Rating: 4
Steam: 4
PoV: dual, 1st person
Series: Mars Fitness #2
Genre: contemporary romance, MM
Main tropes: friends to lovers, sexual discovery, grumpy / sunshine
“You’re mine,” I murmur into Sawyer’s neck. “He can’t have you.”
Linden Bell is back with another sweet and steamy book! Stacked was a great best friends to lovers story, full with pining, co-dependency and romance.
I loved how clueless Sawyer and Preston were, they were so co-dependent and had a great connection, and I was totally there for it! Sawyer had been pining for Preston for years, but Preston had never showed any interest – until Sawyer started dating someone else. While Preston’s jealousy led to some realisations and a pretty epic and romantic lightbulb moment, I couldn’t help but feel like the dating between Sawyer and Fitz was too dragged out.
I have to admit that I overall struggled with the whole situation of Sawyer dating Fitz, and while I didn’t consider it to be cheating, the relationship wasn’t fair on Fitz, who was actually a nice and decent guy. It set up a situation for Preston to realise his feelings for Sawyer and take that step though, but I don’t know, something about the whole situation just felt off to me. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Preston and Sawyer together – I just didn’t love the way they got there.
Apart from that situation, they were honestly the sweetest together. I mean, they were basically living as a couple for years before getting together romantically, and while they were very co-dependent, it never felt toxic or destructive. I loved Sawyer’s sunshine personality and his energy, and the way he took care of Preston made my heart all melty and happy.
Stacked was a really cute and heartfelt romance full of emotions and steam. I adored how close Sawyer and Preston were, and I really enjoyed seeing their friendship turn into a relationship – it was just such a sweet and romantic read!
“Sawyer,” I sob. “Sawyer, please!”
“Shh,” he admonishes. “Don’t make me gag you.”
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