I’m not usually a fan of M/M/M romance because a lot of authors can’t pull it off. Plus there has to be a certain suspension of disbelief that goes along with it—it’s just not as common as romance authors would have everyone think and basic human psychology would have more of an impact than what’s ever written…aka, jealousy would be a much bigger issue. However, jealousy doesn’t necessarily sell books, so I get it.
This story starts out with Seb being dumped by his long term partner and his friends hauling him out on a camping trip as a distraction. Booze and maudlin thoughts lead to kissing his best friends, which subsequently leads to the three of them confessing feelings about each other. Enter, thruple relationship.
I think the author did a good job with balancing their shared past and their changing relationship. It touched on the issues and reasons they individually were the way they were. I also like that Connor held himself back for a little while and didn’t jump into their relationship all gung-ho like the other two did. There were adequate smexy times sprinkled throughout the book (which I totally appreciated), but the part I struggled with was the “conflict for conflicts-sake.” Without spoilers, the first conflict seemed believable and something probably pretty common nowadays. The second part I felt was completely unnecessary and also something that wouldn’t be pushed aside as easily as it was. Like the dynamics of a M/M/M relationship, human psychology dictates that the aftermath would be quite different and a bigger hurdle than presented.
All that aside, this WAS a sweet book with less angst than I was expecting and was very well written. The narration was spot on (although it was a bit harder to differentiate each individual character—that might be me finding it harder to tell because of the accent) and it was the audio sample that had convinced me to try it in the first place. Sometimes good books are ruined by poor narration and I was satisfied with how this played out. Overall rating of a solid 4 stars and a book (and author) I’ll definitely come back to again at some point!
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.