![]() One of the reasons I like this genre so much is that it tends to automatically include examinations of gender roles and expectations, because being gay is so antithetical to the mainstream idea of how men should behave (which is utter bullshit of course, and I revel in anything that deconstructs this kind of infuriating expectation). It’s refreshing to read one with some experience of being inside a man’s head. M/M romance is increasingly becoming a favorite genre of mine, but it (like all romance) is a field dominated by women. There is judgment on both ends, and then that judgment is upended. ![]() Noah is a bit stuck up and nerdy, with a bit of an intellectual vibe. ![]() Gavin presents as a dumb, violent jock who doesn’t know how to smile. ![]() Hassell gets a lot of mileage out of the expectations both parties bring to their hate-to-love romance. It is smart, also, and doesn’t give two fucks about showing its hand and doing its thing. There is much personality clashing, discussion of power dynamics, class issues, football, and sex. This is a sports romance between a famously aggressive NFL player (Gavin, bisexual and in the closet) who is under house arrest for a brawl that was caught on camera, and the personal assistant (Noah, openly gay former social worker) he hires to help him manage his life while he can’t leave his house. ![]() I mean, this was definitely Written By A Man. ![]()
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