Oceans Apart by J.K. HoganMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I'm blown away by how much I enjoyed reading this. It was such a good, wholesome adventure.
Leo Takahashi is bored with his mundane life in San Francisco and drives his beater BMW across the country. His destination is pretty much any beach town in North Carolina. When he's 90 minutes from the ocean his car breaks down. He's officially worried about being obviously gay and stuck on the side of the road in a rural farm town until he is greeted by Sellars Hodge, local closeted Farm Boy.
OMG was Sellars so freaking SWEET!! From the first time he saw Leo he was smitten and he tripped over his words, he blushed, he stared, he gaped like a fish. It was amazing. And Leo fed right into it. By the time there was anything between them I was dying for it. This is exactly the kind of slow burn heat that's wonderful to read.
Leo was a very toppy top and he'd been burned in the past because of it. As a sometimes makeup wearing petite man, he was put in the box of a sub enough to be wary of a giant like Sellars, but he soon realized they were a match when Sellars melted at his dominance. It was fun to read about a romance that varied from the norm, but was super sweet.
There was plenty of story line to keep the plot going as Sellars had to make a lot of decisions about his life and his future. I really enjoyed the backing that he had from his sisters and his mom. They stood up to his father countless times and didn't put up with his close-minded ways. It was truly refreshing to read about such a close family that stood by the youngest and accepted him over and over again.
Overall, this story had everything you could want. The MC's were from totally different backgrounds and classes and meshed so well. There was low angst, high heat, slow burn, family values, and an overabundance of love.
I'd definitely recommend this sweet story of love to everyone.
*Arc provided in exchange for an honest review. Cross posted on http://gaybook.reviews/ *
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