5.0
emotional tense fast-paced

I was leary of reading this spin-off from "Becoming His Boy Next Door."(HBND) I like stories with Brats, but I tend to like Brats with a sweet element and not stubborn, willful and sometimes crude. Reading the original series I did not like Ewan at all. He annoyed the heck out of me and I put off reading these until my second read through of HBND. I'm glad I did read them and that I chose to read them after Season 3 of HBND. I just finished my second read through because they have been added as necessary to the whole feel of the Doms of Santa Rita world. My feelings on Ewan and Nate have changed after reading these and I appreciate them a whole lot better then I did before. 

Ewan still annoys me. But... Knowing more about him tempers my feelings. These let the reader know why he is the way he is and what he wants and what he needs in a Dom. Nate is perfect for him. This is his first real long-term relationship as a Dom and he's learning as he goes. Ewan fights him because he has ideas from his past and he struggles to reconcile those with who Nate is and what Nate wants and needs from him. He struggles with how different Nate is from his previous Dom and Nate struggles to get him to communicate and understand how he is different. There is a lot of stubborness and push and pull in this series. 

This first Volume is a good introduction Nate and Ewan as Main Characters. I love seeing their relationship develop and events unfolf from their POV. With HBND we see what Jack and Channon think and how they feel. It's a great contrast to see another side of events. 

I love how these books flow along the same timeline as HBND up to the end of Season 3 without being over repetitive. So ofter differing viewpoints get to bee too much but Nate and Ewan are so different from Channon and Jack that what they think and feel about events and people is unique to them.  Another thing that is great is that there isn't a lot of extra when it comes to some events. For instance when Channon Meets Nate for the first time. We are told the specifics in the HBND series so the mentions of that in these book is Nate's viewpoint into what he thinks of Channon and everything as a whole instead of the fine details.