I'm not going to lie I legit skimmed the m/f couple and focused all my attention on the breath taking love story of Jules and Robin.
Synopsis:
"Florida private investigator and ex-cop Ric Alvarado's life is spiraling out of control. His beautiful new girl Friday, Annie Dugan, is far more interested in fieldwork than filing, and despite Ric's best efforts to ignore the attraction, sparks are flying between them. Then one of Ric's clients turns femme fatale and tries to gun down an innocent man. Thanks to quick thinking and even quicker reflexes, Ric comes to the rescue, only to learn he's done a very good deed for some very bad people. Suddenly Ric finds himself deep undercover with Annie, working for notorious crime boss Gordon Burns. One mistake from Ric's painfully inexperienced partner and they're both dead.
FBI agent Jules Cassidy's life isn't in much better shape. For years the FBI has been trying to prove Gordon Burns's ties to terrorist activity. Now, thanks to Ric and Annie, Jules has found a way into the lion's den. But in the course of his investigation he comes face-to-face with Robin Chadwick, the charismatic but self-destructive and closeted movie star for whom Jules feels a powerful attraction. Robin's in town promoting his latest film and Gordon Burns is a star-struck movie buff. With Robin and Jules's help, Ric and Annie are soon entrenched in Burns' organization, surrounded by killers who may already have executed an FBI infiltrator. Before long the couple realizes that many more lives besides their own will be at stake if they make a false move. As the heat between them reaches dangerous levels, so do the risks they're willing to take-in the line of duty, for the sake of loyalty, and in the name of something that runs even deeper."
Dude. This put my heart through a fucking meat grinder, but the end was definitely worth it. This book is definitely a journey of self discovery, self awareness, and love. These two guys really took their damn time getting their (Robin's) shit together. But can I just say again how worth it it was. I'm not kidding for the last few pages I had a perma grin/swoony face.
I loved how clear it was to the readers how much Jules and Robin loved each other. I really like that just because they loved each so much didn't mean that life and real life problems were ignored and the HEA was a clear shot. Far from it. I think what was my favorite part, was the absolute realness of real life problems complicating real loving feelings. It showed that love is not just some easy fix that makes it all better. This couple was honest and portrayed honest circumstances. Life is fucking hard and complicated and really shitty at times; this book didn't shy away from all the lovely things life rains down on you but at the same time it also didn't ignore happy endings.
The one thing, well main thing, that I had a problem with was all of the odd(sort of random) homophobic stereotypes that kept getting brought up by Ric and Marrtell? Marelle? I don't know that guy's name at all. I know that the "epiphanies" that the stereotypes were fake were used to show how dumb it is to judge people based on what sex organ gets them going. But honestly it felt like too much and it all really annoyed me. Like it was just stupid shit like, "wow dick to a gay man must be like vag for a straight man. How odd." And this kind of shit popped up so many times.
Final thoughts:
Read this book. Jules and Robin are so worth it and I guess if you want to read the parts with the annoying twosome(Ric & Annie...okay they're not that bad) have at it.
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