Reviewed by True
TITLE: The Life Revamp
SERIES: The Love Study #3
AUTHOR: Kris Ripper
PUBLISHER: Carina Press
LENGTH: 288 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 7, 2021
BLURB:
All Mason wants to do is fall in love, get married and live happily ever after.
The hunt is beginning to wear him down…until he meets (slightly) famous fashion designer Diego. Everything sparks between them—the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room.
There’s just one thing: Diego is already married and living his happily-ever-after, which luckily (or not) for Mason includes outside courtships.
But not quite in the way he’d always imagined.
Mason thought he knew what would make him happy, but it turns out the traditional life he’d expected has some surprises in store.
REVIEW:
Oh, my freaking goodness what a wonderful; and delightful story, the relaxed atmosphere, the build-up to some anxiety, the vulnerability, all the feelings, the adorable characters, the banter, the humor, from the first page on, I enjoyed it all immensely!
Okay, Diego, the upcoming famous fashion designer, was married but that doesn’t mean Mason couldn’t think about him. Even though Mason was in a sort of relationship with someone else, Diego made him smile, gave him butterflies.
Claris, Mason’s friend, introduced him to Diego. Claris and Diego have a happy and open marriage. Confused yet? No need, it’s all quite lovable.
What Mason really wants is to get married, have a house, kids, and a hea, to be someone’s person. In his opinion, those things aren’t possible with his new, charming, delightful, married friend.
To paint the picture in short, Mason and Claris are friends. Claris and Diego are married and in an open relationship and polyamorous. Claris introduces Mason and Diego with the purpose to bring both men together. Mason and Diego are into each other, deeply. Even though it sounds chaotic and maybe even a bit awkward, at some level it all feels quite natural and comfortable.
The difficulty here is Mason has some expectations for his future, to change those isn’t easy.
I got all giggling watching Mason and Diego. Diego was an emotional, romantic, tentative man and madly in love.
“Are we allowed to kiss?” I said softly. “Definitely and completely and yes, please. Please,”
Just like Mason I had to accommodate into these new circumstances. It sounds all maybe natural and simple, but gosh, it is far from simple.
While Claris was a great vibrant personality I wanted to hush her away, stop meddling, please! Until she spoke seriously that’s where I loved her the most.
Both men are so incredibly sweet, pure, honest, super romantic, super intense, and passionate. They are, I’m not sure how to express, but it’s almost something like grateful to have found each other. It felt amazing.
It was a slow burn, they were absolutely adorable together, but I wanted to push them in some directions, get them to act more clear, it took them some time to come together, maybe this is my only complaint with this story, but that’s me and my impatience.
The thoughts and argumentations between Mason and Diego about their relationship, about polyamory, about confusion, jealousy, about the future, were justifiably and well expressed.
It was such an intimate story, Mason shows us the farthest corners of his mind, all the passion, all the doubts, all the glory, his and Diego’s, marvelous!
Let’s not forget The MF group of friends, they are there for each other, always, hilarious, honest, warm, and dedicated. MF stands for The MotherFu… yeah, you got it.
Overall quite an engrossing story, captivatingly and beautifully written, with humor, banter, fun, seriousness, a lot of romantic gestures, and emotional moments. A winner!
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