I went in with very low expectations, figuring this would be almost entirely smut - but it was actually pretty well written, for the most part. There was real depth to all of the characters, especially Ace, and I actually wanted to find out more about their lives instead of just skipping ahead to the sex scenes. There's a HEA at the end, which is kinda nice if not expected, but there's plenty of angst going up to it too.
My only complaints are:
a) does birth control not exist?
b) it somewhat verges on codependency - Julie is very adamant about not giving up everything for the boys, which is awesome, and it does cause a lot of the conflict.. Ace is, likewise, very strong about refusing to let go of taking care of his family to pursue being with them both. Travis, though, openly admits to putting off healing his leg, getting a job, getting therapy and helping himself grow because he'd rather be in his bubble with Julie and Ace and that's both not healthy and makes him a little flat at times.
c) while the book goes out of its way to emphasize that all three people are necessary for the relationship to work, and that each combination of two people by themselves isn't the same, and the sex scenes almost always emphasize all three partners, there's an oddly heavy focus on both boys being strongly in love (and lust) with Julie, and a much smaller focus on loving/being attracted to the other man. Yeah, they say they love each other, and there are moments where there's affection/intimacy between the two, but it definitely feels very Julie-centric. Toward the end, it made me start to think that it was less of an equal partnership and more of a Ace > Julie < Travis situation. :/
I have the author's other books on my To Read list. I'm curious as to whether they'll follow very similarly to this one, with just character names and basic circumstances changed, or if they'll all be very different.