Title: Things I’ll Never Say
Author: MJ O’Shea
Genre: New Adult Romance
Length: Novella (62 pages)
Publisher: M.J. O’Shea (April 8th, 2012)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: Tams
Blurb: Sam’s best friend in the world is ditching him; moving out of state to go to college and leaving him behind. It hurts like hell but he doesn’t know how to tell Ryan that he needs him to stay without saying too much. Like maybe that he might want to be a lot more than just friends…
Ryan has to get out. He’s been in love with Sam for so many years he’s afraid if he doesn’t leave that he’ll spend his whole life alone in love with someone he can never have…but of course Ryan can’t tell his oldest and best friend that he’s in love with him. It would ruin the most important thing in his life.
Before it’s too late, they have to find the courage to tell each other the truth about how they feel…to finally say those things they’ve kept to themselves for far too long.
Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/Things-Ill-Never-M-J-OShea-ebook/dp/B007SJVTRY
Review: Short, Sexy and Steamy… say it with me everybody… my three favourite colors!!!
Sam and Ryan have been best friends since they were children, spending every day, almost every minute together. Sam’s an only child whose parents spend their time globetrotting and attending high-end dinners. Ryan’s the only boy surrounded by sisters, but a loving family none the less. He’s been living with Sam to be closer to school, away from the drama that is the daily life of several teenage girls and truth be told, Sam thoroughly enjoys the company. But now it’s time for Ryan to go to college, and leave his best friend behind.
A frantic but fantastic moment shared between best friends ends in sorrow when words are misconstrued, and then Ryan is on his way to Seattle, and everything is left unsaid. Both Sam and Ryan are miserable immediately. They fell in love a long time ago, but neither ever spoke up for fear of losing each other if the feelings weren’t returned.
Ryan makes friends and considers dating, but realizes he can’t stop loving Sam. While Sam starts cooking school and wallows in his own misery, feeling the loneliness left in Ryan’s absence. Thankfully, Ryan will be home for Christmas break soon. But will either young man find the strength to say all the things they’ve left unsaid?
One thing O’Shea knows is how to write a great coming of age, angsty romance with lots of passion and steam. While Sam and Ryan are both a tad bit immature in the beginning, making decisions out of hurt and haste, they do finally admit their shared feelings and grow up a bit.
I loved that their first time together was all arms and legs and awkwardness, it really fed into the overall feel of the story. In the end, I was left with a sweet story about soul mates that left a smile on my face.