Review: Really good but I kept comparing to another book.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2012
This book was highly recommenced to me by some of my Goodreads friends and it did not disappoint. It is sexy and heartwarming in all the right ways. I really enjoyed it and it made me ridiculously happy that the simple-minded muscle man got his happy ending. It is one of those books that goes full scope: We see what happens to them as a couple through the whole course of their relationship not just as it is beginning. That was awesome.The one issue I had with it was that it reminded me so much of "The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen", which is one of my favorite humorous M/M stories. Though "Muscling Through" was much, much spicier, "The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen" won me over in the humor department. I have a thing for snarky men reluctantly getting seduced and their barriers breaking down. The romance is interesting to me because it is improbable. The fact that both books involve simple men getting involved with smart, cultured men led to the comparisons for me and ended up coloring my opinion of "Muscling Through."