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A review by virgo_reader
Dear Mr. Brody by A.M. Johnson
4.0
This is my first book from A.M. Johnson and… wow. WOWOWOW.
First of all, this book hits on so many tropes that I love:
-Single (co-)parent dad
-Age gap
-Professor/student (he’s 33, student is 24)
-Epistolary-esq (they meet on a Grindr-like app anonymously)
Donovan “Van” Brody is 33, divorced, and just took a part time professor job at a college. In his first class he meets Parker, the cheeky, 24 year old, gay, Air Force veteran who happens to be an amazing writer.
Donovan has never been with a man, but has alway known he was attracted to men. But since he married his high school sweetheart and they only recently divorced, he’s never been able to act on it. Until one night, a friend introduces him to Pegasus - a Grindr-like app where he bonds quickly with a stranger over their love of a queer book based on Peter Pan.
The story unfolds in a semi-slow burn. There are definitely some sexy (virtual) scenes where they’re exploring anonymously, but after meeting and deciding to pursue dating they take it slow and there are lots of conversations about consent and sexuality and what qualifies as “sex”.
The conflict is that their college has a strict "no fraternization" policy and Donovan worries about their relationship becoming public and ruining his career (he works as a book editor) or impacting his daughter. But, he doesn't want to push Parker back "in the closet" with a secret relationship.
Seeing Parker with Donovan’s 10 year old daughter was adorable. Seeing Donovan finally realize he feels “whole” and “himself” for the first time was so sweet.
You see the couples from previous books (and I think there’s a couple who got set up for a future book), but I didn’t feel out of the loop from jumping in with book 3.
CW: Parker was assaulted in the past, it's mentioned but not graphically described
First of all, this book hits on so many tropes that I love:
-Single (co-)parent dad
-Age gap
-Professor/student (he’s 33, student is 24)
-Epistolary-esq (they meet on a Grindr-like app anonymously)
Donovan “Van” Brody is 33, divorced, and just took a part time professor job at a college. In his first class he meets Parker, the cheeky, 24 year old, gay, Air Force veteran who happens to be an amazing writer.
Donovan has never been with a man, but has alway known he was attracted to men. But since he married his high school sweetheart and they only recently divorced, he’s never been able to act on it. Until one night, a friend introduces him to Pegasus - a Grindr-like app where he bonds quickly with a stranger over their love of a queer book based on Peter Pan.
The story unfolds in a semi-slow burn. There are definitely some sexy (virtual) scenes where they’re exploring anonymously, but after meeting and deciding to pursue dating they take it slow and there are lots of conversations about consent and sexuality and what qualifies as “sex”.
The conflict is that their college has a strict "no fraternization" policy and Donovan worries about their relationship becoming public and ruining his career (he works as a book editor) or impacting his daughter. But, he doesn't want to push Parker back "in the closet" with a secret relationship.
Seeing Parker with Donovan’s 10 year old daughter was adorable. Seeing Donovan finally realize he feels “whole” and “himself” for the first time was so sweet.
You see the couples from previous books (and I think there’s a couple who got set up for a future book), but I didn’t feel out of the loop from jumping in with book 3.
CW: Parker was assaulted in the past, it's mentioned but not graphically described