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All That Drag
When Adam’s college boyfriend Ryan refused to come out for him, the breakup left Adam so devastated that he invented an alter-ego to cope. Whenever he puts on the wig, the lashes and the heels and becomes acid-tongued drag queen Bunny Boyle, Adam feels invincible � ‘a superhero in lipstick and Spanx.�
Fast forward over ten years and Adam is running a failing drag bar in Pittsburgh. Gnawed by financial woes, not even Bunny can save Adam from the increasing loneliness and anxiety he feels, a situation not improved when he walks in on Ryan � now a high school athletic coach � boning Justin, the bartender.
And Ryan’s still in the goddamn closet.
As Adam’s mental meltdown approaches Arctic proportions, Ryan finally kicks open the closet door, forcing them to confront the feelings they thought they left behind over a decade ago. There’s just one small problem � Ryan’s no longer single.
Bed-hopping, beaded lashes and scandalous behavior � it’s all here in this raunchy comedy about second chances, true love and the vital importance of looking sickening.
Fast forward over ten years and Adam is running a failing drag bar in Pittsburgh. Gnawed by financial woes, not even Bunny can save Adam from the increasing loneliness and anxiety he feels, a situation not improved when he walks in on Ryan � now a high school athletic coach � boning Justin, the bartender.
And Ryan’s still in the goddamn closet.
As Adam’s mental meltdown approaches Arctic proportions, Ryan finally kicks open the closet door, forcing them to confront the feelings they thought they left behind over a decade ago. There’s just one small problem � Ryan’s no longer single.
Bed-hopping, beaded lashes and scandalous behavior � it’s all here in this raunchy comedy about second chances, true love and the vital importance of looking sickening.
165 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 27, 2018
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Jess Whitecroft
24books125followersJess Whitecroft was born and educated in the UK, where she was once voted 'Most Likely To Think That Writing A Romantic Comedy About Bigfoot Is A Good Idea'.
After serving an apprenticeship with the late, great Black Lace books, and after many genres and many pseudonyms, she returned to romance, with a fondness for telling unconventional stories about unconventional lovers.
After serving an apprenticeship with the late, great Black Lace books, and after many genres and many pseudonyms, she returned to romance, with a fondness for telling unconventional stories about unconventional lovers.
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April 24, 2018
Snark & Sex........
but little else.
I wanted so much more from this book! Look at that cover! Gorgeous! Queens, I adore! Second chance romances are not my favorite, but I don’t avoid them. The blurb sounded good, too.
Yet this book went from snark to sex to sass to sex to self pity to thinking about past sex to snark. All of this floated atop a very loosely defined plot. Hell, there wasn’t really a plot. The characters had no depth to them. I knew little about them save for bits and pieces here and there. What they showed was definitely not enough for me to call completely drawn characters.
So, the story. Adam/Bunny owns a bar and performs a comedy drag routine there. His business is floundering. His bestie Helen Heels/Stephen works there, too, and is his roommate. I didn’t get much of a feel for him or his queen persona. Justin is the bartender who also lives above the bar. He’s a sex crazed pothead. Ryan is Adam’s College ex.
Adam finds Justin and Ryan going at it in the office. Adam and Justin haven’t seen each other for 10 years. Ryan is still closeted. Justin and Ryan start dating/having sex. Adam also starts having sex with them. Then there’s some baby queen named Luis in the mix, some drug charges, and a burlesque class. It was all a bit of a mess really.
I started skimming through the sex. Really. There was a lot of it. Justin liked his toys. Lots of this story was funny, but I didn’t feel grounded in the characters or plot so most of the lines felt like throwaways or one liners. Snark and sass for the sake of snark and sass. I had a hard time not comparing this to the best of all drag queen books (The Queen and the Homo Jock King by TJ Klune) and seeing how wilted it looked next to it. But that’s me, maybe pointless snark and sex is you. If so, got for it.
So, sex, sass, heels, manties, threesomes, toys, and prison. There you go.
but little else.
I wanted so much more from this book! Look at that cover! Gorgeous! Queens, I adore! Second chance romances are not my favorite, but I don’t avoid them. The blurb sounded good, too.
Yet this book went from snark to sex to sass to sex to self pity to thinking about past sex to snark. All of this floated atop a very loosely defined plot. Hell, there wasn’t really a plot. The characters had no depth to them. I knew little about them save for bits and pieces here and there. What they showed was definitely not enough for me to call completely drawn characters.
So, the story. Adam/Bunny owns a bar and performs a comedy drag routine there. His business is floundering. His bestie Helen Heels/Stephen works there, too, and is his roommate. I didn’t get much of a feel for him or his queen persona. Justin is the bartender who also lives above the bar. He’s a sex crazed pothead. Ryan is Adam’s College ex.
Adam finds Justin and Ryan going at it in the office. Adam and Justin haven’t seen each other for 10 years. Ryan is still closeted. Justin and Ryan start dating/having sex. Adam also starts having sex with them. Then there’s some baby queen named Luis in the mix, some drug charges, and a burlesque class. It was all a bit of a mess really.
I started skimming through the sex. Really. There was a lot of it. Justin liked his toys. Lots of this story was funny, but I didn’t feel grounded in the characters or plot so most of the lines felt like throwaways or one liners. Snark and sass for the sake of snark and sass. I had a hard time not comparing this to the best of all drag queen books (The Queen and the Homo Jock King by TJ Klune) and seeing how wilted it looked next to it. But that’s me, maybe pointless snark and sex is you. If so, got for it.
So, sex, sass, heels, manties, threesomes, toys, and prison. There you go.
April 4, 2018
This book is funny and sexy and socially aware, and the characters gave me life when I needed it. I also had a ferocious earworm of All That Jazz Drag going on as I read.
Jess Whitecroft is an amazing teller of sexy contemporary romance stories, using characters I always find myself relating to... for various and sundry reasons.
This book really is the good, the bad and the naughty. It's sickening, fierce, glittery and filth all in one.
"I can’t help it. The sex is fucking mind-blowing. We have so many orgasms it’s like a math problem, but sexy. As soon as one’s done it’s like another is good to go and it’s like a Moebius strip, but with dick.�
There are at least three characters from All That Drag I'd like to see get their own naughtily ever after at some stage.
“Is that what you people call ‘a read�?�
“It is, honey. It is. And with that lipliner and those Sarah Palin highlights you’re like War and Peace right now. There is so much reading material that I regret leaving my glasses upstairs.�
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Jess Whitecroft is an amazing teller of sexy contemporary romance stories, using characters I always find myself relating to... for various and sundry reasons.
This book really is the good, the bad and the naughty. It's sickening, fierce, glittery and filth all in one.
"I can’t help it. The sex is fucking mind-blowing. We have so many orgasms it’s like a math problem, but sexy. As soon as one’s done it’s like another is good to go and it’s like a Moebius strip, but with dick.�
There are at least three characters from All That Drag I'd like to see get their own naughtily ever after at some stage.
“Is that what you people call ‘a read�?�
“It is, honey. It is. And with that lipliner and those Sarah Palin highlights you’re like War and Peace right now. There is so much reading material that I regret leaving my glasses upstairs.�
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April 20, 2023
4.5 ⭐️
This book is simultaneously a trip on the scorching hot mess express and sneakily earnest and touchingly heartfelt and I love this for me.
Second-chance romance, pining, threesomes, found family, humor as defense mechanism, Bunny as armor, dumb-smart-sexy Justin, poor Miss Rose, Helena the steadfast, and a Victor Laszlo moment for Ryan. Clever weaving in of pop culture and politics and the good with the bad. A rather traditional HEA for our two POV MCs that provides a kind of fundament for the rest of the series, i.e. the scorching hot messes of the rest of the FuBar gang.
A very fun read with more heft and emotional resonance than I expected. Rounding down only because I want to leave space at the top for the rest of the series. Can't wait!
This book is simultaneously a trip on the scorching hot mess express and sneakily earnest and touchingly heartfelt and I love this for me.
Second-chance romance, pining, threesomes, found family, humor as defense mechanism, Bunny as armor, dumb-smart-sexy Justin, poor Miss Rose, Helena the steadfast, and a Victor Laszlo moment for Ryan. Clever weaving in of pop culture and politics and the good with the bad. A rather traditional HEA for our two POV MCs that provides a kind of fundament for the rest of the series, i.e. the scorching hot messes of the rest of the FuBar gang.
A very fun read with more heft and emotional resonance than I expected. Rounding down only because I want to leave space at the top for the rest of the series. Can't wait!
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July 22, 2019
A Deliciously Dark Romantic Comedy
does it again! In she delivers one of the most hilarious, irreverent and snarky dark Rom-Com I have read.
"Bunny, why are you still doing Fifty Shades of Grey?� and I’m like ‘You know what? I’ll stop doing it when that shit agrees to go the fuck away.’� The laughs were warming up now. “It’s like smallpox. It’s unnecessary. It should have been eradicated years ago. And it’s not even dirty. Maybe it’s kinky for straight people, but I’m like ‘Bitch, I cut my teeth on a cockring. Is there fisting?’� Cough. “No, listen � there’s like a list of things in this book at one point, of sex acts � like, wax play, edge play, vaginal fisting, anal fisting, anal sex, buttplugs, watersports, bull whips and all the really unfortunate things that happen to glass topped coffee tables.�
And did I mention this story is filthy, smutty and hot AF? Because, OMG 😜 Baby Jane Bette Davis stuck Blanche Joan Crawford in a wheelchair , this is one scorching sultry tale.
“Someone read this to me, this list of things that sounds like it should end with ‘The Aristocrats,� and I’m like ‘Fuck yeah. I’m a pervert. I’ll totally read that,� and God, I was pissed. You know what that shit was? It was part of the paperwork. That dumbshit sex contract he makes her sign. That was just a list of things she doesn’t want to do and most of which don’t even appear in the fucking book. I was so mad, I swear to God. It’s false advertising. You should not be promising people pornography if you can’t deliver.
All That Drag is a wickedly entertaining tale with larger than life heroes and secondary characters. A cheeky, playful and feel good plot who leaves reader wanting more.
Ryan remembered all those aunts and grandmothers who � growing up � had impressed on him the importance of always having clean underwear in case you were hit by a bus. Apparently, when scrambling to save the life of some mangled individual who had just bounced off the fender of a bus, EMTs got really hardcore judgmental about the state of that person’s drawers. And never mind that you’d probably fill your underpants right around the second you realized you were about to get hit by a bus anyway, but this thing had never been adequately explained to Ryan. All the same, he couldn’t stop thinking about it, and resolved to cross the street very carefully. Didn’t want to get knocked down by a bus and get taken to the hospital with a big, red buttplug lodged in his anus. He couldn’t imagine anything more embarrassing.
Awesome start to a new series.
does it again! In she delivers one of the most hilarious, irreverent and snarky dark Rom-Com I have read.
"Bunny, why are you still doing Fifty Shades of Grey?� and I’m like ‘You know what? I’ll stop doing it when that shit agrees to go the fuck away.’� The laughs were warming up now. “It’s like smallpox. It’s unnecessary. It should have been eradicated years ago. And it’s not even dirty. Maybe it’s kinky for straight people, but I’m like ‘Bitch, I cut my teeth on a cockring. Is there fisting?’� Cough. “No, listen � there’s like a list of things in this book at one point, of sex acts � like, wax play, edge play, vaginal fisting, anal fisting, anal sex, buttplugs, watersports, bull whips and all the really unfortunate things that happen to glass topped coffee tables.�
And did I mention this story is filthy, smutty and hot AF? Because, OMG 😜 Baby Jane Bette Davis stuck Blanche Joan Crawford in a wheelchair , this is one scorching sultry tale.
“Someone read this to me, this list of things that sounds like it should end with ‘The Aristocrats,� and I’m like ‘Fuck yeah. I’m a pervert. I’ll totally read that,� and God, I was pissed. You know what that shit was? It was part of the paperwork. That dumbshit sex contract he makes her sign. That was just a list of things she doesn’t want to do and most of which don’t even appear in the fucking book. I was so mad, I swear to God. It’s false advertising. You should not be promising people pornography if you can’t deliver.
All That Drag is a wickedly entertaining tale with larger than life heroes and secondary characters. A cheeky, playful and feel good plot who leaves reader wanting more.
Ryan remembered all those aunts and grandmothers who � growing up � had impressed on him the importance of always having clean underwear in case you were hit by a bus. Apparently, when scrambling to save the life of some mangled individual who had just bounced off the fender of a bus, EMTs got really hardcore judgmental about the state of that person’s drawers. And never mind that you’d probably fill your underpants right around the second you realized you were about to get hit by a bus anyway, but this thing had never been adequately explained to Ryan. All the same, he couldn’t stop thinking about it, and resolved to cross the street very carefully. Didn’t want to get knocked down by a bus and get taken to the hospital with a big, red buttplug lodged in his anus. He couldn’t imagine anything more embarrassing.
Awesome start to a new series.
Shelved as 'did-not-finish'
June 26, 2018DNF at 22%. No rating.
December 10, 2022
As I read and reread my way orgiastically through all Jess Whitecroft's books, I happened across this old review from Amazon:
Hilarious and moving. I genuinely liked all the principal characters, I found the connection between the two main lovers believable (and my goodness, those were some hot threesomes on the way to the coupled-up HEA, and ... much as I adore his slutty self [that "small but sporty" penis!] I'd sort of love it if Justin got his own romance one of these days*), and I wish I could add in an extra star for being decently proofread, as Kindle romances so often aren't.
There are a couple of plot holes (the non-spoilery one: why is Ryan coaching at a Catholic school in the first place?), but honestly I enjoyed myself so much I couldn't bring myself to care much. Jess Whitecroft has shot straight to my A list of m/m romance writers.
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*Not-really-a-spoiler spoiler: fast forward to book 4, which I'm in the middle of, and presumably book 5. Justin gets more and more complex and interesting as the series continues.
Hilarious and moving. I genuinely liked all the principal characters, I found the connection between the two main lovers believable (and my goodness, those were some hot threesomes on the way to the coupled-up HEA, and ... much as I adore his slutty self [that "small but sporty" penis!] I'd sort of love it if Justin got his own romance one of these days*), and I wish I could add in an extra star for being decently proofread, as Kindle romances so often aren't.
There are a couple of plot holes (the non-spoilery one: why is Ryan coaching at a Catholic school in the first place?), but honestly I enjoyed myself so much I couldn't bring myself to care much. Jess Whitecroft has shot straight to my A list of m/m romance writers.
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*Not-really-a-spoiler spoiler: fast forward to book 4, which I'm in the middle of, and presumably book 5. Justin gets more and more complex and interesting as the series continues.
May 13, 2024
Never disappoints.
Nuanced relationships and
crazy hot sex. Yum.
Nuanced relationships and
crazy hot sex. Yum.
July 12, 2020
★★★☆☆� ~ 3.5 Stars
Closeted Ryan walks into a drag bar and finds his college boyfriend, Adam, performing as Bunny Boyle. Adam had walked away when Ryan refused to come out of the closet ten years ago. After some hijinks with bartender, Justin, will Ryan and Adam find their way back together with some menage sexing thrown in?
Not sure if I'm going to continue the series but this was fun.
Closeted Ryan walks into a drag bar and finds his college boyfriend, Adam, performing as Bunny Boyle. Adam had walked away when Ryan refused to come out of the closet ten years ago. After some hijinks with bartender, Justin, will Ryan and Adam find their way back together with some menage sexing thrown in?
Not sure if I'm going to continue the series but this was fun.
September 17, 2019
All That Drag and more!
I expected something light and cutesy maybe. I did not expect it to glitter and shine and break out in Disney tunes. Adam is hilarious! I love when he rewrites lyrics to songs, it never fails to crack me up! 🤣
I don’t know what to say about this book except it blew my expectations out of the water. I just feel like my heart is bursting with love. Because Adam? Prolly one of my favourite characters. 🥰
I didn’t give it 5 stars because it was a leeeetle weird with Justin. I mean, who am I to judge people and threesomes but, I don’t know, it was a little weird and had the potential to turn so so messy. Glad it got sorted in the end! 🤩
I expected something light and cutesy maybe. I did not expect it to glitter and shine and break out in Disney tunes. Adam is hilarious! I love when he rewrites lyrics to songs, it never fails to crack me up! 🤣
I don’t know what to say about this book except it blew my expectations out of the water. I just feel like my heart is bursting with love. Because Adam? Prolly one of my favourite characters. 🥰
I didn’t give it 5 stars because it was a leeeetle weird with Justin. I mean, who am I to judge people and threesomes but, I don’t know, it was a little weird and had the potential to turn so so messy. Glad it got sorted in the end! 🤩
November 22, 2022
Very very funny, very moving. I thought the epilogue was unnecessary but ymmv.
June 12, 2018
3.5 stars
This was pretty fun... for the most part. It's sharp. It's got good snark. I got it for free on Amazon. A pretty successful read.
The plot took a weird turn just before the end which left me feeling a little off-kilter.
Adam & Ryan do get their HEA and I found the secondary characters charming enough that I intend to continue with the series. I especially want to find out what happens with Luis.
This was pretty fun... for the most part. It's sharp. It's got good snark. I got it for free on Amazon. A pretty successful read.
The plot took a weird turn just before the end which left me feeling a little off-kilter.
Adam & Ryan do get their HEA and I found the secondary characters charming enough that I intend to continue with the series. I especially want to find out what happens with Luis.
June 18, 2018
I’m not particularly interested in drag, so I wasn’t particularly interested in reading this book despite having enjoyed a couple other books by Jess Whitecroft. So it was just because I was not in a great reading space that I picked this up because I do really like Whitecroft’s writing.
It took a little bit to get into the story, but it sucked me in with a vengeance. This story really did not reveal itself as I expected. First off this is not your typical romance. No boy meets boy and they pair up and end up with the HEA everyone can see coming for 100 pages. Twu wuv lovers should stop reading this review right now and look for another book. Ryan was not really ready to deal with his undealt with feelings that he had for Adam in college. I don’t want to say too much more about the plot because having it unfold without too many expectations made it very suspenseful and effective.
I really appreciate how well Whitecroft was able to convey the attractiveness of a variety of body types. There are authors who do try to subvert the dominant narrative of big dicks zero body fat 20 pack school of attractiveness but usually their attempts have totally failed for me. Kudos to Whitecroft for making the appeal of a slutty twink with a smaller dick readily apparent.
Writing this review has reminded me of how much I enjoyed this story. I’m so glad that it was on offer for free while I was reading it on Kindle Unlimited, so I can enjoy it again. Book 2 is out and it’s about Helena Montana who I’m very curious learn more about.
It took a little bit to get into the story, but it sucked me in with a vengeance. This story really did not reveal itself as I expected. First off this is not your typical romance. No boy meets boy and they pair up and end up with the HEA everyone can see coming for 100 pages. Twu wuv lovers should stop reading this review right now and look for another book. Ryan was not really ready to deal with his undealt with feelings that he had for Adam in college. I don’t want to say too much more about the plot because having it unfold without too many expectations made it very suspenseful and effective.
I really appreciate how well Whitecroft was able to convey the attractiveness of a variety of body types. There are authors who do try to subvert the dominant narrative of big dicks zero body fat 20 pack school of attractiveness but usually their attempts have totally failed for me. Kudos to Whitecroft for making the appeal of a slutty twink with a smaller dick readily apparent.
Writing this review has reminded me of how much I enjoyed this story. I’m so glad that it was on offer for free while I was reading it on Kindle Unlimited, so I can enjoy it again. Book 2 is out and it’s about Helena Montana who I’m very curious learn more about.
Shelved as 'probably-not-but-freebie'
July 23, 2018Freebie at amazon.com right now:
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June 2, 20183.5-4.? Reading my way through Jess Whitecroft’s backlist. This is not my favorite, although I love all of the characters and am looking forward to the next Fubar. As usual, Whitecraft skillfully pulls together a challenging set of characters, channels a bit of James Lear in her sex scenes (raw, rowdy romps), and moves the story along at a near breakneck pace. In this case the pace was somewhat too frantic for me, like Bunny’s clever, snarky repartee it can be a bit much. Ever needed to tell someone you love to just shut up a minute and breathe? Well, it was kind of like that. I’m almost compelled to read these stories in one sitting. The writing shows brilliance, but a few of the typos I caught in my own near-frantic read are perhaps telling both reader and author to slow down.
October 6, 2024
This was one of those books with a lot of positives and a good bit of negatives. I enjoyed the relationship between Adam and Ryan, but I hate that Justin had to be sacrificed in order for that to happen. I loved the back and forth with Adam/ Bunny and Stephan/ Helan.
Overall I enjoyed the book, but I would have liked to see a bit more put into the plot. With a bit more work this could have been an amazing book, but as it was, it was still a book that I enjoyed reading. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
Overall I enjoyed the book, but I would have liked to see a bit more put into the plot. With a bit more work this could have been an amazing book, but as it was, it was still a book that I enjoyed reading. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
June 28, 2022
I've just reread this book and changed my rating. There was a bit too much drama and definitely too much sex, but somehow it is a kind of joyful sex. I missed some of the pop culture references. All in all it was a good book.
September 19, 2022
I saved this series until the end of my Jess Whitecroft Super Summer Extravaganza for two reasons.
1. I didn't want to get bogged down with a five book series in the middle of reading through a bibliography and
2. I thought this was going to be a five book story arc about a sad man getting over an ex by becoming a sad drag queen and that sounded kind of exhausting, to be honest.
So imagine my surprise when it turns out it wasn't that and really there was barely any angsty pining at all. Well, I mean, there was but pining is so much more palatable when it's done while actively boning each other.
And omg the boning. So this was the first gay book that I've read where the main characters were in a throuple and I loved it. Sure, the throuple was a plot device to get the actual couple where they needed to go but I appreciated that the third wheel was a well developed character instead of failing the sexy lamp test (which it still probably would have passed? Don't have three-ways with lamps, kids!).
The banter was fun, and the plot, while heavy in places, was fluffy overall.
I also appreciate the premise of this collection. A lot of gay series will focus on a group of siblings and it's like, c'mon, not every sibling is going to be gay (looking at you, Cat Sebastian [I love you Cat!!]) but focusing on individual Drag Queens/workers at a club makes a lot more sense.
So I recommend and look forward to the rest!
1. I didn't want to get bogged down with a five book series in the middle of reading through a bibliography and
2. I thought this was going to be a five book story arc about a sad man getting over an ex by becoming a sad drag queen and that sounded kind of exhausting, to be honest.
So imagine my surprise when it turns out it wasn't that and really there was barely any angsty pining at all. Well, I mean, there was but pining is so much more palatable when it's done while actively boning each other.
And omg the boning. So this was the first gay book that I've read where the main characters were in a throuple and I loved it. Sure, the throuple was a plot device to get the actual couple where they needed to go but I appreciated that the third wheel was a well developed character instead of failing the sexy lamp test (which it still probably would have passed? Don't have three-ways with lamps, kids!).
The banter was fun, and the plot, while heavy in places, was fluffy overall.
I also appreciate the premise of this collection. A lot of gay series will focus on a group of siblings and it's like, c'mon, not every sibling is going to be gay (looking at you, Cat Sebastian [I love you Cat!!]) but focusing on individual Drag Queens/workers at a club makes a lot more sense.
So I recommend and look forward to the rest!
September 13, 2023
This book was just plain fun, and part of its charm is in the flaws of the main characters. Particularly Adam, bar owner, drag queen with a mouth that never knows when to quit, closet romantic and good friend. Back in college, Ryan, an athlete, and Adam, quintessential theater kid, were roommates. It was annoyance at first sight, but eventually they fell hard and fast. Except Ryan wasn't willing to come out, and they split up. Ryan went off to aim for the Olympics. Adam inherited a bar, and drag replaced theater for him.
Now, more than a decade later, Ryan is teaching PE and coaching at a Catholic boys' school. Which means he's still in the closet, and when a male-bonding moment brings him to Adam's bar, his life gets all kinds of messy. So does his sex, since he hooks up with Justin, the bar's sex-obsessed, sweet and raunchy bartender. And for Adam, watching two men he's slept with, one of whom he's not over, get together is all kinds of difficult. Until Justin invites him to join them.
This story gives us five different gay men whose lives range from the narrow of Ryan's to the sparkling defiance of Adam's to Justin's uninhibited simplicity, to the softness of Helena, Adam's best friend, and the youthful desperation of Luis, baby drag queen. There's coming out and facing life, with a lot of friendship and some stiletto-in-the-mouth moments. Together, they create a tapestry of sex, love, caring, discovery, and in the end one HEA and a lot of hope.
Now, more than a decade later, Ryan is teaching PE and coaching at a Catholic boys' school. Which means he's still in the closet, and when a male-bonding moment brings him to Adam's bar, his life gets all kinds of messy. So does his sex, since he hooks up with Justin, the bar's sex-obsessed, sweet and raunchy bartender. And for Adam, watching two men he's slept with, one of whom he's not over, get together is all kinds of difficult. Until Justin invites him to join them.
This story gives us five different gay men whose lives range from the narrow of Ryan's to the sparkling defiance of Adam's to Justin's uninhibited simplicity, to the softness of Helena, Adam's best friend, and the youthful desperation of Luis, baby drag queen. There's coming out and facing life, with a lot of friendship and some stiletto-in-the-mouth moments. Together, they create a tapestry of sex, love, caring, discovery, and in the end one HEA and a lot of hope.
April 11, 2022
Well, that was something different, surprisingly refreshing, painfully angsty, and, at times, absolutely hilarious. It wasn't the blurb that drew me, it was my fascination with this author and their outstanding talent of weaving a wonderful tale, but for that I might have let this story slide by me, don't get me wrong though, I have nothing against drag at all. I loved that the author changed the name of the man that was speaking between his male name and his drag name, depending on what he/she was saying, also depending of how it related to the situation. This is a totally delightful story but it's not without angst, it broke my heart as Adam watches his long ago and much missed lover have repeated sex with someone else, my heart bled for him, it made me want to scream at Jason and Ryan! The is story one in a series of five, this is going to be so much fun!
January 31, 2022
2.5
Meh, the whole stoey was a big boring meh.
Tal vez mi problema fueron las expectativas, lo empecé a leer como un libro con mucha más chispa y enemy to lovers entre Adam y Ryan, cuando la autora fue mucho mejor y describió sentimientos de sentirse comprendido y apoyado en este mundo donde la discriminación siempre estuvo a la orden del día.
Y sí, el mensaje es bellísimo, mi tem va con la velocidad con la que suceden los acontecimientos y que, por más que me gustara el mensaje, la trama avanza muy lento y a veces se va por las ramas.
¿Personaje favorito? Esto va a decir mucho de lo que pienso de este libro, pero Justin,Justin es el que me robó el corazón con su personalidad y esa despedida.
Meh, the whole stoey was a big boring meh.
Tal vez mi problema fueron las expectativas, lo empecé a leer como un libro con mucha más chispa y enemy to lovers entre Adam y Ryan, cuando la autora fue mucho mejor y describió sentimientos de sentirse comprendido y apoyado en este mundo donde la discriminación siempre estuvo a la orden del día.
Y sí, el mensaje es bellísimo, mi tem va con la velocidad con la que suceden los acontecimientos y que, por más que me gustara el mensaje, la trama avanza muy lento y a veces se va por las ramas.
¿Personaje favorito? Esto va a decir mucho de lo que pienso de este libro, pero Justin,Justin es el que me robó el corazón con su personalidad y esa despedida.
September 20, 2018
Hot, sexy book which begins with a quick bar hook-up, evolves into a polyamorous m/m/m relationship that eventually breaks down into a couple, and then winds up in jail. Hilarious drag humor, and timely political views on both sides of the fence. Bunny Boyle/Adam the star of the show and Ryan, former boyfriend and closeted athletics coach are at the center of the story. The sweetest Disney princess drag queen (Helen Heels/Stephen), an aspiring drag baby (Miss Rose/Luis) and the "up for everything" stoner bartender (Justin) round out the cast. Wonderfully entertaining and realistic in its portrayal of modern life.
January 26, 2025
Filthy, funny, messy, and very romantic. Whitecroft’s quick and cutting dialogue style lends itself beautifully to a cast of mostly drag queens. Justin was an unexpected star, his character perfectly judged to be the person in the middle of a complicated situationship, and Adam and Ryan were just lovely together. Something about the way the narrative threads interacted made it feel more slice-of-life than a single plot—it mostly worked for me, but I also feel like this could have been edited into something more cohesive.
As a Montanan, I nearly died at “plenty of paleontologists go to Montana on purpose!� Excited to read Stephen/Helena’s book next.
As a Montanan, I nearly died at “plenty of paleontologists go to Montana on purpose!� Excited to read Stephen/Helena’s book next.
December 12, 2018
10 STARS
This book rocked!! It was a recommendation in a FB group and I'm glad I gave it a shot. Bunny is downright hilarious and just a gem. All of the characters just shined. Even Ryan's family has me laughing.
Definitely will be finishing the series and I loved the writing so much Jess Whitecroft will definitely be a one click author. I will never think of Casablanca the same way again😁😁😁😁
This book rocked!! It was a recommendation in a FB group and I'm glad I gave it a shot. Bunny is downright hilarious and just a gem. All of the characters just shined. Even Ryan's family has me laughing.
Definitely will be finishing the series and I loved the writing so much Jess Whitecroft will definitely be a one click author. I will never think of Casablanca the same way again😁😁😁😁
August 17, 2021
That was not at all what I was expected, but it was a fun read. Adam and Ryan get a second chance at their HEA over ten years after it all ended when Ryan could not step out of the closet. Ryan went on to be a teacher/coach at a Catholic school, clearly a good place for a man in the closet to hide. Adam went on to be a drag queen in a failing bar that he owns. Thanks to Justin catching on to much more than people give him credit for, Ryan and Adam do find their way back to each other.
June 16, 2024
3.5*
A book full of meaningful subjects like abuse, being in the closet, homophobia, chosen family... sprinkeled with some glitter and glamour of drag queens. But I found it a bit confusing at times, especially because Adam seems to switch continuously between their normal an drag persona same as how he adresses his best friend Stephen/Helena and later on Luis/Rose/Rosa. Also the reuniting/reconnecting between Adam and Ryan was a bit messy.
A book full of meaningful subjects like abuse, being in the closet, homophobia, chosen family... sprinkeled with some glitter and glamour of drag queens. But I found it a bit confusing at times, especially because Adam seems to switch continuously between their normal an drag persona same as how he adresses his best friend Stephen/Helena and later on Luis/Rose/Rosa. Also the reuniting/reconnecting between Adam and Ryan was a bit messy.
January 25, 2019
Enjoyed this!
This story was a funny second chance romance! It was filled with sass, heat and laugh out loud moments. Ryan and Adam were roommates and lovers in college until their relationship was severed because Ryan was closeted. Now a decade plus later and they reconnect. I enjoyed the secondary characters just as much as the MCs. Good series start!
This story was a funny second chance romance! It was filled with sass, heat and laugh out loud moments. Ryan and Adam were roommates and lovers in college until their relationship was severed because Ryan was closeted. Now a decade plus later and they reconnect. I enjoyed the secondary characters just as much as the MCs. Good series start!
August 1, 2024
A real soap opera between Adam, Ryan, and Justin. The major sex-fest got a bit tiresome. But once they all decided to give up the threesome and only be a twosome the story really got moving. I’m actually looking forward to read how the kid Louis becomes the baby drag queen. That should be an awesome read. Overall an OK read, but lots of potential for the series.
July 7, 2018
This was wonderful! I laughed, I cried, I cringed... I was almost deducting rating stars for some dubious interactions but, BUT it was handled so well I just couldn't. So many important issues in this TrumpAmerica were arisen and props for that.
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