Extra Whip (Bold Brew Book 8)

I haven't yet read a series quite like this one. All centered in the same fictional-universe, all interconnected manuscripts, all editions by different authors. The Bold Brew series is a ten book installment by ten different fabulous people. The eighth book is titled: "Extra Whip" (by #lawitt). This is the first full-length novel in the series (and the entire reason I couldn't finish the series before the end of April, so thank you for that).

["Will and Aaron Taylor have a perfectly imperfect marriage. For twenty years, even when their desires haven’t quite matched, they’ve always found ways to adapt…until now. When Aaron’s needs push past his Dom’s limits, their best hope for compromise is finding a unicorn—a third person who checks both men's boxes.

After his estranged father wills him a house he doesn’t want in a town he doesn’t know, Kelly Griffith is itching to find his place in this unfamiliar new world. When he finds an ad from a couple looking for a sub like him, he jumps at the opportunity. A chance to be what someone needs and wants instead of being a perpetual disappointment? Yes, please.

The chemistry sizzles from the get-go. Will and Aaron insist they don’t want to be poly, and Kelly doesn’t want to be anyone’s third wheel, but playing together? Any time, any place. All they have to do is keep emotions from joining the party as the trust and intimacy deepen between them.

But by the time they realize they’re in over their heads, hitting the brakes is no longer as simple as using a safe word."]

I loved and dis-loved this book (hate is a little too strong). I loved the open communication and constant reassurances and unicorn references. The three of them really worked together as a trouple inside and outside of the bedroom. They were cute and honest and talked (and talked and talked) about any and all issues that came up.

But I also felt like the issues these three dealt with (more so Will and Aaron) were talked about over and over and over and over again. I felt as if it could have been shorter, much shorter, and the premise could have been still the same. 

It also lacked some of that fluff I was looking for, too. There was a hella lot of cuddling in bed and cuddling in front of a movie, but not a lot of heart-stuttering, earth-tilting kind of cheesey romantic talk.

Also, a heads up (if you didn't catch it in the blurb), this series is very kink-friendly/forward (in a very, very healthy and communicative way). The Bold Brew coffee shop (the centering aspect of the series) is a LGBT and kink-friendly hub of the community. Just FYI, if you're not into that kind of thing.

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