A single dads, friends-to-lovers, bi awakening MM Romance.
We're a puzzle made of two pieces. Landon Larsen is the envy of all the dads in Last Waters, Texas. He's cool, confident, and put together. He and his son—the high school's all-star quarterback—have the perfect father-son relationship. He’s such a Super Dad, it's almost sickening. I'm not cool, or confident, and my relationship with my son couldn't be worse. He's barely speaking to me, and a year after my wife died, we're both clinging to the wreckage of our family. Landon's son and mine are best friends and—of course—Landon is the football Team Dad. And though I know nothing about football, Landon convinces me to volunteer to be closer to my son. Volunteering might give him and me a chance to rebuild what's broken between us. Now I'm spending all my free time with the team—and with Landon—and the more we're together, the deeper our friendship grows. My son is opening up, too, little by little. I think I’m getting him back. There's just one giant problem. I'm head over heels for Landon. I've never been attracted to men in my life… until him. Landon draws me in without even trying, and the harder I fight this, the deeper I fall. Crushing on my son's best friend's father must be my biggest parenting failure ever, but I can't get enough of Landon. Falling for him puts each fragile moment I've rebuilt with my son at risk. What would he think if he knew I craved his best friend's dad? I'm playing with fire, but I can't turn off these feelings Landon has unlocked inside of me. Of course, a guy like Landon could never fall for someone like me. It's pointless to even imagine we could be something together. So why did I just kiss him?
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You & Me is a single dads, friends-to-lovers, bi awakening MM romance, full of dads and their exasperating teenage sons, high school sports shenanigans, and #FoundFamily. Come for the epic love, stay for the forever feels.
Was für ein schönes Buch. Da entwickelt sich erst eine Freundschaft, aus der dann mehr wird. Das ist ganz wunderbar beschrieben. Alles war so normal, man kann sich in dieser Welt selbst vorstellen. Da war nichts übertrieben, da hat sich etwas entwickelt, und es wurde miteinander geredet, um Dinge zu klären, da gab es keine falschen Annahmen und kein künstliches Drama. Ein wirklich wunderbares Buch.
12. Okt. 2024
5,0
Was für ein schönes Buch. Da entwickelt sich erst eine Freundschaft, aus der dann mehr wird. Das ist ganz wunderbar beschrieben. Alles war so normal, man kann sich in dieser Welt selbst vorstellen. Da war nichts übertrieben, da hat sich etwas entwickelt, und es wurde miteinander geredet, um Dinge zu klären, da gab es keine falschen Annahmen und kein künstliches Drama. Ein wirklich wunderbares Buch.
2 ⭐️
I am so fucking disappointed, you guys.
This started off SO well. I was INVESTED. The characters were to die for. They were soulmates to me. I was sat, I was obsessed, I was ready to give this 5 stars.
But OMFG.
Around the 40-50% mark, this book suddenly turns into whole chapters of: "I love him. I need him. I love him. I love him. I am so in love with him. A MAN makes me hard." Girl??? WE GET IT. But chill omfg? You are a widow. You were married to a woman your whole life. You had a CHILD with said woman. And it took you one jerk off to realise you're head over heels with a man you met a few weeks ago? Babe, are we well???
And then the other 50% was them refusing to fuck because they wanted to "take it slow," but not even a few chapters later this man was balls deep in him 😭 What happened to taking it slow??? The pacing gave me whiplash.
After that, everything felt like filler. Endless declarations of love, endless internal monologues saying the exact same thing over and over, and very little plot actually moving forward. I genuinely tortured myself through the last half because I kept hoping it would get back to what made me love it in the first place.
I'm writing this review literally right after finishing it, and I already forgot the MC's name (I only remember Landon 😭). That's how insignificant this book ended up feeling to me. For a book that had me completely hooked at the beginning, that's honestly kind of impressive.
What makes this even more frustrating is that there were parts I genuinely loved. The depth of the relationship between (forgotten MC) and Emmett was one of the strongest aspects of the story at first. They basically had no relationship, and watching them slowly try to reconnect after years of distance felt real and emotional. The struggles of a single father trying to mend that relationship after losing his wife had so much potential.
But I was LET DOWN. That storyline got pushed aside in favor of page after page of repetitive romance, and none of the emotional arcs hit as hard as they could have. The first half promised me a thoughtful, character-driven story. The second half gave me the same conversation 400 times.
I'm actually mad because this book had all the ingredients to be amazing but well !! You completely lost me😀 Will be selling my physical copy 🤷🏻♀️
25. Juni 2026
2,0
biggest letdown
2 ⭐️
I am so fucking disappointed, you guys.
This started off SO well. I was INVESTED. The characters were to die for. They were soulmates to me. I was sat, I was obsessed, I was ready to give this 5 stars.
But OMFG.
Around the 40-50% mark, this book suddenly turns into whole chapters of: "I love him. I need him. I love him. I love him. I am so in love with him. A MAN makes me hard." Girl??? WE GET IT. But chill omfg? You are a widow. You were married to a woman your whole life. You had a CHILD with said woman. And it took you one jerk off to realise you're head over heels with a man you met a few weeks ago? Babe, are we well???
And then the other 50% was them refusing to fuck because they wanted to "take it slow," but not even a few chapters later this man was balls deep in him 😭 What happened to taking it slow??? The pacing gave me whiplash.
After that, everything felt like filler. Endless declarations of love, endless internal monologues saying the exact same thing over and over, and very little plot actually moving forward. I genuinely tortured myself through the last half because I kept hoping it would get back to what made me love it in the first place.
I'm writing this review literally right after finishing it, and I already forgot the MC's name (I only remember Landon 😭). That's how insignificant this book ended up feeling to me. For a book that had me completely hooked at the beginning, that's honestly kind of impressive.
What makes this even more frustrating is that there were parts I genuinely loved. The depth of the relationship between (forgotten MC) and Emmett was one of the strongest aspects of the story at first. They basically had no relationship, and watching them slowly try to reconnect after years of distance felt real and emotional. The struggles of a single father trying to mend that relationship after losing his wife had so much potential.
But I was LET DOWN. That storyline got pushed aside in favor of page after page of repetitive romance, and none of the emotional arcs hit as hard as they could have. The first half promised me a thoughtful, character-driven story. The second half gave me the same conversation 400 times.
I'm actually mad because this book had all the ingredients to be amazing but well !! You completely lost me😀 Will be selling my physical copy 🤷🏻♀️
