Review: Very good menage with a different twist
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2013
4 starsThis was a very good story. It's the first I've read but this author and based on this I'd try more of her work. I liked the characters and the story line was interesting.This story is a little different than most menages I've read because the reasons for the exploration are based more around Spencer because of his bi-sexual urges. Most menages I've read center around the female in the story even when they're mmf. Rory gets something she needs from this relationship but she's not the center of it. It's a different and interesting dynamic that I liked.Spencer is a good guy. He's been dating Rory for 3 years and it in love with her. He plans to ask her to marry him but first he needs to figure himself out. He has needs that Rory can't fill, urges to be with a man. He doesn't want to lose Rory but can't figure out how to reconcile all his needs.Rory is a sweetheart and loves Spencer dearly. She's getting her masters in psychology, specializing in sexual orientation. She's seen that Spencer has urges he hasn't opened up to her about and she doesn't know what to do about it.Jack is a good guy but has issues to start with. He works for his father and it causes him plenty of problems. He struggles through life with no emotional support and you can see that deep down Jack has the ability to feel deeply but he's never been able to. Never had anyone he can trust or rely on(not even his father, especially not his father).Jack and Spencer aren't on the best term when they get stuck underground together. But while working to stay alive and help each other they form a bond. After they get out of the collapsed tunnel, Spencer and Jack have a tentative friendship. Rory doesn't have an issue with this and even encourages things when Jack invites them to his house in the Hamptons for the weekend. The attraction between all 3 is there and as the weekend progresses, they end up exploring sexually. While Rory feels an attraction to Jack she was mostly welcoming him in for Spencer's needs but Jack's Dom tendency ends up giving her something she needed too (but didn't know she was missing).The weekends is wonderful and seeing the three exploring the burgeoning relationship was really enjoyable. Unfortunately just as things are going well an overheard phone message from Jack's father makes Spencer and Rory doubt Jack's intentions and things go to hell. I felt bad for Jack because he really did just want to be with them and missed them when things went wrong. On the good side this encouraged him to do what he had to to get his father out of his life. It left him much happier except that he still missed Spencer and Rory.After things went wrong, Rory and Spencer tried to pick up their lives and move on. They do for the most part but they both are missing something that Jack provided (and just plain missing Jack). They want it back but don't know how fix things with Jack or if they can even trust him.Finally, after months, Jack can't stand it any more and goes to talk to them. Things aren't easy but he manages to get them to believe him about what happened with the phone message. They work on re-connecting and getting their relationship working as a threesome. Things go well and it had a very good ending that left me happy and satisfied.This was a very good story. I really liked the characters and the story line was engaging. I think the different twist of the dynamic of this mmf menage is great, it made the story unique from most of the mmf menages out there. I'd recommend it. Thumbs up. :D