Expect the Unexpected was written for the M/M Romance Group’s 2014 Love’s Landscapes event. This is the story of Sam Gallagher and his best friend Josh. It’s told in third person through the eyes of both Sam and Josh.

Sam and his friends are looking after Sam’s uncle’s home for four days. Everyone except Sam and Josh catch colds. Josh tells Sam he’ll drive the guys home and will return later.

Sam decides to jerk off by the pool while Josh is gone. Josh returns early and Sam is deeply embarrassed because Josh now knows how Sam feels about Josh. Sam runs out of the house even though Josh wants to talk to him. Strangely, Josh doesn’t go looking for Sam right away and takes a nap. After some searching he eventually finds Sam.

There were a couple of things that made it so I couldn’t enjoy the story as much as I would have liked. The first half of the story was almost all telling us what Sam was thinking. The second half had too much dialogue and the dialogue was probably sweeter than it needed to be. I did however enjoy the scene where Sam jerked off at the pool and the scene where Josh searched for Sam at the beach and started to panic when he found the clothes in the water.

A fast, easy read about friends to lovers, I give this story 3 Stars.
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