Lockdown Frustration: What are friends for, right?

by Jacklyn Fox

Ethan and Trevor aren’t just friends, they are best friends AND roommates. So naturally, when the epidemic hit and lockdown happened, they were both glad to be living together. The only downside of the forced stay-cation was, no contact with anyone else. Which meant, no women and no sex.

When Trev catches Ethan having a solo session on the couch, he shocks him by opting to join in. This opens Ethan’s eyes to a whole new world of possibilities.

What are two friends to do but help each other out, right? The only issue is, Trev is secretly in love with Ethan.

Will Trev risk revealing his feelings and possibly jeopardize their friendship? Will Ethan end their arrangement after lockdown is lifted or will he find hidden desires he never knew he had?

Find out in Lockdown Frustration, a steamy MM erotica/romance novel by Jacklyn Fox.

Lockdown Frustration is a 36,000 word spicy friends to lovers erotica story. It is heavy on the erotica with a HEA and no cliffhangers.

Genres: Friends To Lovers, M M Romance, Contemporary, Erotica, LGBT, Romance

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2023

Reviews

[Ellie · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars

I thought this might have some plot, or surprise me with feels like Simon Strange's Shelter in Place , unfortunately that was not the case. This is pure porn.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy erotica but this was so poorly written and it's absolutely riddled with errors. My personal favourite was "his wonton husband". There are also frequent undelineated POV shifts, every few paragraphs, which was horribly confusing. I suppose the MCs were so generic that it didn't make much difference in the end.

In terms of the sex itself, there were things to appreciate and I did like how open the characters were and how easy the sexuality awakening was, but it felt like they were flowing through this stereotypical progression of sex acts like checking things off a list. Not particularly interesting.

[Elise H · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,75⭐️

So, this story was basically a huge smut scene?! 😅

[Romance Reader 2020 🍉 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is set the lockdown times as the tittle says. It is basically two friends exploring their new found attraction sexuality and taking their relationship to the next level. The book is pretty much sex driven, but the guys are very sweet and open to each other. It is written in 3rd person POV so it was a bit confusing at the start but I got used to it as it progressed

Friends to lovers
High heat
Sexual awakening
No 3er act drama
No angst
HEA

[₊⋆ Nyxia ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Roommates • Forced Proximity • Friends to Lovers • Erotic

Phew 😮‍💨🥵

Well I gotta say that was the most erotic book I’ve read in a while. It was great! Lots of smut. Happy, sweet, wholesome read…with literally all the spice! I loved it.

[Shawn Carr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, so this was so new for me, but a friend asked if I wanted to buddy-read this really smutty book, and I actually enjoyed it. We both agreed this was worth five stars but because I am the extra one in the friendship, I know I'd give this way more stars if I could.

[Rowan Devane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book Wednesday night, got into it yesterday and absolutely fell in love with Trev and Ethan by the end of it. I won't lie, I wish this wasn't a novella and was a series that continued their story but I am more than satisfied with the ending.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF'ed - Could do with some editing

[Jessica Swan]

Dnf @22%

Struggled with the way this was written unfortunately