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A review by compulsive_reader
Inevitable by Briar Prescott
4.0
Very cute book about the development of a triad. Bas, who is ace; Drew, his BFF from childhood; and Ezra, the missing piece from a rough background who makes them work.
It's a bit formulaic. It has so many similarities to Until You, which I had just finished and loved. A character who only does 1 night stands. The characters don't need to be married but exchange rings (as a practical person, I want to make sure they have ironclad wills and advanced directives and medical powers of attorney if they aren't going to get married. The fight for gay marriage wasn't symbolic -- it was, in part, because the title of spouse has legal meaning which is hard to replicate.)
I did love watching then figure out how they're stronger together. But I wanted more-- it seemed a bit too simple. They all just kind of shrugged and were like, well, It's not normal, but it's our normal, and everything was fine. There would 100% be more to their acceptance of it than that. Also, I don't want them to refuse to be their authentic selves for anyone. But - don't pretend a polyamorous relationship isn't surprising and a bit shocking to people.
I also wanted more about how their relationship worked, on a basic level. There are only 2 sides of the bed!! How does that work?? Also, what the heck bed is big enough for 3 grown men to share regularly?? Also, I feel like having an ace character is super cool. But the way sex was handled was too simple. I liked the going to the opera metaphor, thought it was great. But how did Bas feel when Ezra and Drew had sex without him? Really, he had no feelings of being left out? If you're saying be regularly joins in. We need tonsee more of that and how it really works if he truly is ace.
The extreme focus on Drew's family took away from what I actually wanted to be reading.
Also, I want more about Ezra's life. The beginning with him becoming homeless was intriguing, and I wanted to know more about how he became so strong and resourceful. But then he kind of had a personality change into the only mature one in their relationship.
Also, there were some typos - places where the wrong name was used. Probably because the style of randomly switching point of view characters was unnecessarily unclear.
It's a bit formulaic. It has so many similarities to Until You, which I had just finished and loved. A character who only does 1 night stands. The characters don't need to be married but exchange rings (as a practical person, I want to make sure they have ironclad wills and advanced directives and medical powers of attorney if they aren't going to get married. The fight for gay marriage wasn't symbolic -- it was, in part, because the title of spouse has legal meaning which is hard to replicate.)
I did love watching then figure out how they're stronger together. But I wanted more-- it seemed a bit too simple. They all just kind of shrugged and were like, well, It's not normal, but it's our normal, and everything was fine. There would 100% be more to their acceptance of it than that. Also, I don't want them to refuse to be their authentic selves for anyone. But - don't pretend a polyamorous relationship isn't surprising and a bit shocking to people.
I also wanted more about how their relationship worked, on a basic level. There are only 2 sides of the bed!! How does that work?? Also, what the heck bed is big enough for 3 grown men to share regularly?? Also, I feel like having an ace character is super cool. But the way sex was handled was too simple. I liked the going to the opera metaphor, thought it was great. But how did Bas feel when Ezra and Drew had sex without him? Really, he had no feelings of being left out? If you're saying be regularly joins in. We need tonsee more of that and how it really works if he truly is ace.
The extreme focus on Drew's family took away from what I actually wanted to be reading.
Also, I want more about Ezra's life. The beginning with him becoming homeless was intriguing, and I wanted to know more about how he became so strong and resourceful. But then he kind of had a personality change into the only mature one in their relationship.
Also, there were some typos - places where the wrong name was used. Probably because the style of randomly switching point of view characters was unnecessarily unclear.