When I browsed some titles on Netgalley, I came across this book and said, why not? This is Andrew Grey. And I took a chance to read this one, and I liked it.

Actually, this is not my everyday preferences in reading. I mean, Christian was an asshole all the time, but I can't blame him for having a rule that he cannot involved with his employee.
Even as beautiful as David. But I hated that he took the easy way instead.
Speaking of being stupid horny guy. Ugh!

I was half expected that David will ended with Reggie or Javier (both are sweet and cared for David), but as they say, love is blind, people. The only one David can see is Christian.
Good thing is, before David accepted him, Christian had to put up with Javier with his 'don't mess with my best friend' attitude, and proved to David how much he wanted David.
David accepted it too easy imo, but for a short story, this one is kinda enjoyable. And they tend to have a HEA. I hope so. Fingers crossed.

For such a short story it was surprisingly complete. David was charming, shy, and feels unimportant and overlooked by Christian and his philandering. Christian is self-absorbed and falling into complacency despite taking increasingly amazing photos. Together they have more than a few issues to work through if they're ever going to see eye-to-eye.

There were inconsistencies in Christian's reasoning for hiring David as well as his overall treatment of his assistant. He was temperamental and moody, fine for an artist, but then an about-face is supposed to be believed will last with a thousand warnings of "I might screw this up." And David is supposed to pick up the slack emotionally as well as almost everywhere else.

David has a past to overcome and a few photos won't fix it. With the ending of the story there's not enough there to believe that Christian will help or hinder his own personal growth. David is, himself, a photographer but we learn almost nothing about his subject matter or what projects he wants to work toward. To us, he's just an assistant. I would have loved for more.

Despite those frustrations, both characters have depth and feeling. There's plenty of eroticism and steam, not just between the two MC's, which is another of my issues, but again, that's for later. There's also a steady flow throughout the entire story so reading doesn't feel stilted or like it drags. Overall, a good story with more of an HFN than an HEA.

This is a great MM story. As the title suggest, it is about a photographer and his assistant. The writing allows you to feel as if you are in the studio with the photographer while he is taking photos. The characters are well developed and the story moves at a great pace. It was hard to put down. A great story.

Christian is a famous photographer of erotic art. David is an aspiring photographer paying the bills as Christian's assistant.

Watching Christian work lights a fire for David, but getting to know him in a more personal way engages his heart.

Christian has a solid rule. Never mess around with an employee. No matter how intriguing that employee may be. He's never done relationships before either. He doesn't know the first thing about them.

It's up to David to set him straight. David is kind and giving, but he's not a pushover. He knows what he wants and knows what he deserves.

The Photographer's Assistant is short and steamy. It's not much for character or story development, but for what it is, it's not bad.

David is Christian's photography assistant, which means he has to watch as Christian screws his way through all the models he photographs. You see, Christian is a gay erotic photographer, which means he takes pictures of hot guys in the ecstatic throws of passion. And to get those models to the height of ecstasy, Christian usually has sex with them, then leaves and goes back to his apartment attached to his studio, leaving David to clean up his mess and shoo the models out the door.

I wasn't impressed with how Christian treated not just his models, but David, too. For a man who professed to care about David, he sure didn't treat him that well! And David, being in love with him, put up with it. Clear up until he didn't, until Christian tried to do the same thing to him that he did with his models - shoo him out the door after he screwed him. Thank God David was strong enough to stand up for himself and stop anything further from happening after that, or I'd have lost all respect for his character.

So, if you want something short and sexy, The Photographer's Assistant is just the story for you. If you want a fully realized story with character and story development, you might want to look elsewhere.

The Photographer's Assistant was a fairly quick read for me. The intital relationship is already established. David is a very liable character. You see him grow in self-confidence throughout the book. His roommate Javier really needs his own story- he was a wonderful secondary character that really furthered the plot. Chrisian is sexy, however I didn't connect to his character as much. He started out shallow and I fell the book was not long enough to establish his vulnerability. I loved David's confidence and where that led him. It was definitely worth the read.

This was a great read! I really enjoyed the tension and the growing relationship between both characters!

I won't lie. I was expecting a bit more from this story. It reads a bit too much like fan fiction that I read as a teen for my tastes.
That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I have outgrown that sort of writing-style and some others may have as well. That said, i don't think that means the story is poorly written per se. I just think the author focused more on sex than on fully developing the plot and characters.

If you're looking for a good pwp (porn-without-plot) though, then this is the right book for you.

I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review. Good short story about David who is the assistant to erotic photographer Christian. David hopelessly falls in love with Christian who does not acknowledge him other than an employee. Unknown to David, Christian has feelings for the young man that he does not want to admit to. There is s HEA and the book is well written.

I absolutely adored this book, which was both a bit of a delightful surprise and the first step in laying a foundation of affection for everything that comes after this!