3 out of 5 stars
Kindle Unlimited. 68 pages. Published February 3, 2020
Blurb:
Talk about taking friendship to the next level!
Logan and Cade have been best friends since childhood. Now, they work side-by-side as park rangers during the day, and at night, they pick up girls together. When they both strike out at a bar, drunk and desperate, they end up having a one-night-stand neither will ever forget.
There’s no going back now that Logan and Cade have slept together. They can deny their feelings as much as they want, but they can’t ignore the fuse that has sparked between them. Things are going to explode one way or another.
As their small town sets up for Valentine’s Day, the cardboard hearts and flowers remind Logan and Cade of everything they could have together… If they weren’t straight. Because straight guys don’t bone their best friends. Even if they really, really want to.
Bro Job is a 20,000 word gay erotic romance novella about two straight friends who become gay lovers. There is no cheating or cliffhanger, and there is a happy ending. This book features explicit gay sex scenes, including mild exhibitionism and voyeurism.
Likes:
- Hot smut.
- Friends to lovers.
- Short.
Dislikes:
- Both men lack depth.
- The story is missing a lot of detail.
- Drunk sex.
- Unsafe sex.
- The men feel dumb but I know they’re not.
I chose this novella because I wanted something short and sweet. I like friends to lovers stories, and the basic plot of this novella was classic. Two guys who’ve been ignoring the ‘more than friends’ vibe they’ve got going, finally get to a point where they can’t ignore it anymore.
I don’t love that they were drunk during their first time. For starters, drunk people can’t give consent. Second, it leads to risky sex practices, like the lack of condom. Despite that, the sex was hot, even if it always took place in unusual locations.
As for the men themselves, they lacked depth. I don’t feel like I got to know them. I also didn’t understand the reasoning behind a lot of their decisions, worries, and actions. Neither man was stupid, but there were times when they felt incredibly dumb. Like ‘fraternity boy who cheated on his SATs’ dumb.
Part of this has to do with the writing. There was a lot of inconsistency with the men and whether they were really straight or not. I couldn’t tell if they honestly thought they were straight or were choosing to ignore how much they thought about each other in sexual ways. This led to a lot of ‘I’m totally straight except for thinking about kissing my best friend, getting horny around him, and staring at his ass.’ That got annoying fast.
Both men are resistant to the idea of being anything other than straight. But I have no idea why. Is it a masculinity issue? Are they worried about what people will think? It’s not discussed. I know they live in a small town, but later in the book there’s reference to a lesbian couple and it’s treated like it’s no big thing.
Overall, I’m unimpressed. This wasn’t a bad read, especially for how short it was, but there are better novellas out there. Not sure if I’d go back to this author.
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