Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: Himbro
AUTHOR: Honey London
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGTH: 162 Pages
RELEASE DATE: May 25, 2023
BLURB:
Devon got dumped.
My tragic taste in men has left me in the lurch… again. This time it’s the day before I’m supposed to leave for a destination wedding. When my ridiculously hot older stepbrother volunteers to be my travel buddy, I’m ready for five days of brotherly fun in the sun. What I’m not prepared for? My very straight stepbrother introducing himself as my boyfriend to shut up my manipulative, evil ex.
Jesse saves the day.
I’ve spent my entire life protecting my nerdy little stepbrother. If spending a few days holding his hand and calling him baby is going to help him stand up for himself, I’m ready to give an Oscar-worthy performance in my role of fake boyfriend. What I’m not prepared for? A game of spin the bottle that changes everything.
Himbro is a steamy stepbrothers to lovers, jock and nerd, opposites attract, fake relationship, forbidden romance novel with a sweet happy ever after.
REVIEW:
Devon gets dumped by objectively a terrible boyfriend. But now he has no date for a destination wedding in Hawaii for his best friends where he’s in the wedding party. Unfortunately his horrible college ex is the cousin of the groom, so he will be there. Devon can’t face going alone. So his stepbrother Jesse saves the day and offers to go with him.
When said awful ex starts belittling Devon in the hotel lobby before they even get to their rooms, Jesse is pissed! So he jumps in and introduces himself as Devon’s new boyfriend. Jesse is Devon’s opposite in almost every way. Big, brawny, attractive gym bro. Devon is a nerdy science guy who is going to med school. He’s Jesse’s little brother though and he’s always protected him. He’s super pissed off at Bryce and he steps in at just the right time. Devon is speechless. And he’s also worried and wants to call the whole thing off until he discovers everyone is talking about Devon’s super hot new BF. So things are outta control and there isn’t a way to save face. So they are going to have to play out the farce.
All it takes is a late night half drunk game of spin the bottle with the rest of the bridal party to change things. One kiss. One magical and unexpected kiss that sets things in a different direction for these two. But will this just be a holiday/wedding fling? Or is this change to their relationship permanent?
This is a sweet and steamy story! I really enjoyed this even with the little bit of taboo. While these two guys are not blood relatives, they did grow up as stepbrothers. There is a bit of an age gap and certainly Jesse has always looked out for his “little brother” who definitely had a more difficult time growing up. The bi-awakening I thought was handled pretty well. There is also a LOT of humor here. I particularly LOVED Emma. She was fierce! Bryce was a total douchecanoe and I loved how Jesse kept sticking it to him 🙂 Devon was sweet and smart and too good for his crappy string of exes. Jesse was the one person who always saw him for who he truly was and appreciated him. Their borderline forbidden romance really worked and I thought they were adorable together. Lovely HEA!
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