Joey ‘Jay’ Cruz
Moving to San Luco wasn’t my choice. I was kicked out of my old school because of a protest I organized that went south. Now, I was attending Franklin University with only a semester left until graduation and not knowing a single soul.
Until I meet Ryan Redpine at a frat party. He’s handsome, muscular, has a great smile, and I quickly find out he’s the son of a CEO hell-bent on destroying the environment.
I push Ryan out of my mind, deciding to keep my sanity and morals intact.
But fate had other plans. When Ryan ended up as my surprise dorm mate, avoiding him became impossible. And so was avoiding the feelings that started to develop… Maybe getting expelled wasn’t the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. Maybe it was actually the best?
Ryan Redpine
Jay entered my life like a lightning bolt.
I’d never met someone I was so attracted to, and someone who clearly didn’t want me. The moment he learned about my dad, he shut me out. Then I get reassigned to his dorm. Cue complications, especially when his bed breaks and we’re forced to share.
Things quickly heat up, but Jay’s adamant about keeping us under wraps. He’s planning this big protest at the beach for an oil drilling project and doesn’t want my family name tied to it.
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Well, I hate to say it, but this was a disappointment. I’ve generally enjoyed other books by Max Walker, this one left a lot to be desired.
The premise of the son of a gazillionaire who’s company has no problem destroying the environment for the all mighty dollar falling for the guy who leads protests against companies destroying the environment sounds good, right? But I feel like so little of that was part of the story.
The whole “why do you hate me?” thing. Uhm, duh. He hates your dad and by extension you? It’s not a mystery. But Jay never really acted like he hated Ryan at all. And Jay was worried about being seen with Ryan because of the ties to his dad, but nothing came of that either.
There were other plot points that kind of seemed like they were just thrown in there. Jay also is part of the theater program at the college. The reason that he was at FU for his final semester is brought up like twice even though it was pretty major and traumatic.
The big protest was kind of a bust for me too. (spoiler-ish!! you’ve been warned!) Ryan’s dad refused to listen to him and kicked him out of his office. BUT listens to Jay? And is all of a sudden ready to go green? Ehhh. Didn’t ring true at all.
There was a lot- A LOT- of sex scenes. And it just felt like filler after a while. There was a completely unnecessary sex scene in the epilogue! Come on.
The plot wasn’t cohesive, too many sex scenes versus plot and the characters just didn’t ring true for me.
2.5 pieces of eye candy
Max Walker lives in Atlanta with his partner of over 14 years. He’s the best-selling author of the fantasy series, Magic & Marvels, along with his contemporary series, Stonewall Investigations & The Book Club Boys. He’s incredibly excited to be enrolling at FU with a group of exceptionally talented authors.
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