Just Friends (a Never Just Friends novel)

Saxon James and this damn book (this damn book referring to "Just Friends", a Never Just Friends novel). 

I mean, if my queer Cinderella story didn't get a lot of quality inspiration from this thing. This beautiful, complicated, high-anxiety, higher-pining mess. Holy Fuck. I almost stayed up until like 2-3 in the morning just to finish it (but I can practice /some/ restraint..once in a while).

["Roo

Five years ago, I walked away from Sunbury, Oregon, and left my best friend behind.

The move was supposed to get my life on track. I even had a list.

Life changing epilepsy surgery. Check.

See the world. Check

Get over my straight best friend … Not exactly.

No matter where I go or who I meet, I can’t let Tanner go.

I’m back to tell him how I feel. To get the closure I need once and for all.

Only now I’m here and falling for him all over again, it’s getting harder to say the words.

Because once I have my closure, I’ll be gone.

And this time it will be for good.


Tanner

When my best friend, Roo, left for Australia, it was the worst day of my life.

I thought we’d have each other always.

But Roo needed the surgery so I let him go, thinking he’d come straight back.

Five years is a long time.

Now he’s here, all I want is to hold on tight.

I need to show him what he means to me.

The problem is, I’m not exactly sure what that is.

My draw to him has always been confusing and different—everyone in town says so. But I struggle to understand it.

All I know is I won’t survive him leaving again.

And I’ll do anything to make him stay.

Just Friends is a best friends-to-lovers romance with an oblivious MC, only one bed, and terrible kangaroo jokes."]

I normally wouldn't have copy and pasted that last bit, but honestly, the terrible kangaroo jokes were just really that bad (you have been warned ;) ).

And every time Tanner called Roo an angry kitten? *heart eyes*
I want to live in this cute little bubble for a little longer (but I found another fantastic novel by Saxon James that I have to go try /not/ to binge read straight (ha) through to the happy ending).

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