Cute but rushed, and I have a hard time believing that the main character is actually as onlivious as he's written to be. There is fooling yourself and then there is...this.

Logan is the super closeted one in this story, he runs into Ellis, his old buddy, at the coffee shop and whatever feelings he had been suppressing all this time come back to life now that Ellis is there to remind him how good it felt to briefly be together back then.

4* I'm not normally a fan of guys who are in denial, but this tale was done with sincerity and heart.

This is quite a 'lite' tale of a couple of friends who were more than friends in college, though only one admitted to this, the other seemingly having blanked it out or been genuinely unaware of boundaries. The former comes back into the latter's life four years later, and though the latter's initially an idiot, he's a running-scared idiot, not an unpleasant or deliberate one.

I liked how naturally the author brought the guys back into each other's life, and I liked the oblivious one's journey of realisation, his honesty once he'd seen the light, as well as his willingness to try to say sorry and to gather up his courage and take a chance on the best thing he nearly lost out on forever. I liked the other, out guy's forgiving nature, and I think that the small patch that they hit was realistic due to the nature of what it meant to expose himself to possible hurt all over again. The tale did feel the tiniest bit rushed, but it was sweet and there was love - familial and romantic and friendship in this.

It did have a decent enough HFN, but I couldn't help but hope for a little more, which got hinted at, but not cemented, and which is why this tale loses a * for me.

ARC courtesy of Riptide Publishing and NetGalley, for my reading pleasure.

Logan and Ellis were so cute!

Logan is the super closeted one in this story, he runs into Ellis, his old buddy, at the coffee shop and whatever feelings he had been suppressing all this time come back to life now that Ellis is there to remind him how good it felt to briefly be together back then.

I don't have a lot to say about this one mostly because it was so tiny. I could use another 150-200 pages. Everything happened so fast it felt like half the story got deleted, usually I enjoy a fast read but one where I'm reading too fast because I like it. This one was just way too short for any plot or character development to be achieved, sadly.

DNF so will not be rating or reviewing. Thank you for the opportunity to read this title.

Logan is so far in the closet he doesn't know there is a door. He ditched his best friend *cough boyfriend cough cough* in college when he realized he had a boner the size of Texas whenever they made out.

Because kissing another man isn't gay as long as he pretends it didn't happen. Obviously.

We only get Logan's POV, and he is a wildly unreliable narrator. When he runs into Ellis at a coffee shop four years after pulling a disappearing act, he doesn't understand why Ellis would be hurt and angry. Indeed, Logan doesn't remember how their relationship ended! He has no clue that he ghosted Ellis.

Logan, who works in marketing and wears a suit to work everyday, is in pathological denial. He's judgmental and weirdly homophobic. His sisters are awesome, and his parents are tolerant if traditional. Why was he so ashamed of being bi?

Ellis is Logan's polar opposite. He's open and comfortable with his sexuality. He's an artist and prefers to work odd jobs rather than be stuck in the 9-to-5 grind.

The plot consists of Logan claiming to be "95 percent straight" while he pursues Ellis.

Ellis is having none of that, and Logan has to grovel to get his man back.

I appreciate groveling; I really do. But there just wasn't enough relationship development for me to believe in Logan and Ellis's HEA.

There is one (only one) very steamy scene once Logan and Ellis work things out, and it was seriously hot. However, considering Logan's refusal to acknowledge his bisexuality, I thought he was perhaps too eager to get his gay cherry popped.

Logan's epiphany is rather sudden and unearned. The last chapter is set six months in the future, and I wanted those six months back! How did Logan earn Ellis's trust back? Did Logan come out at work (he still hadn't come out to his parents)? What about their disparate life goals?

While the story is well written, I needed more to believe in the romance.