BFF

This is one of the sweetest, most charming stories I have read. As always K.C. Wells’ brilliant writing shines through from beginning to the end. There is such gentleness and warmth throughout the entire story, I was feeling all mushy and soft inside.
We have seen this story many times. Two buys who are growing up together, becoming best friends, and before they know it, they are falling in love with each other. But K.C. Wells has a way of telling a story that sucks you in and doesn’t let go. She gives a story that extra “oomph.” What might become a rather bland story in other hands turns into a splendid, joyful, heartwarming, and romantic love story with her exquisite touch and insight.
The story is told from David’s POV, with a twist. It is David himself that tells his story. He tells about his childhood, growing up with Matt, his best friend. Their school years, living together in their dorm, renting an apartment after both getting a job. Through the years, you see the two boys growing up, getting older and wiser. Their friendship evolves from loving as best friends to brothers to something so much more. A lovely, slow glide into love as boyfriends until they are each other’s halves. They are each other’s soul mates in every aspect. They have their ups and downs, but if possible, that brings them even closer together. David and Matt are such sweet and endearing characters, and most of all they are real, like K.C. Wells can do like no other.
Their life story is their love story.

This is easily one of the most beautiful love stories I’ve ever read. It is even more powerful when you know that the story was inspired by a real relationship.

But the writing... It is difficult to explain how well this book is written. The main character is writing in first person as he describes the evolution of the relationship over the years. It is a completely different style from the typical romance novel. In fact, I am still having trouble accepting that the character is actually a character. It is so authentic in how the story is told that it seems as though it must be real. I have to force myself to mentally remove this from “autobiography” and place it in “fiction.”

So yes, the first person narrative took me about ten percent of the book (on my kindle) to fully understand how the flashback scenes worked. But just because a story is written differently than others doesn’t mean it is bad. It may just mean it is brilliantly done - as this one is.

Please know that this is a story about the evolution of a relationship from friends to lovers over the course of nearly two decades. The beauty of the story is in the journey and the evolution of the relationship. When the intimacy occurs, it is beautifully done and absolutely appropriate to the story - but it is not the focus of this book because that simply wouldn’t be authentic to the story.

This book reminds us that romance novels don’t need mind-melting sex scenes to be beautiful and truly show the depth of the characters’ love for one another. While I really enjoy books that have a high heat factor, I found the way the more intimate moments were handled in this book actually enhanced the authentic flow of the narrator’s story. It became more autobiographical because the scenes felt so honest and truthful to those experiences in real life.

It’s simply a beautiful story. Amazingly well written and heart touching in a way that few stories seem to manage when dealing with regular folks. Sure, lots of stories are touching when there is some sort of tragic back story or painful past. This is a story of regular people finding themselves in an extraordinary relationship with their best friend. The beauty is in the authentic realness of the tale.

BFF is the story of two young men and how they fell in love. They met at the age of seven and became best friends.
The story starts out with One of them, David, talking about writing a story for NaNo ( A 50k story in 30 days). His BFF Matt tells him to write what you know. They decided to write their story.
I actually liked how the story was written. It is well labeled with dates, beginning when they were age 7 and progress. Then he would put a note telling his feelings or looking back what he should have thought. It is like getting two stories in one, the past and the present.
The characters are well developed and I loved both guys families as well. I literally stayed up all night reading to see what happened next. The story is very sweet since they are very young through at least the first half. They don't actually get together until about 80 percent or so and there is some sex, but it is well done and tasteful, very fitting to the story.

If you like a story with lots of feels, friends to lovers, slow burn, gay for you, and an allover great romance this is for you.

I loved this for the story itself, which is beautifully told and filled with emotion. I loved it even more knowing that it's loosely based on a real couple who one day realised they were in love with each other.

I know this has had a mixed reception because of the earliest exchanges between the boys but I personally didn't find them to be too outlandish.

My son had to grow up pretty fast when I nearly died back when he was just six years old, and his vocabulary has always been way advanced for his age as we've always read with him and to him.

He started talking relatively late when he was almost four, but once he started, he never stopped and he's always been an advanced reader (he takes after his mum in that, I could read before I started school).

So, for me anyway, the way David and Matt talked in their younger days, didn't seem too far beyond reality and, given the story was being narrated as flashback type recollection, I just took it as David embellishing it a bit :)

This is relatively low angst and no real steam to talk about up until the final 10% and it works for the setting. The whole book felt, for me, as if I was being given a peak into these two men's lives as they waited until they were young adults before their eyes were opened to the love they had.

It's a truly sweet read.

✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ FOUR-STAR ✩ REVIEW ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩


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POV ~> First person, dual timeline.

It is an entertaining story of young two boys that grow up as best friends & suddenly discover they are the last to learn that they've fallen in love.

This story was told from twenty-seven-year-old David's point of view. He was challenged by his best friend, Matt, to participate in NaNoWriMo and to "write what you know". Twenty years of friendship with Matt is what he knew best. The format took a little getting used to as he would take a trip down memory lane (written as present tense from a younger David's perspective, starting at seven years old) and then come back to present time with a side note or thought that served to remind the reader that we were only visiting memories as David recalled them.
Approximately 40% of the book was comprised of childhood memories of two boys under the age of 18 forming an unshakable friendship. As they get older the Best Friend title begins to also carry a bond of brotherhood. Only around the 80% mark do they begin to recognize and question their own feelings toward the other man.
Again, the format was unusual. It's also a LOT cleaner than what I'm used to reading from Ms. Wells (ie: Collars and Cuffs, Secrets).
The characters were portrayed well at all age stages and their interactions were entertaining. The secondary cast was mostly fun and supportive, though there was a minor thorn in their side for a while. The chemistry was a VERY slow build but their compatibility was never in question. There were a few hurdles to overcome but they were not really true conflicts in need of resolving. Predictability was low. The conclusion was strong and solid.
While the quality of the writing was fantastic, the format was not one I really enjoyed, personally. It was an entertaining and enjoyable story with very little details involving naked time together.
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Rating: [R] ~ Score: 4.275 ~ Stars: 4
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