Review: B+ rating...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
B+ rating.I don't read menage books very much anymore. I tend to go toward straight m/m or m/f so I had forgotten how much I enjoy a good m/m/f and this is a good one. The premise is that Spenser and Rory have dated for years. He's on the verge of asking her to marry him, but he needs to come clean on one final thing. He's never confessed that he's also attracted to men. Spenser is a straight-up good guy and knows that he can't go into a marriage with any hint of a lie between them. That's the whole basis of the story line, but this story really isn't about Spenser and Rory. No, this story belongs to Jack...the bi-sexual outsider who re-awakens that m/m side of Spenser. But he and Rory have a connection too.Jack is the not-so-good-guy. He's working as the company guy in charge on an engineering project with Spenser. Unfortunately, the company Jack works for, which belongs to his dad, is known for cutting corners, cutting safety, and cutting deals. Usually using Jack for sex to do so. Yes, Jack's dad basically pimps him out on behalf of the company. Jack hates every little bit of it, but he continues to do it, so he hates himself quite a bit too. This book is about Jack and him finding his way to being the man who deserves happiness with Rory and Spenser.This is definitely a book about character growth with Jack. But it's also just a beautiful, sexy book. Spenser and Rory have an amazingly honest relationship. She's getting her degree in sexuality and is very aware that Spenser isn't telling her everything. She is so incredibly open to what he needs and sees that those needs don't threaten her. The scenes between all three of them are incredibly hot. And of course, I'm a huge sucker for a great m/m story so I loved watching Spenser's awakening feelings with Jack. But even the scenes between Jack and Rory are good. It's just an incredible dynamic between the three of them that truly works, although of course they have their difficulties seeing that along the way.I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the set-up of the story line. It sets up as a story where one person is always going to be left out...either sexually or emotionally. But it played out to be and read so much deeper than that as ALL THREE of the characters connected. I truly enjoyed the book and immediately got online to buy one of Alyssa Turner's other menage stories. Like I said, I forgot how much I truly enjoy this trope of m/m/f menage. It was, after all, the trope that introduced me to the sexy world of m/m. Thank goodness for that.