Title: Taboo For You
Author: Anyta Sunday
Series: Friends to Lovers #1
Page Count: 259 pages
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Genre(s): M/M, Contemporary Romance
Reviewer: ~Wendy~
Rating: 3.5 Stars out of 5
~Synopsis~
Sam’s freaking out. He’s 30 in three weeks. And what has he done in his twenties? It’s pretty simple math: nothing exciting at all. But hey, he has three weeks right? Maybe that’s just enough time to tick his way through a 20s Must Do List . . .
Luke’s freaking screwed. He’s come out to his family, and his friends. Except there’s a certain someone who doesn’t know yet: his neighbor of 7 years. Who also happens to be his best friend. Who Luke needs to tell the truth, but he just . . . can’t . . . seem to . . .
Jeremy’s freaking over-the-moon. It’s the countdown to his 15th birthday, and his goal is simple. No matter what, he’s going to spend heaps of time with saucy Suzy. But first he needs to get his over-protective, no-girlfriend-’cause-you’ll-get-her-pregnant parents off his back. And what better way than pretending he’s gay?
Sam, Luke, and Jeremy. Three guys who have a lot of history together, and a lot of future too—well, if they can sort out their issues, that is.
I have been going through my long, long TBR list looking for great books that have gotten lost on there.
I have been reading some great Anyta Sunday books lately so I figured I would finally give this one a go.
This is a very sweet “friends to lovers” story, with a gfy element.
Sam is 29, about to be 30 and father of Jeremy, who’s about to turn 15. Sam lost his virginity and got his girl pregnant at the age of 14, making him a dad at 15. He and his baby momma are not in a relationship, but hey are still great friends though. They are co parents and Jeremy spends equal time with them.
Turning 30 is hitting Sam pretty hard. He never got to be a teenager and so all the stupid stuff that teenagers do, because he became a father at such a young age. He is going through his own sort of “midlife crisis” and he has even made a list of all the things he wants to do before he turns 30.
Luke is Sam’s 36 year old neighbor and best friend. They have been pretty close to 7 years, but what Sam doesn’t know is that Luke is gay and has been in love with him for a long time. After finally coming out to his family, Luke figures it’s time to tell Sam the truth about himself. He also hopes he can maybe convince Sam to give him a shot, especially when he finds Sam’s “list”.
It does have, Do something sexually taboo on it after all.
He also wants Sam to have everything he wants though, so he tries to help Sam out wherever he can. I really enjoyed this story and I loved reading about Sam’s son Jeremey as well. This book has pov’s, Sam, Luke and Jeremy’s.
Now even though this book was cute, sweet, hot and even funny, I could not give it a full 4 stars. The reason for this is Luke and his secret. I really don’t get why he waited so long to tell Sam. In my opinion, he waited too long and took things too far. I get that, in the beginning, he was scared to come out and maybe push Sam away, but after or even before their first kiss…he should have told. He kept making excuses for himself and I didn’t like that one bit.
It started to drag and I just wanted him to get it out!!
Other than that, I really did enjoy this story. The best part for me was Jeremy though…His pov really made me smile. 😉
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