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A review by irayred
Adam Only by Roe Horvat
3.0
Remember the cute and sexy side couple in The Other Book? Well, this is their story. We follow Christoffer and Adam’s through a weekend filled with sex and cute moments –but it’s mostly sex.
I must admit I had a couple of problems with this book because, even though I love Roe Horvat’s writing, Adam Only has a few tropes I don’t particularly like:
-The insta-love in relationships is always a turn off for me. No matter who writes it, I just don’t fully enjoy it because it seems unbelievable. Yes, I think you can have sex with someone you’re attracted to if given the chance, but developing feelings takes time. Two people can fit perfectly in bed but they need struggles in order to demonstrate that their relationship is worth fighting for.
-The huge age gap. I’m not particularly fond to relationships that have more than 5 years between them. I know people are OK with 10, 15, or even 20 years apart, and I’m sorry but I'm not. And whenever I see this, I picture Freud taking a sip to his wine.
-The main conflict was merely due to miscommunication, which to me is just lazy writing. Don’t get me wrong, I love Roe Horvat’s style, I really do, but this couple seemed way better in the first book, and I was expecting more from their own story.
-Sex scenes were smoking hot and thrilling, but I need more domestic scenes, more dates, and more struggle from both of the characters. I know the novella is really short (I think it was only +100 pages), but Horvat has proved that his novellas are perfect, that their characters can develop within a few pages.
I’m kind of bummed with his book, but maybe that’s on me because I expected this to be great and it was just OK. I didn’t fall in love with them the way I did in the previous book.
Anyway, the cover is simple yet stunning, which is something I praise in Horvat’s work. I would recommend it but honestly, I liked the first one the most.
I must admit I had a couple of problems with this book because, even though I love Roe Horvat’s writing, Adam Only has a few tropes I don’t particularly like:
-The insta-love in relationships is always a turn off for me. No matter who writes it, I just don’t fully enjoy it because it seems unbelievable. Yes, I think you can have sex with someone you’re attracted to if given the chance, but developing feelings takes time. Two people can fit perfectly in bed but they need struggles in order to demonstrate that their relationship is worth fighting for.
-The huge age gap. I’m not particularly fond to relationships that have more than 5 years between them. I know people are OK with 10, 15, or even 20 years apart, and I’m sorry but I'm not. And whenever I see this, I picture Freud taking a sip to his wine.
-The main conflict was merely due to miscommunication, which to me is just lazy writing. Don’t get me wrong, I love Roe Horvat’s style, I really do, but this couple seemed way better in the first book, and I was expecting more from their own story.
-Sex scenes were smoking hot and thrilling, but I need more domestic scenes, more dates, and more struggle from both of the characters. I know the novella is really short (I think it was only +100 pages), but Horvat has proved that his novellas are perfect, that their characters can develop within a few pages.
I’m kind of bummed with his book, but maybe that’s on me because I expected this to be great and it was just OK. I didn’t fall in love with them the way I did in the previous book.
Anyway, the cover is simple yet stunning, which is something I praise in Horvat’s work. I would recommend it but honestly, I liked the first one the most.