When Adam Kissed Me by Chris Scully

WhenAdamKissedMeLGTitle:  When Adam Kissed Me

Series:  sequel to Inseparable

Author: Chris Scully

Genre:   Contemporary Romance

Length:  Novel (120 pages)

Publisher:  Dreamspinner Press (November 6th 2013)

Heat Level:  Moderate

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥♥♥5Hearts

Blurb:   Nine and a half weeks ago, Joe Massone got the surprise of his life when his straight best friend and secret crush, Adam, kissed him. At the time, Adam was recovering from an accident that left him with temporary amnesia and broken ribs, so Joe isn’t sure if he should take it seriously. Is Adam really gay? Or was the blow to his head to blame? Having secretly loved Adam since they were teenagers, Joe doesn’t want to get his hopes up and have his heart-broken.

Despite that first kiss, Joe and Adam are still in limbo—now more than friends, but not quite lovers. Adam’s injuries have meant they can’t take their relationship to the next level, and for Joe, not much has changed from when they were just best friends and roommates. He starts to think neither of them is ready to take that final step.

Patience stretched to the limit, Adam makes plans to break the stalemate. But when Joe sabotages things by inviting their friends along, Adam is left to wonder if their new relationship is over before it’s even started. Before he gives up, though, he’s determined to prove to Joe he wants more than just a kiss.

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Reviewer:   Tams

Review:  This story picks up 9 weeks after Inseparable left off. Joe and Adam are moving forward excruciatingly slowly. They’ve turned kissing and heavy petting into an art form, but Joe always pulls the plug before they get to the next level. Adam is getting frustrated and beginning to think the worst. When Adam goes out of his way to set up a sexy evening for the two of them alone, determined to get laid, Joe unknowingly screws it all up by inviting their friends over for beer and pizza. These two seriously need to get on the same page!

Joe has loved Adam for so long, he’s terrified that Adam will wake up and change his mind, decide he isn’t really gay and break Joe’s heart. If Joe takes that next step and they have sex, only for Adam to realize it’s not what he wants, Joe doesn’t think he’d survive that. So he only gives so much before he pulls back and puts the brakes on.

It took Adam more time to discover he was in love with his best friend. He went with the flow through high school and college and dated girls, because it was the way he was supposed to do things. Now that he’s gotten a taste of Joe and done some serious inner inventory, he knows exactly what and who he wants. He is not going to let Joe pull away, and he pulls out all the stops in a last-ditch attempt to seduce his best friend/lover/roommate.

The best friends turned lovers storyline has been stretched to the limits as of late. But Scully has revived it, breathed new life into it with the story of Joe and Adam! It’s not just the story of them. It’s the story of their past and uncertain future woven into the love they share that makes this story so different. Flashbacks give the reader more in-depth knowledge of the many years they’ve shared as friends. An upset Adam crawling into Joe’s bedroom window, comforted by his best friend. An unsure Joe sharing the secret of his sexuality with Adam, fearing that rejection. Adam’s moms death and subsequent abandonment by his father, only to be taken in by Joe’s family, of course! And that fateful night, the night of the accident that set the events in motion that would bring these two together, forever.

This is a must read for my fellow hopeless romantics! A story full of meat and some sexy make out sessions. Strong secondary characters set the pace as Joe and Adam come to realize they are soul mates.

This is the second book in a series that must be read in order to fully appreciate the characters.

Check out Pixie’s review of book 1, Inseparable… http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/inseparable-by-chris-scully/