Three's a Charm was written for the M/M Romance Group's Love Has No Boundaries picture prompt event. It's told in third person through the eyes of two of the MCs, Yuu and Akira.



Yuu, Akira and Joji have been friends for a long time. Eventually they grow into a loving relationship and after graduating school move into together. Things go well until one of the bullies from their past comes back to haunt one of them and then misunderstandings threaten the three's relationship.

I liked the idea behind this story but I was confused as whether this happened in Japan or the United States. For one there's the three Japanese but the bully they went to school with was named 'Corrigan.' If that is a Japanese name it's news to me. So I wasn't sure where this story is supposed to be set.

The other thing I disliked was the tremendous amount of telling rather than showing. It made me want to skim read the story but I stuck it out because it was only a short story.

I give this 2.5 Stars because I liked the relationship between the three MCs. But because there is too much telling and the location was confusing so that I was thinking about it throughout the whole story, I can only give this 2 Stars

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