Different Suits was a bit of a surprise since I didn’t expect the evolution of Angelo’s character. From what we learned about him in the previous books, Angelo gave me the impression of a very strong and independent man, other than a successful businessman. Now in his book it’s not that he comes out as weak, but he definitely plays the role of the submissive in the relationship with Moody, the big stud of police detective who helps him with his problems with a fanatic homophobic reverend. Little by little all those hints we had of Angelo as strong man, are instead read in a different way, they become little oddities that Angelo uses to prove to himself that he is for real out of his poor childhood: he is obsessed with expensive dresses, beautiful cars, with an impeccable house, but it’s not the behaviour of a control freak, but the natural evolution of a scared little boy who now clings to material things to search for security.

On the other side there is Moody, a latino police detective that, despite being able to come out from a childhood quite similar to Angelo taking the good path, has not cancelled that past. It’s strange since Moody and Angelo are both from a breed notorious to be “bloody” feeling, but Angelo suppressed that side of his character. Instead Moody (and his nickname is a proof of it) is still driven by his gut more than by his mind. I have a feeling that, the first time he saw Angelo, he thought to have found someone like him, and he was almost expecting to be able to deal with him on the same level; and instead Moody was surprise to crash against the cool exterior of Angelo, and now he is bent upon the task to find a way to go behind that chilling shield.

The relationship between Moody and Angelo is very much physical, the romance comes after the sex, but it’s probably in line with both men’s characters: they are not innocent or naïve, and in this case, the hot bothered nature of their genes matches perfectly in bed. And in bed is also where Angelo loses all his insecurities and becomes to one in lead; now don’t get me wrong, Angelo is almost always a bottom, but he is for sure the one who is more at ease with his body and his desires.

Different Suits is probably in contest to be one of the nicer book in the Poker Night series.

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