a_thousand_lifetimes_tbr 's review for:

The Reality of Wanting Him by Lexi Amber

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Oh my gosh, I want to scream from the rooftops about how great this book is!!!

The premise of meeting your future partner completely blind unaware of looks or gender is flipping genius. The whole dating show set up felt so real. I could honestly believe this show might be coming to a streaming service.

I immediately fell in love with Blake. His chaotic golden retriever energy is the best vibe. He's had some set backs in life but he seems to always try to make the most of every situation he's in. The way he seems to decide to make their relationship work by the strength of his optimism alone is amazing. I love him for it and it seems Liam does too. His easy acceptance of finding out he might not be as straight as he thought he was is very refreshing.

Liam seems like such a sweet & gentle soul. He's had some hurts to his heart and is trying to put himself back out there. Although, when he's in the bedroom he's anything but sweet. The mouth on that man had me blushing. I swear every time he called Blake 'Straight boy' I had a hot flush

The spice in this was seriously steamy. Liams dirty mouth and Blake's hidden submissive nature were a smoking hot combo

it all felt perfectly

balanced too.

I fell in love with the side characters (spoiler alert; 1 always do) Ash and his moment of bravery, Chad and is easy acceptance of Blake's sexuality, and of course KD & JR, I am endlessly intrigued by them after reading their prologue.

An honourable mention to Blake's awful mother! She truly is the villain of the piece and I HATED her with the fire of a thousand suns. I won't say more but you'll find out why when you read it.

Absolutely all the stars from me and a definite auto-buy for the rest of the series!