Aster Rae

Santino, Marcello, and Lazaro are complaining they cannot find a boy for them while at the bar. Jericho stands up and says he can handle them all. Can he? Can they?

I enjoyed this story. I liked Jericho's confidence. I also liked that the three brothers (Santino, Marcello, and Lazaro) are obsessed with Jericho and are willing to do whatever it takes to make him happy. Each has a different reason for being with him. We also get Faro's story along with his friend, Giosue's. Their stories are good also but with the men from the earlier stories and these three stories coming together, this gets frenetic. There is so much happening through the story. Nonna is very much in the story as is their grandfather.

I liked seeing that the earlier romances are still going strong. I liked seeing these new romances. I look forward to their father's story.… (meer)

This is a story about a lifestyle that most folks have never heard of and few, except those that are in that particular lifestyle, understand. To each his own...whatever makes then happy is okay with me. This is a relationship that always needs to be built on a lot of trust between the two players...a "daddy" and his "boy". These stories nearly always have little confrontation and always have a happy ending. There were parts of this story that were way to long... like the amount of time that Waxley and Wren spent in the Hug Club. It's mostly a story about the acceptance of difficult issues and these two main characters had some tough ones. Waxley had a chronic illness that caused him to sometimes pass out...that was how he and Wren met. Waxley trusted Wren enough to tell him ways to help. Being "Little " was one of the ways that helped when these spells happened. Wren's previous "boy" had just cheated on him and left him because of Wren's body structure...but how Wren's body looked didn't both Waxley in the least. Waxley also had obligations in his life that his illness made difficult to fulfil, but Wren helped him form a plan that worked. This is just a sweet story where you can root for the two of them to have a happy life...together.… (meer)

Wren's boy has cheated on him. leaving him alone. He's at the Hug Club to hang out with his friends when Waxley collapses. Wren takes care of him finding out Waxley has a chronic illness. Wren was attracted while helping Waxley and becomes more attracted as he gets to know Waxley's story. Wren has body positivity issues but Waxley loves that Wren is cuddly and huggable. In a short time, they are inseparable. Will it work out for them? Will their pasts come back to hurt them?

I enjoyed this sweet story. I liked that they had issues in their lives where they made conscious choices to let each other into their lives. I liked how Waxley's chronic illness gave Wren ways to help him. I loved Waxley's acceptance of Wren's cuddly body. I appreciated them focusing on the positive rather than the negatives of their lives. They are so cute! I loved Wren's acceptance of all of Waxley's Little side and how he finds joy in it. I loved Waxley's happiness in the cuddling and hugging he can do with Wren. Waxley has obligations in his life that he wants to fulfill and that he does fulfill. though Wren wants to fix it all, but Wren steps back and allows Waxley to make his decisions for his big life.

This is just a sweet story where I was rooting for the two of them. And they made it.… (meer)

Medici's potential boy is kidnapped. He goes to rescue Mattie and whisks him off to Italy to stay with the rest of the family. They work their way to a Daddy/little relationship slowly as Medici has an ex he needs to tell it's over. When all is looking like they will finally get into a relationship, Mattie is kidnapped again. Who did it? Will Medici save him in time?

I enjoyed this book. Medici and Mattie are opposites in every way. I would like to know more about Mattie's past and why other Daddies did not want him. I liked that Mattie was not afraid of Medici and that Medici took it slowly with Mattie. The Luciano's are quite an accepting family. I enjoyed watching they family together with their insults and snarkiness. I appreciate that no matter how they get mad at each other, they still have each other's backs.

Romeo's story arc is still playing out. Medici's brothers story arc is just starting. I'm looking forward to both stories.… (meer)