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Pretty Boy
by Brianna Flores
4 stars. First time reading this author. As described, this is a low angst unexpected love story between a gay gym trainer Sebastian and a student baseball player Liam who thought he was straight but fell in lust (and love) with 'Bash' when he saw him at the gym.
The book starts with Liam finding out his girlfriend is cheating on him, and drops her without telling her he knew. His girlfriend had made him feel not very confident of sex with women, and he has a complicated relationship with his father who puts expectations on him to achieve more with baseball thank he was able to. As Sebastian calls him, Liam is a "nervous pretty boy". His Mom sounds great though. Then Liam sees Sebastian for the first time at the local gym that he goes to with his best mate Cade, and can't stop looking at him.
Liam ends up hiring Sebastian as his trainer on the pretext that he's giving up baseball (although that is intended but hadn't happened yet). After 5 sessions, and being well aware that Liam is obsessed with him, Seb takes him home to bed, assuming that this is something Liam had done before, and dropped him as a client after that. Liam just walks and then avoids him at the gym for the next 2 weeks, but Sebastian overhears that he and his friends are going to a gay club and happens to go that same night, and rescues Liam from being too drunk and propositioned, and takes him home to keep safe. After that the relationship starts developing quickly, as well as Liam's blossoming sexuality and preferences.
I like this book - the low angst meant it was a story that I could easily follow, and the strength of the story is in the complexity of relationships and characters, e.g. Sebastian with his back story, Liam's father, and the side characters of Liam's ex (yes she makes a reappearance), Cade and Liam's relationship, and others that keep the narrative going. Liam's Mom is a lovely strong support in this. The ease that Liam slipped into sex with a man for the first time is maybe a bit surprising but he has been built up as obsessed by Sebastian, and he is young so it is believable. Just one thing - don't understand why Sebastian got a genital piercing, without telling Liam until after he did it, odd that he didn't discuss it given that they were having sex regularly, and meant a two week break.
Interesting book, enjoy!
I received a copy of this book from Gay Romance Reviews, and this is my honest review.
The book starts with Liam finding out his girlfriend is cheating on him, and drops her without telling her he knew. His girlfriend had made him feel not very confident of sex with women, and he has a complicated relationship with his father who puts expectations on him to achieve more with baseball thank he was able to. As Sebastian calls him, Liam is a "nervous pretty boy". His Mom sounds great though. Then Liam sees Sebastian for the first time at the local gym that he goes to with his best mate Cade, and can't stop looking at him.
Liam ends up hiring Sebastian as his trainer on the pretext that he's giving up baseball (although that is intended but hadn't happened yet). After 5 sessions, and being well aware that Liam is obsessed with him, Seb takes him home to bed, assuming that this is something Liam had done before, and dropped him as a client after that. Liam just walks and then avoids him at the gym for the next 2 weeks, but Sebastian overhears that he and his friends are going to a gay club and happens to go that same night, and rescues Liam from being too drunk and propositioned, and takes him home to keep safe. After that the relationship starts developing quickly, as well as Liam's blossoming sexuality and preferences.
I like this book - the low angst meant it was a story that I could easily follow, and the strength of the story is in the complexity of relationships and characters, e.g. Sebastian with his back story, Liam's father, and the side characters of Liam's ex (yes she makes a reappearance), Cade and Liam's relationship, and others that keep the narrative going. Liam's Mom is a lovely strong support in this. The ease that Liam slipped into sex with a man for the first time is maybe a bit surprising but he has been built up as obsessed by Sebastian, and he is young so it is believable. Just one thing - don't understand why Sebastian got a genital piercing, without telling Liam until after he did it, odd that he didn't discuss it given that they were having sex regularly, and meant a two week break.
Interesting book, enjoy!
I received a copy of this book from Gay Romance Reviews, and this is my honest review.