Apparently, I SUCK at reading books that came out within the last 6 months, but I can read books that came out within the last 6 hours. Here's Becca Jackson's "Totally Geeked." It's the second book in her Love in Play series.
My best friend isn't sold on the brother's-best-friend romance trope, but I gotta say, it's in my top three tropes/cliches of all time. :D "'If you want my input,' I say up to the sky as if I'm talking to the universe itself. 'Arlo is exactly the kind of guy I need.' If only he wasn't my best friend's brother."
["Harrison’s love life is a parade of fun, flirty encounters thanks to every dating app you can imagine, but nothing sticks. Finally, sick of the endless cycle of Friday night hookups, he hits uninstall on the apps and challenges the universe to show him that he deserves someone better.
What he didn’t expect was the universe throwing him a curveball in the form of his best friend’s younger brother. Despite being best friends with Gordon for years, he’s never actually met his siblings and even half-joked they didn’t exist.
But there they are, at a party at Gordon’s place, and one brother, Arlo, is seriously hard to ignore. He’s nothing like Gordon. Quiet, adorable, and totally off-limits… which sucks. But when Harrison spots an opportunity to help him steady his nerves on his children’s book tour, he jumps at the chance to get to know him better, because spending time with him feels like the most right thing he’s done in forever.
The more time they spend together, the less Harrison can imagine being with anyone else. But going after what he wants means betraying his best friend. Can he find the courage to catch life’s most unexpected of pitches?"]
Gotta be honest here, I KNOW Harrison was probably highlighted a lot in "Totally Ducked," but I can't quite place him in my memory, which is really fucking sad, because I'm obsessed with him! D: His sweetness, his excitement, his pet names, his teasing, his banter, his talking to the universe, his protectiveness of Arlo, his Arlo. D: God, I can't!!
And Arlo fucking DESERVED all the perfect that is Harrison. Being all cute and shy and nerdy and adorable and clumsy and coming out of his shelf (because of Harrison) and getting more confident (because of Harrison) and learning to love himself (because of Harrison) and genuinely living his dream (because of himself).
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