Review: A realistic portrayal of how guys--even bi-curious ones--behave
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2013
As another reviewer said, this book is a lot like "Str8te Boys," which was written by a woman.  However, "We're Both Straight, Right?" was written by a man and I think the portrayal of the friendship between the two college roommates was more realistic.  Larry and Zach have been friends forever.  They know each other better than anyone else.  They tolerate each other's bad habits and behaviors. And they genuinely trust and care about each other.  That's why their journey of sexual discovery and ultimately love feels "right" in terms of how guys do treat each other.  Even when they're professing love, they tease and call each other names and act like two "dudes" would act together.  Some female writers of M/M fiction still like to make one of the men more classically dominant while the other comes across as having more feminine sensibilities.  The author here had the guys just act like guys, and I liked it.One thing I especially liked was that Larry just didn't care or worry about his attraction to Zach.  He'd always been socially awkward, so he'd developed a pretty thick skin concerning how people viewed him.  He simply discovered that Zach was awesome and attractive, and he enjoyed enteracting with him sexually.  It was Zach who struggled with this new aspect of their relationship.  Zach had all the angst.Sweet short story worth reading.