Reviewed by Kat
TITLE: Cam Fan
SERIES: University District (Book 1)
AUTHOR: Dani Lakely
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 271 pages
RELEASE DATE: April 24, 2023
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His first time. All the way. On live cam.
Do you like to watch?
TYLER
Viewing a gay cam show was supposed to only be an experiment for Tyler Denning. Watching shouldn’t have led to a daily obsession … but it has.
He didn’t bet on finding someone as magnetic as Sebastian. Provocative, gorgeous, irresistible as hell—Tyler has become Sebastian’s biggest fan.
So when he’s invited to participate in a live scene, Tyler can only say yes to anything Sebastian wants.
JUSTIN
Playing camboy Sebastian on a popular website, Justin Blanchet is used to having adoring fans. But he’s never wanted to sleep with one.
Until now.
The undeniable chemistry and connection he feels with sweetly curious Tyler is intense. Tyler has yet to experiment in college, but has plenty of dirty fantasies swimming around in his head, and Justin’s eager to fulfill every single one. Live, on cam.
Only, the more time they spend together, the more Justin desires something deeper than filming for fans. If it’s only meant to be a professional hook-up, why does it feel so real?
Cam Fan is a low-angst, super flirty, new adult MM romance with more steam than an active volcano. Featuring opposites attract, equal parts sugar & spice, and a gay awakening. A portion of Cam Fan was previously offered as two short stories published in 2021. Tyler & Justin’s romance has been re-imagined and substantially expanded by more than 30,000 words.
* This story is the first in a series that will follow a new couple each book. As such, Cam Fan has a happy ending for its couple and may be read as a standalone.
REVIEW:
A new series from a new-to-me author.
Tyler is finally away from his stifling homophobic hometown and a library science major at UDUB (University of Washington in Seattle). He is also beginning to become aware of his deeper and dormant sexual desires and his roommate (a camgirl) suggests a bit of porn. When the college virgin stumbles across Camboy Sebastian he’s sure of a couple things: he’s gay and Sebastian simply does it for him. But what is he to do when every other guy falls short of his wants except the man on the screen that he is dropping a bunch of money on? Justin is in grad school to complete his oceanography education. When he finally asks udubvirgin if he’s here in Seattle he has to have him. But does Tyler just want to pop his cherry or is he willing to spend a lifetime discovering all his firsts with Justin?
There were moments where I really liked this pair and others where I just didn’t connect. The angst of finally doing the deed and then the ghosting was a bit childish and rubbed me the wrong way. And the inability to speak up and state what you want to the man that you have decided to have unprotected sex with was just a little bit to angsty for me.
I will say that both Justin, as Sebastian, and Tyler worked well as a team and the exhibition side of Tyler that evolved was a bit of a surprise. And I was glad that they finally figured things out.
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