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Separate Schools
Harrison Wade and Taylor Brooks have been best friends for ten years and professing reciprocal love since they were sixteen. Two inseparable friends are about to face their profoundest challenge. Taylor is going away to a college twenty-four hundred miles away. She’s leaving her best buddy-slash-boyfriend behind. Every end-of-summer since Harrison was ten has been punctuated by the weekend bash at Taylor’s parents’ lakeside cottage in northern Michigan. Only this summer it seems like they’re saying goodbye to more than just a season. As what might be the last Brooks’ bash ever gets under way, revelations are made, and harsh truths come into startling focus. Fear that his separation from the love of his life may be measured in more than miles has them both challenging themselves on how enduring true love can be … There’s jealousy and angst, suffering, and the exploration of polyamory and open relationships. This is a love story and the emotions are paramount, but I can’t guarantee an HEA. It’s played out on the battlefield of heartache and tests the elasticity and endurance of true love.
534 pages, Paperback
Published September 13, 2018
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K.T. Morrison
86 books86 followersKT Morrison writes stories about women who cheat and loving relationships that go too far—couples who open a mysterious door, then struggle to get it closed as trouble pushes through the threshold.
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August 7, 2022
Captivating Read.
Ok, so this review will cover all three books. Of course KT does her normal good job of writing. It was five stars all the way until the ending and I even flirted with three stars. More on that later.
Firstly, this story is about teenagers just out of high school. Harrison and Taylor have been exclusive for a few years. They were each other’s first. But now Taylor starts showing some odd behavior. She’s decided to go to a college far away leaving Harrison and her best friend Kay behind. The first two books are all set up with Taylor having sex with a couple of other guys while Harrison spy’s. It turns out she wants to go away so she doesn’t have to be faithful to him. Ah, but here’s the rub. She wants to keep him on a string and enlists the help of Kay to keep him on the straight and narrow. The two of them deceive and manipulate him until he finally agrees that Taylor can have her way with her flame of the moment and he will wait patiently. Oh, by the way, Kay has an unrequited crush on Taylor also.
It is a captivating story right up till the end. Don’t worry no spoilers upcoming. The problem is that KT leaves us hanging with nothing really settled. It was so frustrating I fired off a respectful email to KT expressing my displeasure. I mean it genuinely seemed like she was setting up for book four. But since it was published in 2019 apparently that’s not the case.
I just don’t understand why an author would have us invest 20 plus hours reading only to leave so many unanswered questions and unfinished plot points. It left me doubting about reading any more of her work.
Ok, so this review will cover all three books. Of course KT does her normal good job of writing. It was five stars all the way until the ending and I even flirted with three stars. More on that later.
Firstly, this story is about teenagers just out of high school. Harrison and Taylor have been exclusive for a few years. They were each other’s first. But now Taylor starts showing some odd behavior. She’s decided to go to a college far away leaving Harrison and her best friend Kay behind. The first two books are all set up with Taylor having sex with a couple of other guys while Harrison spy’s. It turns out she wants to go away so she doesn’t have to be faithful to him. Ah, but here’s the rub. She wants to keep him on a string and enlists the help of Kay to keep him on the straight and narrow. The two of them deceive and manipulate him until he finally agrees that Taylor can have her way with her flame of the moment and he will wait patiently. Oh, by the way, Kay has an unrequited crush on Taylor also.
It is a captivating story right up till the end. Don’t worry no spoilers upcoming. The problem is that KT leaves us hanging with nothing really settled. It was so frustrating I fired off a respectful email to KT expressing my displeasure. I mean it genuinely seemed like she was setting up for book four. But since it was published in 2019 apparently that’s not the case.
I just don’t understand why an author would have us invest 20 plus hours reading only to leave so many unanswered questions and unfinished plot points. It left me doubting about reading any more of her work.
May 20, 2019
A good read. Plenty of angst and heat.
December 20, 2020
Debated 4 or 5 stars.
The first 60% of this story was magnificent. Full of angst and dread. Kept the reader on edge. Then a Harrison became a wimp and it killed the story for me. I don’t mind cucks but what I can’t stand is wimpy cucks.
I can highly recommend this story because it is so well written. I just personally don’t care for some of the story line.
Taylor was just a immature selfish witch. She doesn’t care one bit for Harrison. How can anyone who cares like she says she does do all that she does on the last weekend they are to be together? how can she have this horrible fight and know that she has hurt him and then go off and do what she did? She is lying to herself and Harrison about loving him. She is just using him.
Harrison is just a wimp. I know because I was him at that age. You can’t be that wimpy and not have the respect and love of the other person. Harrison is going to get run over, used, spit out. Maybe he will learn before he is devastated and wastes a large portion of his life.
A really good thing would have been for Taylor to realize what a witch she was and apologize profusely for her actions. This would have shown that she made a mistake and really loved Harrison. this would have allowed Harrison to give her what she needs and wants without being week.
Without giving anything away, if I were Harrison I would have gone to KC and said I need to leave and ask his help to get his Soob out. KC would have helped but would have wanted to know what was happening. All he would have needed to say is that Taylor’s actions today have ended it between them. KV would have taken care of things.
Harrison is a nice guy. However, at this point nice guys get crapped on and finish last. That will be Harrison’s fate now.
The first 60% of this story was magnificent. Full of angst and dread. Kept the reader on edge. Then a Harrison became a wimp and it killed the story for me. I don’t mind cucks but what I can’t stand is wimpy cucks.
I can highly recommend this story because it is so well written. I just personally don’t care for some of the story line.
Taylor was just a immature selfish witch. She doesn’t care one bit for Harrison. How can anyone who cares like she says she does do all that she does on the last weekend they are to be together? how can she have this horrible fight and know that she has hurt him and then go off and do what she did? She is lying to herself and Harrison about loving him. She is just using him.
Harrison is just a wimp. I know because I was him at that age. You can’t be that wimpy and not have the respect and love of the other person. Harrison is going to get run over, used, spit out. Maybe he will learn before he is devastated and wastes a large portion of his life.
A really good thing would have been for Taylor to realize what a witch she was and apologize profusely for her actions. This would have shown that she made a mistake and really loved Harrison. this would have allowed Harrison to give her what she needs and wants without being week.
Without giving anything away, if I were Harrison I would have gone to KC and said I need to leave and ask his help to get his Soob out. KC would have helped but would have wanted to know what was happening. All he would have needed to say is that Taylor’s actions today have ended it between them. KV would have taken care of things.
Harrison is a nice guy. However, at this point nice guys get crapped on and finish last. That will be Harrison’s fate now.
March 8, 2025
Hopelessly in Love
KT Morrison is a giant of storytelling. She draws you into her characters: Harrison, Taylor and Kay and even her periphery characters have sufficient detail. You know Harrison. How he feels; how he needs; how he loves. He's a good guy. He's smart; he's loyal; he's kind. He's a hard worker. Harrison's entanglement with Taylor begins at first sense of her before he even knows her; before he knows of romantic love. And he loves Taylor his beautiful best friend with all his heart, body and soul. He loves Taylor so completely so utterly, he doesn't see the dark cloud fomenting betrayal and bearing down on him. It's the joy, the pain and the uncertainty of loving beautiful women. His best friend, the woman he loves more than life is planning to gut him like a live, love-sick fish.
Taylor is flying to California to go to college, and she's flying solo and, she doesn't want a boyfriend back in Michigan as a headwind. Taylor lies to Harrison about applying to Michigan State; she lies to Harrison about remaining a couple. Taylor lies to Harrison about flirting; she lies to Harrison about wanting to cheat and cheating. Taylor wants to breakup with Harrison yet she doesn't want to hurt him, really. She loves him? How is that possible? Taylor and Kay devise a plan to achieve her goal. It's insipidly thoughtless; callously heartless and extremely cruel. Taylor and Kay are going to swap boyfriends and use the pretext to breakup with Harrison. The rationale doesn't make much sense to me; how about to you?
All plans change when her brother KC brings his college football team mates to the lake house. Taylor calls a silent audible and flirts with the college men. Taylor wants Harrison to breakup with her. When Harrison calls her on it, she feels guilty. Taylor denies her secretive intent until the final confrontation. The couple or Harrison make plans to stay together but Taylor's carnal nature may have other plans.
The best thing that can be said about Taylor is: she isn't "Dear Johnning" Harrison. She isn't sending him a breakup letter while mired in a foxhole, rice paddy, mountain pass or 120 degree heat. She loves her best friend. But is she "in love" with him? - I know, stupid women thinking, right, ha ha, chauvinist here, sorry. Regardless, if she breaks up with Harrison, she wants to keep her best friend but can't figure out how to do it. Additionally, she wants Harrison as her fall back option. What if she is really "in love" with Harrison and she tosses him aside chasing fools.
My issue with KT and authors of her ilk is: she sometimes starts a sentence but there is never a period. KT recommends the Maggie sequence. I read the Maggie sequence and it's crappy ending. It's depressing. Can you say "Love Story", "The Idea of You"? Its ending is that depressing, crappy and worstest.
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KT Morrison is a giant of storytelling. She draws you into her characters: Harrison, Taylor and Kay and even her periphery characters have sufficient detail. You know Harrison. How he feels; how he needs; how he loves. He's a good guy. He's smart; he's loyal; he's kind. He's a hard worker. Harrison's entanglement with Taylor begins at first sense of her before he even knows her; before he knows of romantic love. And he loves Taylor his beautiful best friend with all his heart, body and soul. He loves Taylor so completely so utterly, he doesn't see the dark cloud fomenting betrayal and bearing down on him. It's the joy, the pain and the uncertainty of loving beautiful women. His best friend, the woman he loves more than life is planning to gut him like a live, love-sick fish.
Taylor is flying to California to go to college, and she's flying solo and, she doesn't want a boyfriend back in Michigan as a headwind. Taylor lies to Harrison about applying to Michigan State; she lies to Harrison about remaining a couple. Taylor lies to Harrison about flirting; she lies to Harrison about wanting to cheat and cheating. Taylor wants to breakup with Harrison yet she doesn't want to hurt him, really. She loves him? How is that possible? Taylor and Kay devise a plan to achieve her goal. It's insipidly thoughtless; callously heartless and extremely cruel. Taylor and Kay are going to swap boyfriends and use the pretext to breakup with Harrison. The rationale doesn't make much sense to me; how about to you?
All plans change when her brother KC brings his college football team mates to the lake house. Taylor calls a silent audible and flirts with the college men. Taylor wants Harrison to breakup with her. When Harrison calls her on it, she feels guilty. Taylor denies her secretive intent until the final confrontation. The couple or Harrison make plans to stay together but Taylor's carnal nature may have other plans.
The best thing that can be said about Taylor is: she isn't "Dear Johnning" Harrison. She isn't sending him a breakup letter while mired in a foxhole, rice paddy, mountain pass or 120 degree heat. She loves her best friend. But is she "in love" with him? - I know, stupid women thinking, right, ha ha, chauvinist here, sorry. Regardless, if she breaks up with Harrison, she wants to keep her best friend but can't figure out how to do it. Additionally, she wants Harrison as her fall back option. What if she is really "in love" with Harrison and she tosses him aside chasing fools.
My issue with KT and authors of her ilk is: she sometimes starts a sentence but there is never a period. KT recommends the Maggie sequence. I read the Maggie sequence and it's crappy ending. It's depressing. Can you say "Love Story", "The Idea of You"? Its ending is that depressing, crappy and worstest.
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November 5, 2018
Uncomfortable
I liked this book, and it is hard to explain why. The author’s style takes a chapter when a paragraph or two might do. Yet, I found the details completed the fabric of a story that examined a few characters in painful detail. Stripped them bare. The subject was uncomfortable and the actions more so. And I could not take myself out of the tale. The flaws, doubts and hopes sit in most of us. These young people acted them out. And it ended in uncertainty. No cliffhanger. No HEA. Just moved on. And I actually care if they find happiness down that road.
I liked this book, and it is hard to explain why. The author’s style takes a chapter when a paragraph or two might do. Yet, I found the details completed the fabric of a story that examined a few characters in painful detail. Stripped them bare. The subject was uncomfortable and the actions more so. And I could not take myself out of the tale. The flaws, doubts and hopes sit in most of us. These young people acted them out. And it ended in uncertainty. No cliffhanger. No HEA. Just moved on. And I actually care if they find happiness down that road.
August 1, 2022
Loved how FMC turns the MMC into a cuck
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February 4, 2020I thought it was a fairly good read.but got a bit over the top towards the end...the interesting character in this is the girl Taylor.although "allegedly" loves her long time friend and boyfriend..Harrison..soon turns out to be a heartless scheming girl towards him.she spends most of the day/night constantly lying and cheating on him...you just couldn't see why he would want to stay with her.when,its obvious she wants her own life away from him.Harrison,who seems a really nice likeable guy,is heavily cuckolded by Taylor from the moment they reached the house. to the point of humiliating him! a decent read.well worth reading...….but,the way Harrison has been virtually destroyed by Taylor his so called Girlfriend and best friend [really?].begs the question, why would anyone want this innocent acting tramp?.
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