A review by ditten
Teach Me to Sin by Riley Nash

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Teach Me To Sin is the best MMM book I've read and I'm OBSESSED! These guys are all broken, messy, and damaged and aren't even thinking about a relationship when they meet. But they keep being drawn to one another and somehow their jagged edges line up to form something beautiful and unexpected.
 
"All the bad decisions are already made. All the breakdowns are scheduled for tomorrow. All the regrets were written in the stars a million years ago. So right now, all you can do is enjoy"
 
THIS BOOK! It's just so good! It's the final book in Riley Nash's Water, Air, Earth, Fire series and it's such a great way to end it! It's also given me a new fave character in Benji, the only mc we haven't met before, who's a whirlwind of fun, sass, and trauma.
I read both the e-book and the audiobook and highly recommend both. Tim Page who narrates Colson is especially great 
 
I love how all three guys have very distinct personalities and different dynamics within the triad. While they all meet at nearly the same time, the relationships develop at slightly different paces and it's so well written. Initially, Alek and Benji are soft and tender together, Alek and Colson are fire and hate until they let their walls down and let themselves fall, and Benji and Cole are passion and lust. None of these relationships would work long-term with just two of them, they all bring something different to the dynamic and together they form this beautiful, if unconventional, relationship. And their chemistry is ON POINT! 
 
"With a faint whimper, he drags his tongue through Colson’s c*m. He licks it hungrily off my jaw and up toward my cheekbone and that, the moment where perfect Alek desperately laps up the spent c*m of the man he’s supposed to hate, is the push my body needs. I come so hard the world spins, arching my back and trying not to scream as I fill Colson’s throat."
 
This book's full of filthy hot scenes, tender moments, trauma, healing, sass, redemption arcs, the best nicknames, swimming, navigating societal expectations, falling in love, and a few appearances by other characters in the series.
 
Plot-wise, there are a few things you might need to suspend disbelief for (like not knowing someone's full name yet being able to purchase an airline ticket for them lol) but they're minor and didn't bother me much.
 
Teach Me To Sin was, if possible, even better on my second read, and I can't recommend it and the entire series enough!