Jeremiah

When Jeremiah's company starts downsizing, he turns to Collin for help with his resumé. With the attraction between them so hot, there's no way they can keep their relationship professional. Is Collin the guy Jeremiah's been waiting for—the one who will give him reason to finally come out to his judgmental family? This book blends literary and commercial fiction. It's slow to start plot-wise. Yet I enjoyed the characters, as well as the author's style and unique voice. I became really engrossed in the story, and the ending was worth the time spent. Thanks, Booksprout, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

I struggled with this first High Rise book in the beginning. Well, more like about 60% of the way through. There is a lot, and I do mean a lot, of internal monologue. So much so that it felt like I was never going to get to the romance. Jeremiah and Collin clearly have sexual chemistry, and I did start to warm up to Jeremiah when he seemed to prefer taking things slowly with some build-up to intimacy. The blurb hints at an out for you story, but really, the only time Jeremiah seemed to be keeping any secrets is with his immediate family. He has no problem with public displays of affection or even drawing attention to himself and Collin in a crowd of people, so I didn't really get the out for vibe from this story. There are also a couple of other plotlines going on in the periphery, but some things almost felt like an outline rather than fleshing out those characters and their stories. Nevertheless, by the last half of the book, I had warmed up to these characters, and Jeremiah and Collin had won me over. They are adorable together once they get comfortable with each other and start to figure things out. In the end, there were things I liked and things I didn't about this one, but this is my first read by Jayce Ellis and I will check out the next in the High Rise series to see how things go. Not everything was all tied up by the end of Jeremiah, so hopefully, we'll get some answers as the series progresses.

Great contemporary romance. I really liked reading this book. The author delivered a good contemporary book with the writing style to match. Both MC's Jeremiah and Collin are introverts who are both just coasting through their respective life. Until Jeremiah has to take steps to be in control of his life again. I like how both men are affectionate and loving with eachother. However they both need to deal with their family situations. The side characters aka friends and sone family are also well wriitten. I reconmend this book to readers who like an mm romance with a bit of angst andd a hea/hfn. 4,5* I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.