REVIEWED by Jen B.
TITLE: Something About Us
SERIES: Saint and Lucky
AUTHOR: Riley Hart
PUBLISHER: Riley Hart
LENGTH: 198 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 12, 2018
BLURB:
Falling in love was the easy part.
Lucky and Saint are head-over-heels for each other. It doesn’t matter that they met only a few months ago. It also doesn’t matter that this is Saint’s first real relationship and Lucky’s first with a man. They’re infatuated, happy, and excited to start their life together in LA.
It isn’t as easy as they thought.
Away from home for the first time and feeling like he has to compete with Saint’s experienced and cultured friends, Lucky is a fish out of water. Saint is still coming to grips with his recent loss while doing everything he can to keep Lucky happy. The only time things feel right is when they lock themselves away from the world—when they’re alone, everything is perfect.
But reality comes crashing back in to challenge them at every turn. Lucky and Saint need to learn how to stand together, as well as apart, if they’re to have any hope of making this last. They’re learning the hard way that “I love you” is when the real work begins.
Lucky and Saint are back! After their surprising connection and resulting falling in love in the previous book, this story picks up with Lucky moving to LA to be with Saint. To say it is an adjustment for Lucky would be a major understatement. The important point is that he loves Saint and wants to be with him. Living in a whole new place a world apart from where he grew up, without any friends or family, no job, etc. is difficult.
Saint take some time to show Lucky around and spend some qt with him before he really gets back into the swing of things workwise. It takes some time, but Lucky eventually gets a job he likes, but again, he is in a totally different bracket from Saint career-wise, and it is hard to come to grips with that. There is also the issue of Lucky fitting into Saint’s world, and from the opposite side, Saint’s world mixing with Lucky. Both seem a little apprehensive about it.
Lucky is also dealing with being an out person in a new place which is taking some getting used to. At work, he is afraid to mention it up front not sure if it will affect getting the job. After that, there doesn’t seem to be a good time to bring it up. So that’s another issue that causes some friction.
I actually really enjoyed seeing these guys having to adjust to things while still navigating their new relationship. There was never really a question about their feelings for each other, and that showed in many ways. But when things become too overwhelming, Lucky takes a step back to regroup. I loved that through it all, it wasn’t ever a question that they were together, just that they were figuring out how to make things work. There’s little doubt these guys will remain strong, and I hope we get to see more of them as they grow together.
