Rating: 5
Steam: 5
PoV: dual, 1st person
Series: Doormen of the Upper East Side #1
Genre: contemporary erotic romance, MM
Main tropes: opposites attract, hate to love, sexual discovery
“I always wanted to be the kind of person who could say what you see is what you get, but really I think I’m a series of carefully concealed landmines. Some of them I don’t even know about.”
August Jones has this uncanny ability to write highly addictive stories and characters – and The Heir’s Disgrace was no exception!
I was so intrigued by these two and their… violent attraction to each other. What Drew and Oliver shared was initially raw, toxic and destructive, and it was difficult to see how anything good could ever come from that. It was easy to feel for them though, and it didn’t take long before I was completely invested in everything going on. I loved how Drew and Oliver kept surprising me with their actions, and they both went through a lot of personal growth throughout the story.
Drew and Oliver’s story was messy, almost chaotic, but in the best of ways. They were really hot together, and while their whole dynamic felt like it came from some kind of sexual desperation and frustration, it wasn’t long before an emotional connection formed as well. The hate to love, opposites attract and double sexual discovery were all very well written here, and I loved the ways things progressed between them, however messy and wild it was.
They both had their fair share of struggles, and there were a lot of things happening throughout the book: scandals, family issues, struggles with mental health, cheating… But even so, the story never felt particularly heavy or dark. There was always a sense of humour and lightness present without taking away the underlying seriousness of the situations, and the support and understanding that developed between Drew and Oliver helped too.
The Heir’s Disgrace was a highly entertaining and wild ride all the way through, and I loved the pacing and the twists and turns. Drew and Oliver were both characters that grew on me, and I was rooting so hard for them. I’m really looking forward to more books in this series, and if you enjoyed August Jones’ Manhandled series, I’m sure you’re going to enjoy this one as well!
My feelings for him are surreal. Loving Olivier hurts in a way I don’t think loving someone is supposed to, but I don’t know how to make it feel better. I don’t even know if I should try.
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