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Love and Other Hot Beverages by Laurie Loft
5.0
Love And Other Hot Beverages is a roller coaster of romance, angst, and drama.
Todd is fresh off a breakup that has him completely messed up – quit-your-job, move-across-the-country, just-trying-to-get-from-day-to-day messed up. Sebastian (Sebby), who himself has only recently gotten out of an abusive relationship, is determined to help Todd get over his ex and into his, Sebby’s, bed (you’ll find throughout the book that this is Sebby’s go-to coping mechanism: sex). Problem is, once Sebby starts spending time with Todd and experiences first hand his level of devotion to his ex and naturally romantic personality, just sex isn’t enough. Sebby starts to desperately want Todd to turn all that love and adoration his way.
And that’s when things get messy. (Spoilers Below)
Sebby makes some bad choices and pretty much self-sabotages. Sebby doesn’t really believe in monogamy and Todd is very much into one-on-one intimate monogamous relationships – something he and Sebby talk about and he makes very clear. Sebby has these friends who are in a relationship but also like to regularly bring a third into their bedroom, and somehow he gets the idea in his head that Todd needs to have a threesome with his friends so that it will add to his total of sex partners since his breakup and will increase the distance between him and his ex. Todd’s not into it, but Sebby won’t let it go and Todd finally gives in because he’s starting to really care for Sebby and wants to make him happy. And then when Todd goes off with these guys, after Sebby literally pushes him out the door, Sebby gets scared when his abusive ex calls and asks another one of his friends (an ex-lover) to come over – and then he sleeps with the guy.
See what I mean? What the hell dude?
So it’s a mess, but it’s also a really addictive, entertaining mess that you can’t look away from. I was seriously guzzling coffee and shoving cookies in my mouth without looking as I turned pages wide-eyed and captivated. And rest assured, there’s an HEA – it takes a while to get there, but they do get there eventually.
Overall, Love And Other Hot Beverages is unexpectedly good. It’s not your usual romance and not the kind I regularly read, but it’s got that kind of drama that holds your attention and makes you keep turning the pages. I seriously couldn’t put it down until the end – I would definitely pick up more books by this author in the future.
*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.
Todd is fresh off a breakup that has him completely messed up – quit-your-job, move-across-the-country, just-trying-to-get-from-day-to-day messed up. Sebastian (Sebby), who himself has only recently gotten out of an abusive relationship, is determined to help Todd get over his ex and into his, Sebby’s, bed (you’ll find throughout the book that this is Sebby’s go-to coping mechanism: sex). Problem is, once Sebby starts spending time with Todd and experiences first hand his level of devotion to his ex and naturally romantic personality, just sex isn’t enough. Sebby starts to desperately want Todd to turn all that love and adoration his way.
And that’s when things get messy. (Spoilers Below)
Sebby makes some bad choices and pretty much self-sabotages. Sebby doesn’t really believe in monogamy and Todd is very much into one-on-one intimate monogamous relationships – something he and Sebby talk about and he makes very clear. Sebby has these friends who are in a relationship but also like to regularly bring a third into their bedroom, and somehow he gets the idea in his head that Todd needs to have a threesome with his friends so that it will add to his total of sex partners since his breakup and will increase the distance between him and his ex. Todd’s not into it, but Sebby won’t let it go and Todd finally gives in because he’s starting to really care for Sebby and wants to make him happy. And then when Todd goes off with these guys, after Sebby literally pushes him out the door, Sebby gets scared when his abusive ex calls and asks another one of his friends (an ex-lover) to come over – and then he sleeps with the guy.
See what I mean? What the hell dude?
So it’s a mess, but it’s also a really addictive, entertaining mess that you can’t look away from. I was seriously guzzling coffee and shoving cookies in my mouth without looking as I turned pages wide-eyed and captivated. And rest assured, there’s an HEA – it takes a while to get there, but they do get there eventually.
Overall, Love And Other Hot Beverages is unexpectedly good. It’s not your usual romance and not the kind I regularly read, but it’s got that kind of drama that holds your attention and makes you keep turning the pages. I seriously couldn’t put it down until the end – I would definitely pick up more books by this author in the future.
*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.