The Secret Lives of Roommates

Gay Awakenings #1

by Joey Mayble

Unemployed after college and desperate for cash, Andy is reduced to showing off his assets as a cam model.

His best friend and roommate Wyatt has no idea about his new job, and Andy hopes to keep it that way. But everything changes when Wyatt accidentally walks in on Andy in the middle of a performance.

Needless to say, the cat’s out of the bag. But Andy isn’t willing to let go of the success he’s found with modeling. So, he devises a plan that is sure to boost his viewership even more:

Ask Wyatt to film with him.

Two straight boys experimenting on camera is bound to be a hit with fans, right? His plan is either going to make them a small fortune or ruin their friendship completely…

(The Secret Lives of Roommates is a standalone M/M romance with friends-to-lovers and bi-awakening themes. This books contains mature situations and content.)

Genres: M M Romance, Friends To Lovers, Contemporary, Gay For You, Romance, LGBT, Erotica

269 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2023

Reviews

[Kirsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun little nothing.
Basically, if there's true love
through camming, I'm there.

[Leanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and steamy, can’t go wrong with that!

I love some hot af camboy stories! Especially when there is gay for pay between straight boys. Nnngh!So hot! Let me tell you, Wyatt and Andy are straight up fire wrapped in straight boy discomfort and camboy newbieness.

There’s enough story to make it feel like a story, but it’s smutty goodness is what I was looking for. I liked that they basically went at the pace the fans dictated, even though they kept saying they were going to go slow and easy into the smexy deep end. It felt more like what I figure an actual live stream could be like.

I wish the ending did feel so rushed, but overall it was a good read.

[HecAph · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.7
La verdad que me gustó, está bien escrito y se siente bastante ligera la lectura

[ReaderMelodie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in one go {✔️}
Plot ⭐⭐
Spice 🌶🌶🌶
Banter 😂.5
Love-interests 🍆🦋🍆
No third act break-up
Ow / om drama - no 💓

⚠️ :
Mentions of: /
On page: bullying, working a 9 - 5

✔️🆗️❌️:
✔️ them together
✔️ spicy
✔️🆗️ plot - not much is happening, but it was enjoyable nonetheless

Enjoyable!!

💬:

》“So, which one of you is gonna bottom?” Andy’s brain immediately supplied him with an answer: Probably me since I took an eight-inch dildo up my ass like a champ and would gladly do it again.《


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[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

*queue vine* And they were roommates

[PlaidPurplePatches · Rating 5 out of 5]

!!!

I've never heard of this author before, but Jesus, I just ate this up! This is exactly my kind of book, a light, sweet read with great steamy scenes! I loved both Andy and Wyatt, they're both very likable charas. Im onto the next in the series!

[laura cabezas · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.75 stars! obsessed! i love wyatt and andy so much

[James Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting short story about young horny call lodge guys.

[M's ☆~HEA~☆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

After several heavy hitters such as Don't You Dare this week I needed this book! Such an absolutely fun, sweet, adorable, low angst, thank God, read. Two friends, Andy & Wyatt, to eliminate money and shitty job troubles, do OnlyFans together. They are both hot and straight. Oh yeah, and from the same frat lol

They were best friends after all—not to mention life-long Gamma Alpha Iota brothers.

Throughout the entire book they had me cackling like a fool, they were so funny and honest with each other.

“There’s a tube of chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge. Shall I preheat the oven?” Wyatt glared at him. “…Yes.”

Even when they were talking about tough subjects and fantasies they could enact for their fans.

For another show, Wyatt got a blowjob while playing video games which was just as hot as he imagined it would be, regardless if Andy was the one giving it to him.

Andy's gym trainer, Leslie, was his "therapist" and voice of reason and their relationship was equally adorable.

Leslie gave him an unimpressed look. “Going out on a limb here, but what’s the first thing you think about when you wake up?” Wyatt.

“And what’s the last thing you think about before going to sleep?” Again, Wyatt.

Eventually both boys come to the same conclusion that sex isn't the only things that has changed in their friendship and it's so stinking adorable and I was so there for it!!! Probably going to re-read this when I feel like being happy for a couple hours because it's just so cute.

[Yue · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most "friends to lovers" romance I've read in my life. If it wasn't for the "gay-for-pay" (if Wyatt had not returned so early that day when Andy is having a session -with a dildo- on his bedroom) both guys would have probably go forever being friends and having zero sexual attraction for each other. And it is a double gay-awakening, so double win.

And even after that situation, and then once Wyatt agrees to be with Andy on the "onlyfans" thing, and they try to make it comfortable and go naked in the house 24/7, there is still no attraction between them. It is really just a job, mostly for Andy who is more experienced, and less for Wyatt but he wants to quit his 9-to-5 job so badly.

As one reviewer says, it was really very organic. I like that both of them feel like bff; they talk things over, they are comfortable with each other (except twice: once after that situation with Andy and last, when they were drunk and kiss the hell of each other).

I also like that their first stuff together (hj, bj) was taken with a bit of humor, in spite of the awkward event. I kinda wish this was longer... once they realize their feelings, since they are so honest with each other, they more or less confess their love days after realizing it (and just minutes after their 1st anal) and puff, the end. I wish we had more "videos" of them after being together-together, but then it is x years later and their goodbye from their channel.

[Jane aka Coughy019 (Safety info included) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tropes: roommates, friends to lovers
Feels: 3.5/5
Steam: 4/5
Kinks: none
Angst: low
Triggers/potential icks: Andy starts camming solo, and it turns into Andy and Wyatt performing together.

This book had some typos. I ignored the first one but then I saw "why need to talk" (should be we) and then "dialog" (should have been dialogue) and I just got mildly annoyed.

It was a cute story. The premise was nice. There was good steam and feelings. Nothing icky unless cam/porn icks you out. But they only ever performed together. It was a nice fluffy story. Probably a bit unrealistic about how much money they made. Not the most realistic representation of this career. But it's escapism

[Laina Gruver · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

Andy needs money so he figures he’ll give porn a try. His schtick is a straight man doing sexy things on camera while not getting caught by his straight roommate. His account is growing and gets a big spike in subscribers when Wyatt walks in on Andy using a toy in his bed.

With a bit of coaxing, Andy manages to talk Wyatt into joining him and quitting his job. The childhood friends get steamier on screen and feelings emerge.

*****
POV… third person

Standalone or series… book 1 in series

Hangover… no

Recommend… sure

Reread… sure

[Nora CB · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book. I really enjoyed the storyline and the characters. The relationship between Andy and Wyatt never felt rushed to me. Even when they started doing sexual stuff, it wasn’t immediate “Oh, I’m gay/bi vibes”. It felt organic which was really good.

The spice was great, it was a quick and easy read.
However, the book really really needs a proof-reader. There were quite a few spelling errors, missing letters or words.
I would still read another book by the author because I did like the writing. But I would hope that it got better with the proof-reading.

[Jenn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good premise...

But immature writing. Feels more like teen fanfic than anything else. Not a lot of character background or family inclusion. Would have liked to know how they explained how they could make money without jobs, etc. Just a story with lots of sex ( which I like) but little else.

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a cute read! I really enjoyed reading Andy & Wyatt, their relationship is so beautiful even before start with the FanFrenzy thing.

Slow burn romance and spice were a great combination for this story, and although the plot was enough for just a erotic short story I’m very glad we got an actual development of the story and characters!

And that epilogue!!! 🫶🏻

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just ok. Wyatt went from horrified by Andy’s camming to willing to sell his body in no time flat. And despite the filming scenes this was kind of a slow burn. At one point I felt like the hemming and hawing was getting to be a bit much and then I noticed I was at 81% complete. Like the book is all build-up and then it ends. It’s not bad, it’s just not great.

[Dacia]

Kind of thrown off guard, not sure what to think of this one yet. I wanted to try to read this book first since it's the first in the series, though they are stand-alone books.

[Kim B · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a surprisingly good read. Best friends to lovers through porn? 😂 yes please

[Ally · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute short read with lots of steam

[Amanda Engqvist · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine

[lean · Rating 3 out of 5]

me sorprendió un poco (en el buen sentido) es una lectura bastante rápida y ligera

[k · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet low angst short nice

[Victoria Agüero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gustooo, fue divertido, nada del otro mundo, pero lo disfruté.

[Veronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straight roommates

This was a really quick read. I was so enthralled, I was surprised how fast I read it. Best friends who are roommates, but become so much more.

[Low Coos Stahn Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyable read 🥰🙌🫶

[Fania · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 estrellas
Una historia divertida y entretenida.

[Gabrielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 estrellas
Muy divertidos

[malia ༊·° · Rating 4 out of 5]

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easy 4 stars

I ate this up😛

The epilogue was perfect🥹

[belen :p · Rating 3 out of 5]

smut sin mucho plot(?

[A🦄🌻🌙 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25⭐️