Dean
Unexpected, Book 9
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Dean
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Narrated by:
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Liam DiCosimo
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Alexander Cendese
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Written by:
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Cora Rose
The path to self-acceptance has always felt like an uphill battle for me.
It's hard not to feel that way when the most important people in my life decided long ago they can't accept me as I am, that they don't want a gay son, a feminine son, a boy who likes pretty things.
Caring for myself from a young age has come with a lot of hardships, but finding myself bruised, homeless, and sleeping in my car just about tops the list.
Fortunately, the person I least expect offers to take me in and share his home with me.
My boss, Dean, may be twenty years older and have a son my age, but he's still the sexiest man I've ever met. (Mechanics, amiright?) He's also incredibly sweet and thoughtful and apparently, quite protective of me. He may even be a bit possessive…
But best of all, he genuinely seems to like and accept me just as I am.
The only problem is that Dean is straight. And living with my very hot, very straight boss just might be the thing that kills me.
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I wanted to like this more than I did. I personally just struggled to connect with the characters and their relationship because the interactions felt awkward between many of the characters.
As this was my first book I’ve read of this series I wasn’t sure if I was missing something or not but it seemed like characters were just dropped in randomly acting very strange and absurd and no real backstory to it. There was a lot of awkward and cringy moments that I think were supposed to funny but just didn’t land for me.
I found Avery would get on my nerves and annoy me. The amount of time spent on his inner monologue talking about how hot Dean was and fantasizing about him I started to feel awkward. We get it he’s hot and you want him but it seemed like it was just a constant repeat for the first few chapters of the book. I love spicy books but I found their interactions a bit awkward and just didn’t feel the chemistry between the characters.
I felt like the story lacked plot. There was an underlying plot happening but it seemed very scattered and incomplete. There is a bad guy and then poof bad guy is gone, everyone is happy with each other, and I was left wondering what the fuck just happened.
I will say that I did really enjoy the audio narration which bumped the score up to 3.25. Whoever was narrating Avery did honestly do a great job bringing his character to life. The narration was very believable when compared to how I felt Avery was written.
The narration was well done but struggled with the story overall.
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