No Strings

by Sara Alva

A YA Short Story

Sex is all Josh’s friend Kristina seems to think about. She’s decided the time has come to give it a try—preferably with no strings attached. When Josh turns her down, Kristina comes up with an alternate plan. Now Josh is stuck buddying up to one of the schools most sex-hungry guys in the hopes of pairing him off with Kristina.

But where does Josh stand on this whole no-strings sex thing? Can he really let Kristina lose her virginity to the shallow Brennan, or should he end things before they go too far? And either way, can he stop counting the freckles on Brennan’s face?

10,000 words. Free read.
http://saraalva.com/?page_id=412

PDF available for download on Goodreads.

Genres: M M Romance, Young Adult, Short Stories, LGBT, Contemporary, High School, Queer

Unknown Binding

First published June 1, 2012

About the author

Sara Alva is the author of best-selling New Adult novel Social Skills and Rainbow Award Winner Silent. Always a daydreamer, Sara finally decided to sculpt the thoughts banging around in her head into stories of self-discovery, heartache, personal growth, friendship and love. Read them as an escape, or as a window into understanding your own world.

When she isn’t writing, Sara is pursuing her other passions in teaching, music, and dancing.

Reviews

[Danii Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read as part of the PopSugar Reading Challenge 2020, to fill 25) A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics. (Sort of, shut up.)

This was cute. There were some questionable decisions (a Japanese exchange student was referred to as a pet, for instance), but for the most part this was just a cute story, which is pretty much what I expected.

[Meep · Rating 2 out of 5]

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I guess a cute short story, lots to say on gender expectations and Kris comes across creepily pushy for most of the book.

[☆ Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very sweet. I'd love to read the sequel.

[TT · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a sweet little story this was. Josh's best friend wants to lose her virginity to his bio partner who seems obsessed with girl parts. But once out on a camping trip Josh discovers that maybe Brennan is a little deeper than he thought and just maybe he's hoping that Brennan and Kristina won't go through with anything. Not that Josh wants Brandon for himself or anything...Charming short!

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only a star missing because this needed to be longer.

[Shirley (Secret Squirrel) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, short.

[Pjm12 · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute. Loved Josh's voice...and Brennan was adorable.

[Giulio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet and funny. Even with a basic plot and a few pages, the author is able to create a very enjoyable story: Sara Alva is such a gifted writer!

[Dea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two words that best describe this short story: sweet and funny.

[Antonella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story. Was there a trace of slut shaming towards Kristina in it? At times I wondered...

[Camy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute

[Elyse · Rating 5 out of 5]

FUCKING ADORABLE I WANT MORE OK THIS WAS THE CUTEST THING AHHH