The Other Five Percent
by Quinn Anderson
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Pub Date Jul 10 2017 | Archive Date Aug 18 2017
Description
Logan Vanderveer has a joke he’s been telling since college: he’s ninety-five percent straight. He did some experimenting in school, but none of the men he fooled around with inspired him to abandon “the plan”: meet a nice girl, get married, and settle down, just like his parents always said.
None of them except Ellis Floyd, who aroused desires and feelings that scared Logan. So much so that he abandoned their burgeoning relationship just as it might have become something. But four years later, Ellis is back, and Logan finds himself questioning his sexuality in a big way.
Ellis doesn’t fit into Logan’s plan. He’s happy being a starving artist, whereas Logan has sold his soul to corporate America. Ellis is ripped jeans, and Logan is tailored suits. And, most notably, Ellis is out. But seeing him again is dredging up memories—like how it feels to kiss Ellis, and that time they almost went all the way. With chemistry like theirs, Logan isn’t sure he can—or should—keep ignoring the other five percent.
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| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781626495982 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
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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.
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