Myriam's Reviews > Slow Burn

4 stars for a slow burn that is not slow at all :)

At the risk of damning with faint praise I will still say that this book is so much better than it has any right to be. Anyone who is a little familiar with the way tropes work and how Romance is constructed can read the blurb and have an idea of what this book is all about.

And then Sam B. Morgan kept doing everything RIGHT. Right from the start Brody and Zack behave like adults and professionals. They aren't instantly panting after each other during the PT sessions, hell you would be hard pressed to even know either of them is into guys after the first session. I didn't know I was over inappropiate boners in my M/M until they weren't any to be found here. By the time things heat up they deal with it by TALKING about the conflict and then just get on with it.

It's kind of sad that a well executed Romance that does nothing more than follow the expected story beats had me so excited simply by having the protagonists not behave like utter idiots.

The next point may be weird but hear me out. I actually liked the fact that the procedural aspect played out in the background of the Romance. Too often you can just absolutely tell that an author didn't bother to do enough research and the mystery part of of these kinds of stories usually suck.

I can appreciate an author who is aware of their limitations and goes for the story they really want to tell. Which was a mature love story with a little bit of thrill thrown in to keep things interesting.