if you want a story about a committed true mmf triad, with loads of sex scenes, and i mean long ones, at least once every one or two chapters, then this is for you.
i usually like my poly romances to to have not a lot of sex, which is hard considering the main genre you find poly romances tends to be erotica lmao, but i read this one explicitely because i was looking for a sex heavy book, and i am very happy about it.
i really liked this trio, they were adorable. i mean, it's not hard to make me like a triad, but still, they were so cute. whenever they got playful and domestic, i melted. i loved how easy it was for them to get together. like yes, there was a development, overcoming somethings, but it was just natural. the character dynamics are usually what make or break poly romance for me, and here they did not dissapoint.
my favourite character was definitely braeden though, just because of how confident and sure of himself he was. he knew exactly what kind of relationship he wanted, and got it. and like, he was just so sweet about it too. i was a bit irked by them never using the word poly for braeden specifically though, because like, he kept insisting he knew he could never be with just one man or one woman and wanted both, but they never used the word. it made it seem like his excuse was being bisexual, which, weird. but apart from that, and the fact that he's a cop, love him.
outside of the triad dynamic though, i can't say i loved the rest. the plot outside the romance was perfectly serviceable, but it was also boring to me. like, the story revolves around abby trying with the help of her boyfriends, to figure who really murdered her parents when she was a kid. but it wasn't really a compelling mystery. i wasn't really trying to solve the murder, but i figured out the reason for it almost immediately. and the who wasn't that hard to guess and wasn't satisfying either. that story wasn't so much about her figuring it out, as it was about reconnecting with her past, the people she loved back then, and her faith, which was surprising. i didn't really care for it, like i wasn't mad, because it did offer a break from the romance so they could get back to it, but it wasn't really doing anything substancial.
there was also this section in the book where like, the characters were revealing that they were in a relationship to people in their lives back to back, and it really diminshed the impact, it was all sunshine and rainbows and didn't really work for me. like, they needed to be spaced out, and for the character relationships with their families to be explored so much more.
basically, anything outside our three main characters bantering, talking and having sex together was kinda meh. but since most of the book is the relationship, i can forgive it.
overall, would i recommend this as a good read? no, but as a horny read? hell yeah. and i will say, i have been out of my poly romance phase for a few months now, but finally finishing this has kinda put me back in it, i should get back to my list, i've got so many to read