Off Key (Whispering Key #3)

Well, I kept my promise (to myself) and I read May Archer's book "Off Key" next (because I skipped it to read her newest novel "Pick Me"--and because I realize it's been a whole six+ months since I read the first two books, and really did plan on reading this the day it came out, but...life--and because it's been six+ months, I totally forgot what happened in the other two and who's with who and like everything, oh well). 

["I’m about to sing you the saddest song in the universe, and it’s called “The Man of My Dreams Married My Sister.”

It’s kinda my theme song. And trust me when I tell you, it’s heavy on the violins.

Because the man in question? He’s not just any guy, he’s Rafe freakin’ Goodman.

My former best friend.

The boy who made my summers on Whispering Key magical. The guy who inspired every love song that led to the chart-topping music career I have today. The man I always sort of figured would wait for me, while I pursued my dreams and finally found a way to tell the world I was gay…

But instead of waiting, he married Aimee.

Rafe and Aimee’s marriage has been over for a while now, but it doesn’t really matter. He doesn’t love me even though I feel like I’ll love him until the day I die. Trying to be “just friends” would tear me apart.

We’re a broken chord. A blue note. Hopelessly out of tune.

Or so I thought.

But when circumstances throw us back together on a crazy cross-country road trip, suddenly all kinds of secrets come to light that make it seem like maybe our show’s not over yet.

If I want a life with the man of my dreams, though, I’ll have to be honest--with Rafe and the rest of the world, too--and find the courage to write us a new song.

One that’s exactly like us: perfectly imperfect… and a little off key."]

I do remember how this particular couple was being hinted at (subtly and not so subtly) throughout the first two books, just pushing and pushing that drama and tension. ;)

Again with the enemies-to-lovers. Well, sorta. More like best-friends-to-enemies-to-friends-ish-sorta-to-lovers. Yeah, that's a little more accurate.

These two were idiots as well. Head-over-heels, totally obviously to each other, hurting him because he hurt me, idiots. At least it only took them...okay, so it took them years and years and more than half of the road trip and some definite manipulation from outside sources for them to realize that they weren't suffering in unrequited love alone (because it was totally and completely, from the very first day, requited--oh yeah, spoiler alert). I love how unnecessarily complicated they were about it aaaaalllllllllllllll the way up until they got together (spoiler alert--sorta, you know the theme of these books is happily ever after right? so is it really a spoiler?), and then all of a sudden, they're like in-depth future planning.

I also required a beach vacation to the Florida Keys now...if anyone wants to hook me up (with the place and the plane and the pto days, etc).

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