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Straight in the Sheets: A Best Friends to Lovers Bi-Awakening MM Romance
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June 4, 2026
2.5 stars rounded up.
This story of self-discovery and sexuality in one's early thirties was thoughtful and sweet. Evan is newly divorced and in his head about the comments his ex wife made about him treating sex as a checklist. His college best friend Marco not only offers Evan a place to stay, but also initiates the beginnings of Evan's bisexual awakening.
For guys who called themselves best friends, it didn't feel like they had been overly close in recent years. Evan had never met Marco's other friends, hadn't been to the bar that Marco bartended at for years, and didn't know Marco's shitty ex, Tyler. In turn, only one of Evan's coworkers had ever met Marco (once, two years ago). It felt more like they had remained loosely connected friends who checked in with one another a few times a year.
However, despite that it did feel like they knew each other - the fundamental pieces, if not the day-to-day details. So it really bothered me when a little over the midway point, Marco got upset at Evan for something that felt like a foundational part of Evan's personality. Marco knew this but still got irrationally mad at Evan, when he was ultimately taking out past relationship trauma out on Evan, which I felt was really unfair to him. Marco alternated between allowing Evan time to come out to acting irrationally when Evan didn't act at the pace that he wanted him to. For the record, I thought Evan's coming out and self-acceptance was very well paced and that Marco was being difficult. Things like this did not endear me to Marco's character. (I was also not endeared to Evan's sister due to one moment at the end of the book that made me angry at her for sharing something that wasn't hers to share, even if the characters didn't seem to mind.)
The story's pacing was off the entire time. Moments that should have been saved for the climax happened around the 60-70% mark, leaving the final 30-40% feeling rather directionless. The timeline was also a little messy - seemingly confused about how long Evan had been living with Marco and how long they had been together before. There were several inconsistencies that were peppered throughout the novel which I do think are just a product of being self-published. I will note that a lot of the errors and my thoughts about the pacing lent me to believe that the author was a debut author, but they have several other titles under their name.
Overall, however, I did find many pieces to enjoy - I liked Evan's self-discovery journey, the chemistry between Evan and Marco was well done, and I enjoyed their sweet coupley moments.
This story of self-discovery and sexuality in one's early thirties was thoughtful and sweet. Evan is newly divorced and in his head about the comments his ex wife made about him treating sex as a checklist. His college best friend Marco not only offers Evan a place to stay, but also initiates the beginnings of Evan's bisexual awakening.
For guys who called themselves best friends, it didn't feel like they had been overly close in recent years. Evan had never met Marco's other friends, hadn't been to the bar that Marco bartended at for years, and didn't know Marco's shitty ex, Tyler. In turn, only one of Evan's coworkers had ever met Marco (once, two years ago). It felt more like they had remained loosely connected friends who checked in with one another a few times a year.
However, despite that it did feel like they knew each other - the fundamental pieces, if not the day-to-day details. So it really bothered me when a little over the midway point, Marco got upset at Evan for something that felt like a foundational part of Evan's personality. Marco knew this but still got irrationally mad at Evan, when he was ultimately taking out past relationship trauma out on Evan, which I felt was really unfair to him. Marco alternated between allowing Evan time to come out to acting irrationally when Evan didn't act at the pace that he wanted him to. For the record, I thought Evan's coming out and self-acceptance was very well paced and that Marco was being difficult. Things like this did not endear me to Marco's character. (I was also not endeared to Evan's sister due to one moment at the end of the book that made me angry at her for sharing something that wasn't hers to share, even if the characters didn't seem to mind.)
The story's pacing was off the entire time. Moments that should have been saved for the climax happened around the 60-70% mark, leaving the final 30-40% feeling rather directionless. The timeline was also a little messy - seemingly confused about how long Evan had been living with Marco and how long they had been together before. There were several inconsistencies that were peppered throughout the novel which I do think are just a product of being self-published. I will note that a lot of the errors and my thoughts about the pacing lent me to believe that the author was a debut author, but they have several other titles under their name.
Overall, however, I did find many pieces to enjoy - I liked Evan's self-discovery journey, the chemistry between Evan and Marco was well done, and I enjoyed their sweet coupley moments.
May 24, 2026
I enjoyed this book. The story of unrequited love and discovering ones sexuality.
Evan just got out of a marriage with a woman. He is 31-years old, with no real place to stay, and his ex-wife's words about his performance in bed keep repeating on a loop in his head.
Marco, Evan's best friend since college. Always there for him. He lets Evan move in with him, and even though he's been in love with Evan for over a decade, he tries to keep it to himself. When Evan starts opening up to him about his ex-wife's complaints, Marco shares an observation with Evan that starts a sexual revolution for Evan.
This story has a lot of ups and downs. There were a couple times towards the end where I felt it could have ended, but it kept going, and then I was glad it kept going.
I enjoyed reading both of their points of view, and I liked the side characters.
There are a lot of hard truths and discoveries in this story, there are some uncomfortable situations of homophobia, and I think the author did a great job navigating those. I really enjoyed this book.
Evan just got out of a marriage with a woman. He is 31-years old, with no real place to stay, and his ex-wife's words about his performance in bed keep repeating on a loop in his head.
Marco, Evan's best friend since college. Always there for him. He lets Evan move in with him, and even though he's been in love with Evan for over a decade, he tries to keep it to himself. When Evan starts opening up to him about his ex-wife's complaints, Marco shares an observation with Evan that starts a sexual revolution for Evan.
This story has a lot of ups and downs. There were a couple times towards the end where I felt it could have ended, but it kept going, and then I was glad it kept going.
I enjoyed reading both of their points of view, and I liked the side characters.
There are a lot of hard truths and discoveries in this story, there are some uncomfortable situations of homophobia, and I think the author did a great job navigating those. I really enjoyed this book.
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