Lovesick

Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5
Rating: 4 stars out of 5

This is an adorable debut story. Although I am not typically a fan of diary style writing, I found this story very entertaining and very engaging. It is told from the point of view of the main character, Leo. Basically, Leo is the under achiever of his family. Living his life without much distinction. Unlike his super accomplished, married sister. The story starts out at a funeral for a co-worker's cat. Yes, you read that correctly. While there Leo learns that his long time crush, the man that he idolizes and has been in a flirtatious relationship over the last four years, has gotten engaged to a beautiful woman from America. Heartbroken, Leo has way too much to drink and meets his new, seemingly straight, gorgeous, neighbor Alex. Alex is from the working class. He is a personal trainer with the hottest body that Leo has ever seen. The two develop a friendship and as Alex discovers his attraction to Leo, things become more complicated. Especially when Jack, Leo’s longtime crush starts to show more of an interest in Leo. There is strong chemistry in this story between Leo and Alex, but they have many hurdles to jump before their relationship can get off the ground. This story moves along quickly and is very easy to read. I pretty much read this story while waiting for a tow truck to fix my flat tire and was disappointed when my tire was fixed and I had to put this story down. The ending was pretty much predictable, but the journey to get there was fun and interesting. Since this story was written as a diary the character development is pretty one sided, but we do get to learn about Alex through Leo’s eyes.

PLOT: 4 Stars
CHEMISTRY: 4 Stars
PACING: 4 Stars
ENDING: 4 Stars
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 4 Stars

Review Copy of Lovesick provided by the Dreamspinner Press I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book. Reviewed by Mollien from Alpha Book Club