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Every Frat Boy Wants It
Jeff Morgan is about to get the education of a lifetime . . . At eighteen, Jeff Morgan is the quintessential all-American boy-blond, blue-eyed, and a star jock at his small Kansas high school. Enrolling at California State University-Polk, Jeff plans to become a writer. He also hopes that the macho nature of fraternity life will help him get over his lifelong attraction to other men. The reality couldn't be more different . . . Through Blair Blanchard, the drama major son of divorced movie stars, Jeff discovers the Beta Kappa fraternity, and enters a world where alcohol and drugs serve as an excuse for covert trysts between frat brothers . . . where the pledging process becomes a sensual, S&M-fueled bacchanal . . . where weekends in L.A. and Palm Springs are no-holds-barred adventures in sexual exploration . . . and where Spring Break is a boys-gone-wild porn movie come to life. Through every encounter, from intense couplings with older frat brothers to sizzling three-ways with hot new pledges, Jeff also deals with his increasingly complex feelings-for Blair, for a handsome new arrival, and for life within Beta Kappa itself. Sexy, steamy, and incredibly erotic, Every Frat Boy Wants It proves that when it comes to learning all there is to know about mind-blowing pleasure, nothing beats hands-on experience . . . Todd Gregory is a New Orleans based writer who survived Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath with the help of prescription medication. He has edited the anthologies Rough Trade, His Underwear and Blood Lust (with M. Christian). He has published short stories in numerous anthologies and his works have been translated into German. He is currently working on an erotic suspense thriller titled Sunburn.
234 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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November 29, 2010
The set-up seems fairly simple: Naïve, innocent Kansas boy goes to a big, California campus, and subsequently a macho frat where innocent Kansas boy gets his eyes opened by beefy men who like to get it on with each other.
And that’s what happens, sorta… I think I got it figured out…
Something that really frustrated me throughout the whole novel is that there didn’t seem to be a central conflict. Was this about Jeff and Blair’s relationship? Was this about Jeff’s need to come out as a gay man? Was it about just how incredibly ridiculous and dangerous frat houses can be? Or was it really all just an excuse to write a series of disjointed gay hook ups?
I think this was supposed to be a gay erotica/romance because the central story kept circling around to the relationship between Jeff and Blair. It’s not that romantic of a relationship. Sure, they tend to fall into each other’s arms a lot proclaiming their love, but in the end Jeff still has a hell of a time keeping it in his pants. One moment he’s confessing his love for Blair then two seconds later he’s screwing some of his frat brothers. Seriously? This probably wouldn’t have bothered me as much if they were both getting around, but I just felt sorry for Blair because it was clear Jeff’s actions hurt him.
But the main reason I question if this was truly intended to be a gay erotica/romance is because of the amount of time spent on Jeff’s initiation into the frat, Beta Kappa. If there was anything I took away from this book it is to NEVER JOIN A FRAT! Reading about the initiation and hazing is not for anyone with a weak stomach. It’s an in-depth, honest look at drinking on today’s college campuses. I’m surprised none of the characters were sent to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. The thing is, I don’t really get what was the point of having all that detail. None of it was part of the erotica… it sort of felt like two books mashed into one. Book one- a study of Greek life on today’s campuses. Book two- gay erotica.
Another thing that was grating on my nerves by the end was the number of loose plot threads. Blair states at the beginning of the novel that straight guys will do just about anything when they are horny, including fooling around with gay men and then pretending it never happened in the morning. It seems to be implied (at least to me) that at some point Blair was in love with, or at least involved with another frat brother or straight guy who burned him. This would explain why he’s so secretive about his and Jeff’s relationship and about his own past, but for some reason this is never explained to the reader. It’s just left hanging.
Blair himself annoyed me by the end of the book. He started off as this awesome character, full of mystery and glamour, and then just ended up being whiny and needy. Even Jeff was bored with him, which made me completely doubtful that their relationship would last much farther than the end of the novel. I can’t say too much more for Jeff. He started off as this young boy from Kansas, and his innocence and constant discoveries is what initially gave the book its erotic edge. By the end he was this coked out horn dog slowly dying on the inside. At the same time, he was still a better character than Blair, because it wasn’t a weak character, just extremely unlikable. The Jeff’s physical and emotional decay is supposed to be a blatant reflection of the toll that pretending not to be gay is taking on him. The problem with this is that the decaying went so far that it seemed too abrupt that he would suddenly be ok again and that his and Blair’s relationship would be revived just by coming out of the closet. Yea, that would go a long way toward helping, but he was pretty messed up by that point, and that’s saying something after all he went through to get into the frat.
The book’s saving grace that kept it from falling into the 1 or 2 star categories is that it was well written. It’s painful when something is written well enough that you want to keep going, but the story isn’t compelling. I’d be willing to try Todd Gregory again in the future, but I wouldn’t recommend Every Frat Boy Wants It, unless there is someone you are trying to scare out of joining a frat.
(You can check out this reivew and others on my blog!)
And that’s what happens, sorta… I think I got it figured out…
Something that really frustrated me throughout the whole novel is that there didn’t seem to be a central conflict. Was this about Jeff and Blair’s relationship? Was this about Jeff’s need to come out as a gay man? Was it about just how incredibly ridiculous and dangerous frat houses can be? Or was it really all just an excuse to write a series of disjointed gay hook ups?
I think this was supposed to be a gay erotica/romance because the central story kept circling around to the relationship between Jeff and Blair. It’s not that romantic of a relationship. Sure, they tend to fall into each other’s arms a lot proclaiming their love, but in the end Jeff still has a hell of a time keeping it in his pants. One moment he’s confessing his love for Blair then two seconds later he’s screwing some of his frat brothers. Seriously? This probably wouldn’t have bothered me as much if they were both getting around, but I just felt sorry for Blair because it was clear Jeff’s actions hurt him.
But the main reason I question if this was truly intended to be a gay erotica/romance is because of the amount of time spent on Jeff’s initiation into the frat, Beta Kappa. If there was anything I took away from this book it is to NEVER JOIN A FRAT! Reading about the initiation and hazing is not for anyone with a weak stomach. It’s an in-depth, honest look at drinking on today’s college campuses. I’m surprised none of the characters were sent to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. The thing is, I don’t really get what was the point of having all that detail. None of it was part of the erotica… it sort of felt like two books mashed into one. Book one- a study of Greek life on today’s campuses. Book two- gay erotica.
Another thing that was grating on my nerves by the end was the number of loose plot threads. Blair states at the beginning of the novel that straight guys will do just about anything when they are horny, including fooling around with gay men and then pretending it never happened in the morning. It seems to be implied (at least to me) that at some point Blair was in love with, or at least involved with another frat brother or straight guy who burned him. This would explain why he’s so secretive about his and Jeff’s relationship and about his own past, but for some reason this is never explained to the reader. It’s just left hanging.
Blair himself annoyed me by the end of the book. He started off as this awesome character, full of mystery and glamour, and then just ended up being whiny and needy. Even Jeff was bored with him, which made me completely doubtful that their relationship would last much farther than the end of the novel. I can’t say too much more for Jeff. He started off as this young boy from Kansas, and his innocence and constant discoveries is what initially gave the book its erotic edge. By the end he was this coked out horn dog slowly dying on the inside. At the same time, he was still a better character than Blair, because it wasn’t a weak character, just extremely unlikable. The Jeff’s physical and emotional decay is supposed to be a blatant reflection of the toll that pretending not to be gay is taking on him. The problem with this is that the decaying went so far that it seemed too abrupt that he would suddenly be ok again and that his and Blair’s relationship would be revived just by coming out of the closet. Yea, that would go a long way toward helping, but he was pretty messed up by that point, and that’s saying something after all he went through to get into the frat.
The book’s saving grace that kept it from falling into the 1 or 2 star categories is that it was well written. It’s painful when something is written well enough that you want to keep going, but the story isn’t compelling. I’d be willing to try Todd Gregory again in the future, but I wouldn’t recommend Every Frat Boy Wants It, unless there is someone you are trying to scare out of joining a frat.
(You can check out this reivew and others on my blog!)
December 16, 2007
The premise of the book is simple: Jeff, a young, naïve, closeted little gay boy from Kansas goes to a big college in California and is sucked into a world of sex and drugs. Since most of the story revolves around his crush on Blair, who draws him into rushing a fraternity, I expected all sorts of power dynamics: quasi-consensual encounters with the frat members as Jeff tries to get in to the frat, out-of-control bacchanals, complicated interplay between Jeff and Blair as neither acknowledge their attraction, instead expressing it in more and more fucked up ways… The possibilities are endless.
That is not what I got.
Complexity? No. This book has no complexity at all. Jeff's interaction with Blair, which goes something along the lines of: "Hi, I'm Jeff." "Hi, I'm Blair. OMG I luv you 4evar." This presents kind of a problem for the book as a romance, since the romance is resolved in the first twenty pages. But right, this isn't a romance. It's porn. But if your two main characters declare their eternal love for each other as soon as they meet, how do you fit in all teh hot sex?
Easy. Jeff's a horndog. He says yes to everything. Every drug he's offered he takes; every time he's offered sex, he takes it. And this is not done in a dark, twisted, self-destructive kind of way. It's just sort of straightforward, and then I did pot and didn't go to class. No self-examination, no consequences. This leads to sequences like this:
Jeff: "OMG I did coke and then fucked Mike and now Blair's pissed at me cause I cheated on him."
Other dude: "Man, that really sucks."
Jeff: "Yeah. I really miss him. I wish I hadn't fucked things up by sleeping with Mike."
OD: "You know, Blair really loves you. I'm sure he'll take you back."
Jeff: "Really?"
OD: "Yeah, sure."
…
OD: "Wanna fuck?"
Jeff: "Absolutely!"
The resolution of this potential complication, Jeff cheating on Blair repeatedly, is that Jeff and Blair talk and agree that since Jeff can't keep it in his pants, it's totally okay for him to fuck other people when he's horny if Blair's not around. Even if Blair's just gone out to the deli—when the mood strikes, Jeff can't be held responsible for his actions, and Blair's totally okay with that. (Sockpuppet!)
Which brings us to the sex scenes. Oh, the sex scenes. Let's just say the author's only way of describing anything is by saying "sexy as hell." As in, "Blair was sexy as hell. He took off his shirt. It was sexy as hell."
All of that would be bad enough, but the majority of the book isn't even about that. The majority of the book is about initiations, told with all the nuance of a frat boy's diary. The descriptions read like: "And then I drank four beers and smoked a joint and drank another beer then threw up." Greeeeat. There are also passages like when Jeff says he rushed with eleven other guys, then describes each of the other guys: names, hometowns, hobbies, and of course appearance. This takes pages. Do we ever even hear about most of these guys again? No we do not.
There is, of course, a villain of the piece. The bad guy is immediately identified, before he's done anything at all, because he can't hold his liquor, doesn't smoke pot, isn't gay, and—horrors!—isn't ridiculously attractive. I mean—he has zits and isn't tanned. Yeah, what a douche. He totally deserves to be ostracized and hazed for that.
In conclusion—don't read this book. Really. The only thing Every Frat Boy Wants It has going for it is a bitchin' cover.
That is not what I got.
Complexity? No. This book has no complexity at all. Jeff's interaction with Blair, which goes something along the lines of: "Hi, I'm Jeff." "Hi, I'm Blair. OMG I luv you 4evar." This presents kind of a problem for the book as a romance, since the romance is resolved in the first twenty pages. But right, this isn't a romance. It's porn. But if your two main characters declare their eternal love for each other as soon as they meet, how do you fit in all teh hot sex?
Easy. Jeff's a horndog. He says yes to everything. Every drug he's offered he takes; every time he's offered sex, he takes it. And this is not done in a dark, twisted, self-destructive kind of way. It's just sort of straightforward, and then I did pot and didn't go to class. No self-examination, no consequences. This leads to sequences like this:
Jeff: "OMG I did coke and then fucked Mike and now Blair's pissed at me cause I cheated on him."
Other dude: "Man, that really sucks."
Jeff: "Yeah. I really miss him. I wish I hadn't fucked things up by sleeping with Mike."
OD: "You know, Blair really loves you. I'm sure he'll take you back."
Jeff: "Really?"
OD: "Yeah, sure."
…
OD: "Wanna fuck?"
Jeff: "Absolutely!"
The resolution of this potential complication, Jeff cheating on Blair repeatedly, is that Jeff and Blair talk and agree that since Jeff can't keep it in his pants, it's totally okay for him to fuck other people when he's horny if Blair's not around. Even if Blair's just gone out to the deli—when the mood strikes, Jeff can't be held responsible for his actions, and Blair's totally okay with that. (Sockpuppet!)
Which brings us to the sex scenes. Oh, the sex scenes. Let's just say the author's only way of describing anything is by saying "sexy as hell." As in, "Blair was sexy as hell. He took off his shirt. It was sexy as hell."
All of that would be bad enough, but the majority of the book isn't even about that. The majority of the book is about initiations, told with all the nuance of a frat boy's diary. The descriptions read like: "And then I drank four beers and smoked a joint and drank another beer then threw up." Greeeeat. There are also passages like when Jeff says he rushed with eleven other guys, then describes each of the other guys: names, hometowns, hobbies, and of course appearance. This takes pages. Do we ever even hear about most of these guys again? No we do not.
There is, of course, a villain of the piece. The bad guy is immediately identified, before he's done anything at all, because he can't hold his liquor, doesn't smoke pot, isn't gay, and—horrors!—isn't ridiculously attractive. I mean—he has zits and isn't tanned. Yeah, what a douche. He totally deserves to be ostracized and hazed for that.
In conclusion—don't read this book. Really. The only thing Every Frat Boy Wants It has going for it is a bitchin' cover.
January 18, 2018
Things every frat boy wants, apparently:
- To judge people by their physical appearance.
- To imply that women who get drunk at parties deserve to get date-raped.
- To call women whores.
- To imply that there is a direct correlation between being physically unattractive and being a bad person.
Oh, and to have lots of gay sex. But honestly, I wasn't willing to wade through all the other garbage for that.
- To judge people by their physical appearance.
- To imply that women who get drunk at parties deserve to get date-raped.
- To call women whores.
- To imply that there is a direct correlation between being physically unattractive and being a bad person.
Oh, and to have lots of gay sex. But honestly, I wasn't willing to wade through all the other garbage for that.
April 9, 2021
2.75
Small town boy moves to CA joins fraternity, drinks, does drugs, has lots of sex with his fraternity brothers, falls in love.
Small town boy moves to CA joins fraternity, drinks, does drugs, has lots of sex with his fraternity brothers, falls in love.
September 7, 2024
Mini-Review: The first time I read these books was back in 2009, still not fully out and still figuring out who I was! I had to cover up my copy with duct tape in order to read it! Turns out that the content holds up as not safe for public reading, perhaps even more so now that the topic at hand (2000s frat boy culture) is maybe as taboo as the spice inside the story. I've got nothing to relate to in this book, but this was such a joyous peek into the nostalgia of a certain moment of my life - where college boys seemed like everything and I wanted... everything.
February 19, 2010
I liked it but didn't. I read M/M erotica for the relationships and I like them to be intact and faithful. That wasn't really the case with this one. I also didn't like how he went form sweet country boy to drug craving city-slicker lol. Other than those two things I like what it was about the wording and the brotherhood and bonding that went on between the characters. (pretty good sex scenes)
November 6, 2021
In my continued forage into queer literature, I convinced myself to try reading erotica for the first time when exploring my library’s LGBTQ+ collection. This is an absolutely ridiculous book. Totally predictable. Poorly edited. Amateurish writing. Wildly unrealistic in so many ways and yet I gobbled it up. Entertainment doesn’t always mean high quality.
February 24, 2009
Um... not the best book. It's really porny and not as insightful as I would have thought it to be. I mean, judging by the cover I can't expect much, but I was hoping for some sort of insight into the college life, and just got a lot of blowjobs and drugs.
not-for-me
June 10, 2011drug and sex parties not my thing
August 8, 2011
Ummm, kinda reminded me of my own college experience. What can I say? It was a fun 4 years.
September 2, 2023
Let me preface how much I'm about to drag this by saying I did not choose it; a friend of mine loved it and asked me to read it and I appreciate her friendship enough to even open the cover after that atrocity of a title. (Seriously, how many red flags is that.)
The first page was also something to get past: the first person MC waxes poetic about "the smell of athletic boys, the smell of their faded and dirty jockstraps." Not to yuck somebody's yum, but what. Sweat, maybe, but dirty jockstraps are...not a turn-on. That is. Welp, not my kink, let's go with that. So maybe I just patently wasn't the audience for this?
Nope. Kept getting worse. Jeff Morgan, Gay Protagonist Figuring Himself Out, has sex with a random guy in the park (way to continue that weird stereotype that queer men are just swinging with whomever in the filthiest dark corners they can) and, later, describes all his new fratmates by their fuckability (perpetuating the idea that gay men look at all men as sex objects, which, no).
Most of the rest of my issues with this are about fraternity culture, which thankfully has tons of articles and think pieces and laws nowadays so I don't need to expound on the messed-up-ness of it. But adding the homosexual layer just makes it so much worse because now there's a weird extra kind of performativity and unhealthy dynamics and I just want to take a shower after this, and not for any good reasons. Ugh, my friend better appreciate how much I sacrificed for her.
The first page was also something to get past: the first person MC waxes poetic about "the smell of athletic boys, the smell of their faded and dirty jockstraps." Not to yuck somebody's yum, but what. Sweat, maybe, but dirty jockstraps are...not a turn-on. That is. Welp, not my kink, let's go with that. So maybe I just patently wasn't the audience for this?
Nope. Kept getting worse. Jeff Morgan, Gay Protagonist Figuring Himself Out, has sex with a random guy in the park (way to continue that weird stereotype that queer men are just swinging with whomever in the filthiest dark corners they can) and, later, describes all his new fratmates by their fuckability (perpetuating the idea that gay men look at all men as sex objects, which, no).
Most of the rest of my issues with this are about fraternity culture, which thankfully has tons of articles and think pieces and laws nowadays so I don't need to expound on the messed-up-ness of it. But adding the homosexual layer just makes it so much worse because now there's a weird extra kind of performativity and unhealthy dynamics and I just want to take a shower after this, and not for any good reasons. Ugh, my friend better appreciate how much I sacrificed for her.
May 2, 2022
Bit of fun. Quick read.
November 14, 2012
My good buddy Jay recommended this book to me and I really enjoyed it to an extent. I love the frat boy aspect of it and how it's portrayed. I loved the fact that Blair inserted himself into Jeff's life without his permission and made Jeff fall in love.
You could see the sparks from the beginning and I think the impression the author gave of Blair showed him as a little over-dramatic and a bit feminine but Jeff never gave me that impression.
I wasn't super fond of all the drug usage in the book but it was a necessary part of the book I suppose. It was great to read about the pledge process in more detail than the frat boy books usually give and I really did end up liking the story.
There was a spot in the middle where I began to doubt the author's direction and Jeff's drug usage got incredibly out of control but by the end of the book, things were fixed and my faith in the author was restored. I'm so glad for the recommendation :)
You could see the sparks from the beginning and I think the impression the author gave of Blair showed him as a little over-dramatic and a bit feminine but Jeff never gave me that impression.
I wasn't super fond of all the drug usage in the book but it was a necessary part of the book I suppose. It was great to read about the pledge process in more detail than the frat boy books usually give and I really did end up liking the story.
There was a spot in the middle where I began to doubt the author's direction and Jeff's drug usage got incredibly out of control but by the end of the book, things were fixed and my faith in the author was restored. I'm so glad for the recommendation :)
February 18, 2008
I picked this up on Friday at B&N in their fiction section. Kensington billed it as fiction. The main character talks a lot about drugs, which may be how it winds up there. It's first person, which may be how it winds up there. It's got a lot of mention of blow jobs and hand jobs, which to me says erotica, which goes in the romance section.
The cover makes no sense to me at all. This is the story of a boy trying to figure out who he is and wants to be, knowing he's gay from the beginning (which was cool), going to college, and joining a fraternity.
The cover makes no sense to me at all. This is the story of a boy trying to figure out who he is and wants to be, knowing he's gay from the beginning (which was cool), going to college, and joining a fraternity.
February 27, 2014
For what it is - gay porn, essentially, it passed the time. I didn't care for the casual drug use. Weed, I don't like but I don't object to. It is the casual use of cocaine and heroin that disturbs me. Those drugs addict, kill, and absolutely ruin lives, and it is extremely distasteful to read a story where it is used by characters with no consequences, carelessly, as if it's no big deal.
Well, it is. Anyone who says different is selling snake oil and calling it a cure.
Read at your own discretion.
Well, it is. Anyone who says different is selling snake oil and calling it a cure.
Read at your own discretion.
December 23, 2009
This was a great sexy story that I really enjoyed. I thought the characters were pretty neat and were believable. Being from Australia it was difficult for me to picture the size of a frat house since we don’t have them here but it sounds as though they are very large.
Note: I didn’t like the excessive drug use, it's not that I mind a story that involves drugs but I felt it was a little too frequent and didn't benefit the story greatly.
Note: I didn’t like the excessive drug use, it's not that I mind a story that involves drugs but I felt it was a little too frequent and didn't benefit the story greatly.
May 13, 2008
A surprisingly good read, perfect for a summer vacation. This book follows the story of a boy from Kansas who finds a sense of community and belonging in a fraternity. What I was expecting to be a book filled with cliché erotica, it's actually a touching romance story with plot twists that keep you turning the page.
September 20, 2012
Kind of ashamed that I even read it, but hey, we all want something sexy now and then. Guess it would be too much to ask for it to break any sort of stereotypes or to delve into character development or complexity of relationships. I guess it would be a fun beach read for a lazy summer vacation. Apart from that, most people probably can skip it.
February 28, 2008
Very surprising story. Not as gratutitous as the cover may suggest. This was actually a very honest story about a young man who always felt "different", finally realizing he was not alone, made new friends, learned how to accept himself and even his first love. A great read.
April 11, 2008
This book is hilarious and is totally every gay man's fantasy. It really needs to be turned into a movie with some great actors not some no-names or it wont be good. This is another great book I read this year. I totally recommend it to all you gay pot smoker/frat boys/frat fantasy boys.
December 27, 2014
I just can't get past the drugs, alcohol & subjugation in this one. Was unable to finish. If you want/like meaningless hookups & porn-y sex then this book could work for you but I found the lack of romance genuine caring spoiled the book for me.
August 23, 2014
I knew what I was in for with the title and cover but thought lots of not judging a book by its cover. unfortunately I was right first time. the message of the book gets lost in all the casual sex and drugs. if there was a message....
October 13, 2008
I can relate to this book. A Kansas boy turns into the big city boy. Jeff discovers his journey at a fraternity house. Jeff and Blair fought for their love to each other.
September 8, 2008
i didn't learn anything from this book, other than apparently, every frat boy DOES want it! actually, it was pretty good, even if it was predictably cheesy.
June 24, 2014
Great book, there some time line stuff confused me. It tends to just jump weeks but with out clear transitions.
April 8, 2012
Good book.
not-going-to-read
July 6, 2012Cheating Douche and Spineless Dependent boyfriend? no thank you.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 24, 2013
I loved this book! The drug use was a bit much, and sometimes the plot seemed to be a bit off, but overall the story was amazing, fun and definitely sexy!
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