Great characters, I love Ruben and Andy. The story is definitely character driven. The story was a good read but could easily have been forty pages shorter. A very slow burn romance with no labels attached just two men who fell in love. Both guys have their baggage and most likely would have self-destructed if left alone. Not a WOW but an entertaining story. ( )

i finally came to realize that gfy is not my cup of tea, and reaffirmed that it applies to mr.suede's books as well.

first off, let me say that i completely understand how two hot manly-men getting it on can get people hot and bothered. i can understand the conflict, the denial, et cetera, of a bi-curious man. however, something about the characterizations kept pissing me off.
also, ruben kept pissing me off. andy was too fucking good for that idiot. the not jerking off part was comical, and not in a good way. come on, all that tension is just not healthy. especially, i think, for people with his problems. only getting off when someone sits on his dick? (he claimed that sex was supposed to mean something; cue the stripper joint - he obviously has no trouble blowing his load hands-free in a meaningless environment) man, he's missing out on a lot. i don't get it, he's a manly-caveman, but come on. and the perma-boner was weird.
just as the previous book of mr.suede's i'd attempted to read (and failed to finish - this time i valiantly persevered), it was full of silly synonyms for cock and all things of sexual nature, which i admit was kind of educational - i'm always up for learning new vocabulary - but you'll grant me that snorting and rolling one's eyes is not what one's supposed to do in the middle of reading a sex scene. is it really so hard to call things by their names? i don't even know if these unnecessarily vulgar slurs are better or worse than authors going to the other extreme and being ludicrously childish with 'nether regions.' do men really talk (or think) that way during sex, outside of (bad) porn i mean? not to my knowledge. was it supposed to make the sex itself seem hotter? it did not.
okay, there was some good chemistry, there was sexual tension. i even liked the plot. but. and it was a huge but. the writing killed it. the air of forced eroticism hangs all over this book. excuse me, but i think that good smut does not need any help to be sexy. enough said.
suffice to say, i learned my lesson and will henceforth steer clear of that author.
and the genre. ( )

M/M Romance is not my cup of tea but I had heard so much about Damon Suede I thought I'd give him a try. I was impressed with the story - it was entertaining and the characters were a delight to read. Both Ruben as the big scary bodyguard and Andy as the ultra-rich investment manager were so well written you almost feel like you know them.
Added to the romance was a bit of a mystery over who was threatening Andy. Overall, I think I will try some additional Damon Suede books. ( )

I couldn't figure out what to read for more than a week, which is an eternity for me, so I turned to an author that I'd read in the past and really loved. And while Damon Suede still has a way with words, I have to say that Pent Up didn't have the same feel, the same passion, the same demand for my time that Hot Head did.

That said, what's in the book is pretty good. A good story with enough turns and twists to keep you reading to find out what's next. Yes, things are a bit confusing at times, but they get explained fully later on - so just keep reading.

In all, I enjoyed the book - just not as much as Suede's other offerings. ( )

Definitely not for me.



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