Bowl Full of Cherries

*Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by Dreamspinner Press for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.*

Bowl Full of Cherries is Book 1 in Raine O'Tierney's The Avona Tales series. This was the first book I've read from this author and I really enjoyed her writing style and the humor she brings to the story.

Crowley is a young, single man living in Avona with his best friend Tyler. Crowley has never had a boyfriend, his size keeping men from seeing the real him. He's planning to spend Christmas with his mom, sister and niece just like he does every year when his mom lets him know he won't be welcome. Sad and upset he heads back to his apartment with plans of wallowing alone over the holidays. Tyler isn't having it though, and buys him a ticket to spend the holidays with his family, only Crowley is arriving a day earlier than Tyler. At the train station, Tyler is picked up by Tyler's twin brother, Averell. Averell is the complete opposite of Tyler and nothing like what Crowley expected.

Averell is not happy that he has to pick up his brother's best friend from the train station. Tyler's brought people home with him before and it's never been enjoyable. Averell is surprised by Crowley, who is nothing like Tyler. Though Averell has never been interested in men before, he's fascinated with Crowley and is attracted to him. Though both men are attracted, they both are going to have to work through big hang ups for each of them, plus deal with Tyler.

I really enjoyed Crowley and Averell's characters. Though they were both young, they were able to provide the support that they each needed and someone to see who they really were. I thought their interactions were sweet, fun and eventually hot! I really enjoyed Averell and Tyler's family, and thought they were the type of family you'd want to be on the sidelines to watch the craziness. I was not a fan of Tyler and found it him annoying throughout the book. Overall, this was fun and enjoyable story that's easy to read!

Rating: 4.0 stars

This was a sweet fun read. I liked the way Rell and Crowely's relationship developed, and watching both of them grow into themselves was fun, and the sex was sweet and hot.