) et God (non ce n'est pas une blague !) alias Cash, passent leurs journées ensemble, au boulot, et se voient aussi durant le weekend. Une solide amitié les lie, mais Day est secrètement amoureux de God depuis le 1er jour, God étant hétéro (ou en tout cas, il n'a jamais laissé entrevoir qu'il pourrait être bi).
Donc LA scène ... En quelques lignes à peine, Day se jette sur son pote et à partir de là, les voilà en couple, à s'échanger des surnoms dégoulinants de mièvrerie, à b*iser comme des lapins et à se faire des déclarations à n'en plus finir. C'est allé tellement vite que j'ai cru qu'il me manquait plusieurs chapitres, mais non. Donc côté romance, c'est pour moi un gros WTF.
Ajoutons à cela une overdose de dramas à faire pâlir d'envie les scénaristes des soap opéras les plus nazes et on obtient ce premier tome que je n'ai même pas pu terminer (mais j'ai quand même lu les 40 % en diagonale, ne serait-ce que pour lire le fameux passage à partir des 83% qui a fait bondir tant de lectrices ; et le fin mot de l'histoire de famille de God (là encore, un pur moment WTF avec les yeux qui roulent tellement que j'ai fini par en rire)).
Non puis franchement ce nom, God, ça m'a parfois perdue, je ne savais pas toujours de qui on parlait. Remarquez, pour une fois 'Oh God !!!' dans une scène de sexe, ça fait référence à quelqu'un de précis, un gros alpha en mode lapin Duracell, et non pas un barbu grisonnant en aube blanche).
Bref ... j'aurai quand même bien ri, mais ce n'était malheureusement pas le but.
baeb_'s review
2.75
Ehhh. This book was ridiculous, there were inconsistencies and the characters and plot both felt unbelievable. My favorite part was that the promiscuous mc’s like to slut shame their other partners 🙃 Aiden Snow was 🔥 tho, but idk if he’s enough for me to keep going lol
rellimreads's review against another edition
3.0
3/21/2021 - Books 1-7 are on sale for 99¢ !
8/25/2020 - I totally admit to binging this series and coming back and writing the reviews after listening to books 1-6 in just a few weeks. I apologize if anything gets mixed up between books as many of the characters are in all of them to differing degrees.
This is a little bit of a slow burn as Via introduces us to the characters, their histories, the department, and the time before Officers Cashel “God” Godfrey & Leonidas Day transition from friends to lovers. While I was a little impatient to get to the relationship – I definitely enjoyed the world building.
Honestly, Day steals the show with his wit and vulnerable emotions. In some respects it’s true to Cashel’s reserved personality that he’s somewhat in the background – but I also think the anticlimactic resolution of his family conflict contributed to this as well. Overall, I loved their friendship and blossoming romantic relationship.
I struggled a little bit with God almost always being called God. I know it’s his nickname – but it was awkward in a lot of places and sometimes just felt like set-up for jokes. I felt like Day calling him Cash or Cashel seemed more personal to their relationship.
You can’t help but adore all the characters who are each intriguing in their own way. I was especially fond of Ro & Johnson, so much so that I kind of wish that they got their own book or novella. However, they get a lot of “page time” over the series, so it works out.
Aiden Snow definitely brings this book (and the whole series) to the next level. He does an amazing job of giving all the characters their own unique voice, tone, & personality. Eargasms galore!
Overall, a good listen and I was definitely invested in all the characters and wanting to listen to their stories.
Slightly Spoiler-ish FYI: There’s a scene, really it takes up at least a whole chapter, that details a foursome involving God, Day, Ro, & Johnson. It didn’t really bother me other than it sort of came out of nowhere and was at the very beginning of both individual couples’ relationships which made me question where Via was going with things. However, it’s something they do as an “addition” to their couple-relationships – it’s not a foursome/poly/open relationship. (sorry if that’s muddier rather than helpful)
8/25/2020 - I totally admit to binging this series and coming back and writing the reviews after listening to books 1-6 in just a few weeks. I apologize if anything gets mixed up between books as many of the characters are in all of them to differing degrees.
This is a little bit of a slow burn as Via introduces us to the characters, their histories, the department, and the time before Officers Cashel “God” Godfrey & Leonidas Day transition from friends to lovers. While I was a little impatient to get to the relationship – I definitely enjoyed the world building.
Honestly, Day steals the show with his wit and vulnerable emotions. In some respects it’s true to Cashel’s reserved personality that he’s somewhat in the background – but I also think the anticlimactic resolution of his family conflict contributed to this as well. Overall, I loved their friendship and blossoming romantic relationship.
I struggled a little bit with God almost always being called God. I know it’s his nickname – but it was awkward in a lot of places and sometimes just felt like set-up for jokes. I felt like Day calling him Cash or Cashel seemed more personal to their relationship.
You can’t help but adore all the characters who are each intriguing in their own way. I was especially fond of Ro & Johnson, so much so that I kind of wish that they got their own book or novella. However, they get a lot of “page time” over the series, so it works out.
Aiden Snow definitely brings this book (and the whole series) to the next level. He does an amazing job of giving all the characters their own unique voice, tone, & personality. Eargasms galore!
Overall, a good listen and I was definitely invested in all the characters and wanting to listen to their stories.
Slightly Spoiler-ish FYI: There’s a scene, really it takes up at least a whole chapter, that details a foursome involving God, Day, Ro, & Johnson. It didn’t really bother me other than it sort of came out of nowhere and was at the very beginning of both individual couples’ relationships which made me question where Via was going with things. However, it’s something they do as an “addition” to their couple-relationships – it’s not a foursome/poly/open relationship. (sorry if that’s muddier rather than helpful)
bitchie's review against another edition
3.0
I'm really torn on this one. There was a lot that I liked, and a lot that was utterly ridiculous. The plot was outlandish, the character names were crazy, and the editing, while better than the first edition seems to have been, still needs a bit more work. At times, I thought the guys were too sappy with each other, and sometimes I found their speech to be too formal. What seventeen year old boy is going to say "Our mother" instead of just "Mom"?
I genuinely liked all the characters, although I didn't buy the sudden turnaround of a couple of them, as well as how the stuff with Cash's family got resolved so damned easily.
To be honest, I thought the book could have finished up at the 80% mark. Nothing else that happened felt really necessary (other than ONE sex scene between God and Day), especially the (admittedly hot) way out of left field
This book was nothing but brain candy. A soap opera for the reader. Good thing I like soaps!
I genuinely liked all the characters, although I didn't buy the sudden turnaround of a couple of them, as well as how the stuff with Cash's family got resolved so damned easily.
To be honest, I thought the book could have finished up at the 80% mark. Nothing else that happened felt really necessary (other than ONE sex scene between God and Day), especially the (admittedly hot) way out of left field
Spoiler
four way between the two cops that God and Day hated up until around a month ago.This book was nothing but brain candy. A soap opera for the reader. Good thing I like soaps!
a_reader_obsessed's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Wackadoodle Hearts!
This is like the quintessential male buddy cop story full of posturing and testosterone, as hardass narcotic detectives embodied in the ultra tough Cashel “God” Godfrey, and his scrappy partner Leonidis “Leo” Day, take on drug lords with all the confidence and swagger times a hundred and who never blink an eye at doing what needs to be done in order to put the bad guys away.
These two are the bestest of BFF’s, and when circumstance finally makes them both realize that they are each other’s bees knees, the transition from friends to lovers is pretty darn seamless. Throw in a ridiculous supporting cast of characters ranging from the uber aggressive harrassing coworker who can’t take no for an answer, to the the equally extreme homophobic arsehole who won’t let sleeping dogs lie, and this is high octane stuff that often goes a bit too far.
However, this is scorching and obviously, that garners big points, easily winning me over. Narrated by Aiden Snow, who is this sexy beast and where the hell have I been to have missed his wonderful baritone? Seriously? If you want eargasms, this guy is your answer!
So, despite the many times this bordered and sometimes crossed over into inappropriate, despite the questionable dominance portrayed in the bedroom, and despite the too easy resolution of personal conflicts and the out of nowhere sexual shenanigans at the end, this still had action, suspense, and did I mention the hotness?! *fans self*
Apparently, there was no failure on the entertainment nor the proprietary claiming romance, and I would be remiss if I didn’t say that I’ll probably still check out the next book especially if Snow narrates. I’ll just know to expect unrealistic scenarios but be confident in getting a wild, fast paced, and definitely, sexy read!
Thank you to the author/publisher for the audio in exchange for a honest review
This is like the quintessential male buddy cop story full of posturing and testosterone, as hardass narcotic detectives embodied in the ultra tough Cashel “God” Godfrey, and his scrappy partner Leonidis “Leo” Day, take on drug lords with all the confidence and swagger times a hundred and who never blink an eye at doing what needs to be done in order to put the bad guys away.
These two are the bestest of BFF’s, and when circumstance finally makes them both realize that they are each other’s bees knees, the transition from friends to lovers is pretty darn seamless. Throw in a ridiculous supporting cast of characters ranging from the uber aggressive harrassing coworker who can’t take no for an answer, to the the equally extreme homophobic arsehole who won’t let sleeping dogs lie, and this is high octane stuff that often goes a bit too far.
However, this is scorching and obviously, that garners big points, easily winning me over. Narrated by Aiden Snow, who is this sexy beast and where the hell have I been to have missed his wonderful baritone? Seriously? If you want eargasms, this guy is your answer!
So, despite the many times this bordered and sometimes crossed over into inappropriate, despite the questionable dominance portrayed in the bedroom, and despite the too easy resolution of personal conflicts and the out of nowhere sexual shenanigans at the end
Spoiler
random consensual foursome with the above mentioned coworkers, I kid you notApparently, there was no failure on the entertainment nor the proprietary claiming romance, and I would be remiss if I didn’t say that I’ll probably still check out the next book especially if Snow narrates. I’ll just know to expect unrealistic scenarios but be confident in getting a wild, fast paced, and definitely, sexy read!
Thank you to the author/publisher for the audio in exchange for a honest review
evethingiread's review against another edition
5.0
3rd read --
I recently revisited the first book of the Nothing Special series after reading the subsequent ones, and it feels like coming home. Despite initially giving it four stars, I'm bumping it up to five because this series has become a cozy haven for me. God and Day, the dynamic duo, are perfect for each other. Their partnership, both in work and life, is already deep, and seeing them officially become a couple in this book felt natural and heartwarming.
The story is rich with plot points. Day’s nurturing nature shines when God falls ill, highlighting the depth of their connection. God's complex family history adds a layer of emotional depth, making his character even more compelling. Unexpectedly, we see the evolution of Roe and Johnson's relationship, going from homophobia and flirtation to a sweet and surprising pairing.
A particularly delightful twist is the foursome situation involving God, Day, Roe, and Johnson. While seemingly out of nowhere, it captures the essence of these books—unpredictable and character-driven, like a captivating TV show. Day's humor, God's grumpy yet loving demeanor, and Roe's sassy personality make the characters a joy to follow.
The reconciliation with God's family, especially his brother Genesis, adds an emotional touch. The telenovela-style storytelling, with its unexpected twists and turns, makes the book highly enjoyable. Day's witty remarks, God's protectiveness, and Roe's sassiness create a delightful mix.
While the main focus is on God and Day, the glimpses of Roe and Johnson make them intriguing side characters. It would have been interesting if they had their own book, but their roles add an extra layer to the series. I find myself immersed in the world of Nothing Special, eager to continue with the next books in the series. This isn't my last time reading these books—I'm already looking forward to revisiting them.
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2nd time reading
In the first book of the "Nothing Special" series by A.E. Via, I was introduced to God and Day, two detectives in the narcotics department. God, or Cashel, is this huge guy with a heart of gold, while Day is smart, funny, and kind. The instant attraction between them evolves into a deep friendship as they navigate personal struggles, especially God's challenges with family. The story is over-the-top, far-fetched, and almost like a telenovela, but that's what makes it so enjoyable. There's even a subplot involving a character named Ro that adds an unexpected twist. The narration by Aidan Snow adds to the experience, making it a fun and exciting read. I gave it four stars, embracing the unrealistic yet captivating nature of the narrative.
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Sexy as fuck. Far fetched and full of humor. This was a fun read. I couldn't get over the fact that one of the characters is called God! No matter how many times someone calls him that, I flinch.
Leo "Day" is so fucking adorable. I loved him in You can see me. And there's this telenovela element to these books, but here, I liked it. It was entertaining and I didn't want to put the book down.
I recently revisited the first book of the Nothing Special series after reading the subsequent ones, and it feels like coming home. Despite initially giving it four stars, I'm bumping it up to five because this series has become a cozy haven for me. God and Day, the dynamic duo, are perfect for each other. Their partnership, both in work and life, is already deep, and seeing them officially become a couple in this book felt natural and heartwarming.
The story is rich with plot points. Day’s nurturing nature shines when God falls ill, highlighting the depth of their connection. God's complex family history adds a layer of emotional depth, making his character even more compelling. Unexpectedly, we see the evolution of Roe and Johnson's relationship, going from homophobia and flirtation to a sweet and surprising pairing.
A particularly delightful twist is the foursome situation involving God, Day, Roe, and Johnson. While seemingly out of nowhere, it captures the essence of these books—unpredictable and character-driven, like a captivating TV show. Day's humor, God's grumpy yet loving demeanor, and Roe's sassy personality make the characters a joy to follow.
The reconciliation with God's family, especially his brother Genesis, adds an emotional touch. The telenovela-style storytelling, with its unexpected twists and turns, makes the book highly enjoyable. Day's witty remarks, God's protectiveness, and Roe's sassiness create a delightful mix.
While the main focus is on God and Day, the glimpses of Roe and Johnson make them intriguing side characters. It would have been interesting if they had their own book, but their roles add an extra layer to the series. I find myself immersed in the world of Nothing Special, eager to continue with the next books in the series. This isn't my last time reading these books—I'm already looking forward to revisiting them.
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2nd time reading
In the first book of the "Nothing Special" series by A.E. Via, I was introduced to God and Day, two detectives in the narcotics department. God, or Cashel, is this huge guy with a heart of gold, while Day is smart, funny, and kind. The instant attraction between them evolves into a deep friendship as they navigate personal struggles, especially God's challenges with family. The story is over-the-top, far-fetched, and almost like a telenovela, but that's what makes it so enjoyable. There's even a subplot involving a character named Ro that adds an unexpected twist. The narration by Aidan Snow adds to the experience, making it a fun and exciting read. I gave it four stars, embracing the unrealistic yet captivating nature of the narrative.
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Sexy as fuck. Far fetched and full of humor. This was a fun read. I couldn't get over the fact that one of the characters is called God! No matter how many times someone calls him that, I flinch.
Leo "Day" is so fucking adorable. I loved him in You can see me. And there's this telenovela element to these books, but here, I liked it. It was entertaining and I didn't want to put the book down.
tiffb0129's review against another edition
I couldn’t get past the writing. How many times do you need to use the characters’ name in one chapter? It felt like every sentence.
krisssreads's review against another edition
4.0
God (Cash) and Day (Leo), two Narcotic Detectives who have worked together for 5 years, became best friends and now lovers, yeah delicious!!
Story line was good, the dynamic between the two was fucking hot as shit but that one little surprise at the end with Johnson and Ronowski, fuck me deadddd
Story line was good, the dynamic between the two was fucking hot as shit but that one little surprise at the end with Johnson and Ronowski, fuck me deadddd
diana8524's review against another edition
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25