READ MY REVIEW ON THE BLOG (live on May 6th)TITLE: TOP SECRETAUTHOR: Sarina Bowen & Elle KennedyRELEASE DATE: May 7th 2019GENRE: MM RomanceTROPES: Enemies-to-loversRATING: 5 STARSCLIFFHANGER: No A story by either Sarina Bowen or Elle Kennedy is a guaranteed win. Together they are on fire. In TOP SECRET they show us yet again how harmoniously and with ease their writing styles mesh together. So my excitement went through the roof when I learned about this book. But since it was, indeed,

5 LobsterShorts Stars!!First off, let me just say that ending had me swooning! Keaton is a gorgeous college jock from a very wealthy family but he has a lot on his plate. He has football games to win, a campaign to plan and a father and girlfriend to please. What would you do if your girlfriend of six years asked you to have a threesome with another guy? Then explains it's what she wants for her birthday. Well if you're a people pleaser like Keaton you do what you can to make it happen. Keato...

This release was a total surprise and it honestly couldn’t have come at a better time.I LOVED Top SecretM/M is one of my most favorite genres and this author couple is the one that does it for me. They honestly write the BEST M/M romance – endearing characters, smart and funny dialogues, interesting storylines, with plenty of hot and sexy encounters. And that’s what Top Secret had in spades.For me, a M/M novel has to have two very distinctive characters, even more than M/F novels. When the book

I'm honestly just as surprised as you are by this rating.I'm a big fan of this duo, as individual authors and also for their co-authorered HIM and US duology, so the news that this top secret m/m -- a return to the genre AND to writing together after three years -- was dropping had me super super hype. And thankfully there wasn't a huge build up between the announcement and release. But this didn't live up to their previous works and definitely didn't feel as strong as many of their solo offerin...

First 50% - 4 starsThe rest - 1.25 stars *Warning! May contain spoilers*Aye, Aye, Aye!It is Me! Not the book! I kept asking myself. Are these the same authors who wrote HIM? This book was a MAJOR letdown.The story reminded me of a TV show I watched and actually enjoyed about Frats, Sororities, Pledges and all that Rush stuff called Greek. I watched that series and lost some brain cells along the way, that happened here too. These characters were just there, superficial, underdeveloped, unbelieva...

Holy shit I loved this. I thought I would love this book because this author combo wrote my favorite M/M romance of all time, Him, but then I was scared to read it because I found out it follow two frat guys and well, I'm not a huge fan of frat guys and frat houses and I couldn't care less about them but.... I'M OBSESSED?????This story follows Keaton, who is a football player jock who has a girlfriend that wants a three-way for her birthday. He downloads a popular dating app where he starts chat...

Compulsively readable goodness from one of my favorite powerhouse writing duos, Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy. My expectations were abso-freaking-lutely high as Him is one of my all-time favorite books. I was giddy, positively beside myself with glee, at the prospect of another book from these two stellar authors. And just as I expected, I couldn't get enough of Top Secret. I stayed up waaaaaay past my bedtime (3:36 am, to be exact) to finish it, irritating the crap out of my sleeping husband. I...

4 “Bad boys get punished” stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Meet the characters: ➡️ Keaton Hayworth - Rich, popular, loyal, his life's perfect from the outside.➡️ Luke Bailey - Sarcastic, closed off, insecure about his self worth, he's struggling to make ends meet.“You’re a yellow lab.”“I’m…what?”“A dog. A big, happy dog chasing Frisbees on the beach with his pals. You’re a pack animal.”I snort. “And you’re…a pit bull?”“Not even. I’m a tomcat in the alley,” he says. “Just passing through. No collar. Not very friend...

DNF @ around 32%,I can't even be bothered to explain why.

2.5 stars. Originally I rounded up because I liked some of it, especially in the beginning. But I can’t say I liked the book on the whole nor do I recommend it, so I've adjusted that.Let’s just speak frankly about what we’re all thinking. The expectations were high for this one. And how does it compare to one of the most popular M/Ms ever? Hmm. Not favorably.I was initially optimistic, because this writing duo definitely has some chops in the heat department, and those things were looking up. An...

Top Secret - Bonus Epilogue(view spoiler)[THE EPILOGUEKEATON“She’s cute…” Licking his bottom lip, Luke nods toward the other side of the crowded room. Tonight, Alpha Delta is wall-to-wall bodies, more than a hundred people crammed together as loud music pumps through the frat house. “What do you think?”The sensual note in his voice makes me narrow my eyes. Is he suggesting what I think he’s suggesting? Because in the almost-year we’ve been together, he hasn’t once hinted there was anything missi...

Sarina and Elle have teamed up for the first time in two years to bring out a Top Secret release. (That's actually the title.) It's an edge-of-your-seat romance with two heroes and a full serving of shenanigans.The plot is something like You've Got Mail. But instead of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, you've got a couple of competing fraternity brothers who like to get frisky on an anonymous app.Hot frat boys ✔️Secrets and lies ✔️Sexting in a frat house ✔️ Punctuation humor ✔️"Addictive. Wildly sexy. Com...

Top Secret is in some ways like an adult, college version of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. It was hilarious and realistic—the perfect escape from my never ending schoolwork. For a relatively short book, Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy pull off an impressive amount of solid character development. I felt like I could predict how Keaton and Luke would react to every situation because of how well fleshed out their rivalry was (and their enemies to lovers arc was executed so well!) I sympathized

4 LobsterShorts & SinnerThree StarsBefore I started reading this story I had seen mixed reviews so I went into it with low expectations but you know what?! It got me by surprise! It wasn’t as bad as I thought! Of course, there were some issues as well. It took me a bit time to warm up to Keaton’s character but I liked Luke from the first but in the second half he made me annoyed with his insecurities. He had love and trust issues and couldn’t accept help from anyone easily and the way he treated...

Audio – 5 starsStory – 2 starsSo much for wishing I’d be part of the majority who loved this book. I really wanted to, but it didn’t work for me. I’m okay with angst and push/pull if I also get a healthy dose of feels. I didn’t get that. Even the sex scenes were limited and mostly FTB. Sex aside, there wasn’t enough quality couple time and the relationship development felt incomplete. And that happy for now ending....whatever *rolling my eyes*, I don't want to have to go to a website to read a b...

March 06, 2020I don’t even know when was the last time I stayed up until 3 am just to finish a book because I couldn’t sleep until I knew the end, but here we are. I read it in one sitting. It was amazing, well paced, and real! And most importantly: I was 100% emotionally invested.The characters, omfg, don't even let me start! It was so refreshing to read a book where I could always predict what they will do, because I understood them and their motives perfectly. They were so comlex, but never

“I’m just a guy, standing on a beach in nothing but his favorite pair of lobster shorts, waiting for the right man to love me.” I am a big fan of both Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy, so when I saw they were writing another book together I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. I’m not generally an M/M reader, I don’t mind them if they’re done right, like how these two authors always seem to master and this book was no exception, they were on fire with Top Secret. Keaton is a rich and pop

“I’m just a guy, standing on a beach in nothing but his favorite pair of lobster shorts, waiting for the right man to love me.” When I found out a couple of weeks ago that Sarina and Elle were going to publish something together again, I couldn’t contain my excitement. We were also sworn to secrecy, lol, but I was desperately waiting for this. As soon as it hit my kindle, I knew I had to go in. It simply made my day, or week or month ❤️.I love both of these authors. They are always at the top

⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱*Not Bad, But Want More*⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱ The book centers around college jock with a rich family, Keaton ‘LobsterShorts’ Hayworth III (21) and his classmate and frat brother Luke ‘SinnerThree’ Bailey (21, turns 22) is on a scholarship to Darby College. When Keaton's girlfriend of 6 years, Annika wants to have a threesome with another guy.... Luke and Keaton is also opponents in the race for frat president, but for different reasons. Luke, cause he needs the free room the president gets and Keaton

While on vacation, I jotted down things about each book I read so I could somewhat form short reviews when returning. I didn't forget anything about this book AT ALL! It was that GOOD! I'm sure you've read a lot of reviews on this beautiful book, so I am gonna put it very nicely, READ THIS BOOK, I am still swooning