Review: B rating....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
My Review:I was recently requested to review Polished by Alyssa Turner. I enjoyed it so much, I decided to pick up one of her other m/m/f menage books and this is the one that captured my attention. I liked it. It was an interesting dynamic since the guys are married to each other. One of them, Paxton, is bisexual and the other, Nicholas, is gay. Nicholas worries that Paxton is missing something from their relationship and thinks that maybe a menage will help prevent that possibility. They're guys. They've had menages in the past with other men. For them, they can separate sex from emotion so it's not that big of a deal...at least in theory because the third would be a one-night, no emotions involved, type of thing.And then Jodi enters their lives. Jodi and Paxton were best friends ten years ago. There were unresolved emotions there and when she comes back to town, they reconnect. She's struggling. Nicholas just lost his job. So the obvious solution is that she come into their home and rent from them. The menage plan never is even on the table with her, but they're all living together. Emotions become entangled. And surprise of surprises...Nicholas and Jodi become really good friends and he begins to develop some sexual interest in her.This is the first time I think I've ever read this twist in sexuality. Gay-for-you is a common theme in m/m books, but this is the first time I've ever read a hetero-for-you story and I liked it. It was such a great and believable twist. At first, I wasn't sure, but if I can believe the gay-for-you stories then it makes complete sense that it can go the other direction too.It was a great premise and a hot little story. It's not very long, but I found it to be a very entertaining read.