Rating: 4
Steam: 3
PoV: dual, 3rd person
Series: Briar County #4
Genre: contemporary romance, MM
Tropes / tags: friends to lovers, sexual discovery, small town
“I see you, Colby. I know you got secrets in there. Not saying they’re about me, about being queer or anything like that, but you’re stifling some kind of fire inside you, and damned if I don’t want to help you fan those flames, if I don’t want to see what you would do if you allowed yourself to burn.”
I loved being back at Briar County and Covington Acres was such a sweet and lovely story!
Riley Hart is great at writing friends to lovers and sexual discoveries, and I loved how Colby and Vince slowly went from being best friends and roommates to more. Vince was so supportive and encouraging when it came to Colby, which was exactly what he needed. Colby struggled with what he wanted versus the expectations placed on him by his family, and overall felt very lost. It was easy for me to feel for him and I was honestly quite annoyed by the comments made by his family about his life.
I liked the demiromantic rep and how it was written, Colby’s feelings and his journey of self discovery felt realistic. The character growth was great and seeing Colby starting to enjoying life again and finding his own path. He and Vince had a strong connection and there was so much comfort and trust between them, which made them going from friends to more feel natural and just kind of right. Even if there were some hesitance from both of them at times, they were great at communicating and being open with each other.
Covington Acres was a great and enjoyable read, and the HEA that Colby and Vince got was just perfection. Be prepared for lots of sweet and swoony moments, as well as plenty of steamy ones with these two!
“Thank you,” Colby slurred.
“For what?”
“You,” he replied softly, and Vince knew there was no coming back from this. That he was gone for the man beside him, and all it would lead to was a broken heart.
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