Author: R.S. Grey
Pages:
Publisher: Self/CreateSpace
Goodreads Rating: 4.36 stars
Published: August 9th, 2018
Source: ebook/from author
Description:
"Oh my god. Who that?"
I get asked this question a lot.
"Oh him?" I reply. "That's just Ian."
Just Ian is the biggest understatement of the century.
Just the Mona Lisa. Just the Taj Mahal. Just Ian, with his boring ol' washboard abs and dime-a-dozen dimpled smile.
Just Ian is... just my best friend.
We're extremely close, stuck so deep inside a Jim-and-Pam-style friendzone everyone at works assumes we're a couple - that is until one day, word spreads through the teacher's lounge that he's single. Fair game. Suddenly, it's open season on Ian.
He should be reveling in all the newfound attention, but to our mutual surprise, the only attention he seems to want is mine.
He's turning our formerly innocent nightly chats into x-rated phone calls. Our playful banter sports a new, dangerous edge.
I want to assume he's playing a prank on me, just pushing my buttons like always - but when Ian lifts me onto the desk in my classroom and slides his hands up my skirt, he doesn't leave a lot of room for confusion.
I'm a little scared of things going south, of losing my best friend because I can't keep my hands to myself. So, I'm just going to back away and not return this earth-shattering kiss - oh who am I kidding?!
Goodbye Ian, ol' buddy, ol' pal!
Helloooo mister not so nice guy.
My Thoughts:
While I love all of R.S. Grey's RomComs pretty equally, I think this one is my new favorite. Adam & Madeline {The Foxe and The Hound} have been a steady favorite since I first discovered Rachel's books a year or so ago {has it really only bee that long??}, but I think Ian & Sam are my new favorites. Sorry, Adam & Madeline - I will always love you guys too!
It takes a really fantastic writer to create two characters who are believably just friends, while both secretly wanting to be more. Almost all the stories I've read of friends to lovers there is something that happens that makes one or both characters suddenly become attracted to each other. Rachel gives us two amazing characters who are basically head over heels for each other within a few months, but remain very good friends for years. All without the other having any clue about their mutual feelings.
And, in true Rachel fashion, she is the absolute QUEEN of Rom Coms. I was cracking up within the first 10 pages, and found myself constantly laughing at Sam and Ian's antics and banter. Oh, the banter was superb! They are very clearly the best of friends, and it shows in the way the talk and their attitudes towards each other. I think I might just live a little for the banter in each of her books {the rest of my living goes to my husband and kids}.
I am so sad to be done with this book - its been one of the highlights of my summer reading and I just really wanted it to go on forever {or maybe more than 24 hours}! No matter what I have going on, if I find myself picking up one of R.S. Grey's books, I usually finish it within a couple days {and any of her books would have totally been one day reads back when I didn't have kids!}, then immediately regretting my binging because why didn't I make it last?? You would think I've learned my lesson by now, but nope. I'm the fat kid, and Grey's books are my cake after crash dieting - I eat them up as soon as I get them!
*I received a copy of this ebook from the author in exchange for an honest review*
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