I wish I'd written about this when I finished it, as I remember it as beautiful. Kelly's love for Blue was so steadfast and lifted Blue up. Blue goes through an awakening as his bro romance with Kelly, his bestie, flames steadily into a full blown commitment and coupledom. They raise Blue's daughter together, they have such joy in the family they have together.

I don't normally gush about that sort of thing - but these two guys - they are all about family in an ideal way, but in a way that is so grounded. Not to mention that their love affair is hot.

I see there is another book that S. E. Harmon calls part of a duet of two books about Blue and Kelly. Reading the precis of A Deeper Blue, I must have read that too, as it seems Blue didn't come out in Blueprint? but finds his way out in the second book. Makes it even more surprising that I didn't make a note of these books at the time I read them about two? months ago.

S. E. Harmon says: "I've always been a voracious writer (and reader), with hopes of one day becoming a published author. Now that I am, I love the fact that my job is to write about love, all kinds of love, between all types of people. Writing is not just a job...it's a journey. And you never know where you'll end up." - sentiments I can get on board with. ( )

The writing was good. The characters just... started to irritate me. Also, warning, there are girly bits. ( )

I enjoyed the smarmy banter between Kelly and Blue. It made up for Blue's jealous rants. The secondary characters were drawn well and actually added to the story. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series. ( )

I expected it to be a trashy gay romance novel... and it was exactly that, lol.
I don't know how I managed to feel dissappointed now if my expectations were met completely.

The thing is, the beginning really got my hopes up. It was so good and funny I actually laughed out loud a few times, and I think I loved Kelly from the very start.
And then Blue came on, ugh. Partly I blame the voice actor, because he made Blue sound like a 53-year-old grunting lumberjack. (Also the way he read Kelly's parts in dialogues, my god!)
But mostly I just couldn't stand Blue's inability to choose a path and walk it and the way he always, always remembered he actually wanted Kelly only when he got jealous.
Kelly, baby, you deserve better! ( )

Unfortunately, this one was just really boring to me. I was excited going in because I liked best friends to lovers books but I hadn't read one in a while. However, I just didn't really enjoy this one.

My overwhelming feeling while reading this was boredom. The summary talked about there being some drama with Blue's family but that barely played a part in the majority of the plot. I think the specific plot line of "guy thinks he's straight but is crushing on his friend and can't figure out his feelings" might not be for me. I find that it's usually not super compelling to me and I always end up just getting annoyed with the characters. There was so much will they, won't they in this book but it wasn't entertaining to me at all.

As far as the relationship went, I could barely see Blue and Kelly as friends, let alone boyfriends. I just didn't feel any connection between them at all and it didn't feel like they treated each other very well. I didn't really care for the sex scenes either. The first few times they got together Blue was pretty drunk and that's just not something I love. There are other ways to show a character letting their guard down and giving into their feelings beyond making them have sex while drunk.

I know there is a direct sequel to this book but I have no interest in it. The ending didn't leave me wanting more and I didn't really like these characters. I don't know what's going to happen with the next book but it seems like it might be Kelly dealing with dating an NFL player and I don't think I'll enjoy that plot any more than I enjoyed this one. ( )