Concourse by Santino Hassell

★★★★☆ four stars for this story full of drama, angst and hot passion

Netgalley provided me with a free eBook in exchange for an honest review.

Yay! Another book by Santino Hassell! This time it's Concourse, the fifth installment of the Five Boroughs Series, but you don't have to have read the others for this, it can be read as a stand alone. I didn't enjoy this quite as much as the previous one but it was still a rather enjoyable read *remembers some hot scenes* *coughes* yes, very enjoyable


Take some childhood friends + emotional issues + difference in social status + attraction and sexual tension so bad you can grill a chicken with it = voilá, you get this package filled with drama and hot scenes from start to finish

The story is about Valdrian (pretty name isn't it, I fucking love his name), a boxer in his free time with not enough passion for the sport but more passion than he wants for his best friend Ashton. Ashton is a pretty androgynous looking guy who likes to wear dresses and clothes almost as much as having sex. I really love the differences between those two and the fact that Ashton just is very androgynous and likes to wear dresses every now and then but it's not a big deal, it just is how it is. I love Ashton, even if I want to punch him in the face sometimes, same goes for Val. They got their noses probably like three times mentally broken while I read the book.

Anyway, Val and Ash both have it bad for each other but neither is willing to admit that they love each other in a romantic way. Throw in Ashton's emotional issues, his asshole brother, Val and his money problems and some stupid decisions and you'd have the cencored version of this. Not to worry for all you NC-17 scenes lovers, there are quite a few hot scenes in there as well!

Personally I found it a bit heavy on the drama and angsty side because even when the apparently hot and relaxed phase came there still was angsting all over it. It weighted the book a bit down in my opinion but I still enjoyed it.