Reviewed by Danielle
TITLE: Only Need You
SERIES: Only Colorado #3
AUTHOR: JD Chambers
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 214 Pages
RELEASE DATE: April 17th 2018
BLURB:
I am still trying to prove that I am not a hot mess. The last thing I want is to attach myself to someone in even greater need of a personalized TED talk than me.”
Kieran Jones is perpetually ten steps behind in life. Whether it’s his best friend’s advice on how-to-gay properly since he was a little late to the coming out party, another friend giving him a discount on rent so he could escape his horrible roommate situation, or his best friend’s boss rescuing him when his car won’t start, Kieran’s life isn’t just a hot mess. It’s a blazing disaster.
“I don’t think I’ve been giving off greater sad sack vibes than normal, but the more time I spend around Kieran, the more I want things that I can’t have.”
Ted Olson may not be the life of the party, but he is steadfast and dependable, and that will have to do. He’s always looking out for others – his employees, his nephew, and the adorable redhead who hangs out at the store and is way too young for him. It has been almost a decade since his last serious relationship, and Ted is tired of being alone.
When Kieran and Ted end up on a blind date together courtesy of a dating app, they realize a mutual attraction has been lurking behind their growing friendship. But Ted can’t believe someone as young and pretty as Kieran would want a boring, old, video game store owner. And Kieran has never been with a man before and doesn’t trust his own instincts. Both men will have to break free from their insecurities if they want to be what the other needs.
REVIEW:
I am trying to remember how I started reading this series not so long ago. I think it was because I saw an author friend talking about it on Facebook. I was intrigued by their enthusiasm and after reading the blurb I decided to start with the first one.
Ooh boy was I glad that I did! I seriously read all three books that were available back to back, thoroughly enjoying the characters in these books and the writing by new-to-me author JD Chambers.
But let’s get back to this book. In this third book in the series, the focus is on game shop owner Ted and young game lover Kiernan.
Kiernan with his sweet innocence and genuine kindness is adorable and seeing how both men deny their attraction in the beginning of the book is sweet and kind of adorkable 🙂
When the two men accidentally wind up being each others blind date things progress from there. Very slowly in the beginning but that felt very real and appropriate.
They slowly progress in finding a way to handle their feelings, each in their own way and when they come together you can really bring out the fans…
Is it all smooth sailing? Nope but you constantly can feel throughout the story that these two men need and deserve to be together.
Where a May/ December romance not really is my thing I had absolutely not a single moment that I was reading a book with an age difference like that. I think mostly because the sense you have that these two just need to be together is the overall feeling I had reading.
The additional appearance of the main men out of the first two books is something I really enjoyed. I love the family vibe that comes from the store (that Ted owns), the people who work there or have worked there and the friend connections all around.
I cannot deny I was absolutely hoping to get Jonathan’s and Ben’s book next but the author decided to do another one first before we are finally getting that one.
With the characters that are randomly introduced and thrown in I have the wonderful feeling that even after that 5th book there will be more.
Rounding things up I cannot say anything else other than that I really liked this book and absolutely love this series and highly recommend you pick it up if you didn’t yet.
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