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Jeremy
Seeing my best friend West, happy with his fiancé opened my eyes to things I’ve been missing in my own marriage. My divorce, which was amicable, followed. Strangely, at West’s wedding, I find myself confiding in Darren, the straight, confirmed bachelor and star quarterback of the Atlanta Lightning. Darren is a full-steam-ahead kind of guy, and one talk leads to hanging out, swapping phone numbers, and pranking West and Anson while they’re on their honeymoon. When I head back to California, I expect our chats to end, but I couldn’t be more wrong.
Darren
I still can’t say how it happened, how a random decision to strike up a conversation with Jeremy turned into…whatever this is. All I know is, months later, my days aren’t complete until we tell each other good night. Whether it’s on our calls or when he flies to Atlanta, we talk about everything, lying awake together half the night. Jeremy’s got me feeling…different. If it was just my newly discovered bisexuality, that’d be one thing. I’m not one to stress about being into a man for the first time. It’s the other stuff, the way he makes my pulse race and my heart swell, that’s throwing me for a loop.
I didn’t think I was made for relationships, thought something inside me was broken, but I want it all with him. Except, it feels like as soon as we make it past one obstacle, there’s an even bigger one waiting for us. We just have to keep our heads in the game and our eyes on the prize, to make it to the end zone, before one last tackle takes us down for good.
Seeing my best friend West, happy with his fiancé opened my eyes to things I’ve been missing in my own marriage. My divorce, which was amicable, followed. Strangely, at West’s wedding, I find myself confiding in Darren, the straight, confirmed bachelor and star quarterback of the Atlanta Lightning. Darren is a full-steam-ahead kind of guy, and one talk leads to hanging out, swapping phone numbers, and pranking West and Anson while they’re on their honeymoon. When I head back to California, I expect our chats to end, but I couldn’t be more wrong.
Darren
I still can’t say how it happened, how a random decision to strike up a conversation with Jeremy turned into…whatever this is. All I know is, months later, my days aren’t complete until we tell each other good night. Whether it’s on our calls or when he flies to Atlanta, we talk about everything, lying awake together half the night. Jeremy’s got me feeling…different. If it was just my newly discovered bisexuality, that’d be one thing. I’m not one to stress about being into a man for the first time. It’s the other stuff, the way he makes my pulse race and my heart swell, that’s throwing me for a loop.
I didn’t think I was made for relationships, thought something inside me was broken, but I want it all with him. Except, it feels like as soon as we make it past one obstacle, there’s an even bigger one waiting for us. We just have to keep our heads in the game and our eyes on the prize, to make it to the end zone, before one last tackle takes us down for good.
My Rating - 5 Stars!
I fell in love with this book from the start, as these characters and the ease between them had me falling for them immediately.
I absolutely love the way things develop between them. From funny antics, to easy chats, to falling in love. They are perfectly sweet and tender. I love it all!
Everything is new to Darren, as he has to deal with a sexual awakening. It's wonderfully done, making all his emotions easily come to life.
It has my favorite theme, involving sports and the trouble with being an out athlete. I cannot get enough of this type of story, and with Riley as the author, you just know it's gonna be great. If you enjoy stories of athletes coming out, dive into this book.
My favorite moment is Darren explaining that being with Jeremy makes everything in his heart and mind better, but being with him makes everything outside of just the two of them harder.
This story is a fabulous illustration of being demiromantic. The author does a fantastic job with this, writing it with care. I don't read find many characters who are demiromantic, so I absolutely appreciate every aspect of this.
It's also a reminder that even traveling can be tricky, as being gay is still illegal in some countries. Just heartbreaking that one has to even think about this when making plans.
The End Zone is an amazing book with everything I love reading about an athlete falling in love. This Riley Hart tale is full of first times and so many emotions. God, I love it all.
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