Beautifully Crushed

Candied Crush #20

by Charity Parkerson

All Kye wants is a nice guy. Sonny is that guy. Kye thinks he’s full of it.

For months, Kye flirted his cute booty off to get Sonny to ask him out. After Sonny unexpectedly kissed him, Kye thought he was finally going to get his man. That was six weeks ago, and everything has changed. Now Kye can’t stop hiding from Sonny and avoiding his calls. After Sonny stood him up, he’s lost his chance as far as Kye is concerned. Kye has no interest in giving Sonny a second chance. End of story.

Kye makes Sonny insane. Sonny is as unused to being flirted with as he is to being the bad guy. Guys like Kye don’t date guys like him. When he made dinner plans with Kye, Sonny can’t explain what happened. He freaked. Now, he’s had time to think, and he realizes he’s an idiot. Kye obviously genuinely liked him. Unfortunately, no matter how hard Sonny tries, Kye won’t give him the time of day. Sonny has no clue how to fix it.

Kye and Sonny are looking for exactly what they could find in each other. If only they would stop overthinking everything and ruining their lives.

Genres: M M Romance, Novella

120 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 13, 2021

About the author

Charity Parkerson is an award winning and multi-published author with several companies. Born with no filter from her brain to her mouth, she decided to take this odd quirk and insert it in her characters.

*Eight-time winner of Readers' Favorite Awards
*2014 Golden Ankh nominee
*2013 Readers' Favorite Award Winner
*2013 Reviewers' Choice Award Winner
*2012 ARRA Finalist for Favorite Paranormal Romance
*Five-time winner of The Mistress of the Darkpath

**Connect with her online:
Website: charityparkerson.com
Facebook: facebook.com/authorCharityParkerson
facebook.com/TheMenofSin
Twitter: twitter.com/CharityParkerso

Reviews

[Denise H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

We have two men who can't communicate. How will they ever work out their issues?
Kye and Sonny want each other, always have, but why can't they speak to each other?
Their sexy times are hot, and the miscommunications are epic.
We keep reading, because we want them to work it out ! Each one has self esteem issues, and are afraid to just speak up. Their silence almost costs them their one love.

[Monikat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here we have a normal couple, two working class guys falling for each other. (Not really that simple but that's what makes it interesting).
"I just don't know how to be worthy of you"
That right there hits home. It's more important than you could know.
This reminds me of the old tuna commercial "Starkist doesn't want tunas with good taste, they want tuna that tastes good"
As a young kid I was baffled because I didn't know the difference 🤣
In this story it was a case of 'It's not how much you're worth but what you're worth to me'
Sonny kept missing that mark and kept ruining the relationship. Even talking it out with Kye didn't convince him they don't need to be monitarily equal to a partner to be worthy of everything the relationship gives.
And this is what constantly aggravated me and I did not enjoy the story. But it's a great talking point and conversation starter (and a great debate depending on all the parameters 😉)

[Jesslan Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beautifully Crushed
By Charity Parkerson

This is the first time I've been truly disappointed in a book by this author. There's always been so much emotion and love in the books I read up until this one. This book didn't have much emotion or love. What little it had felt muted.

Kye's behavior was immature. Sonny just needed a bit of reassurance.

[Neisha † The Poet † · Rating 4 out of 5]

S. 3.4. Featured Jamie and Hawk from Heart’s Strum w/two daughters

Rerate: 3.7

[Mandy (MP Book Reviews) · Rating 4 out of 5]

For months Kye has flirted with Sonny to get him to ask him out, then after Sonny unexpectedly kissed him he thought he was finally going to get somewhere but that was six weeks ago. Now Kye hides from him and avoids his calls because Sonny stood him up and so he has lost his chance. Kye will not give a second chance. As far as Onny is concerned guys like Kye do not date him and then when it comes to dinner he freaks but after thinking about it over time he realises that he is an idiot. No matter how hard Sonny tries Kye won't even give him the time of day. Kye and Sonny are looking for exactly what they could find in each other. If only they would stop overthinking everything and ruining their lives.

I liked this story with the two men who were perfect for each other only if they could communicate better and stop making assumptions. I loved the scenes around Kye's parents which were funny. I was sad to have such little involvement of Sonny's Mum as she seemed to be close to him and yet although there was mention of a visit there was nothing in there about it. Easy to read, feel and understand. This was an MM story with mature content.

[Soraya · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet sort of ending to the series. There's a Christmas special, too, but this feels like it was written as an ending. That might be were my problem is. I was confused by the ending. All the other books have given the reader a glimpse of the next book's MCs. I recognize that the last book can't do that, but I would expect to see one of the previous couples return as the happily married couple the MCs can fan on. Instead, we meet someone new? I ended up reading through the blurbs of all the other books, to remind myself who they were. But they weren't there.

[Leticia Bushong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg

I wanted to strangle these two the lack of communication was nerve wracking but I did love the story. They got an amazing happy ending.

[KDLediting · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars

A whirlwind romance of epic proportions! With some pitfalls and pratfalls but a happy ever after, this book will make you smile

[Lauri MissDysfunktion · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautifully Crushed is book twenty in the Candied Crush series

It was cute in places and not a bad read.