Reviewed by Lady Macbeth
TITLE: Tattoo My Life
SERIES: Nerdy Boy Universe
AUTHOR: West Greene
PUBLISHER: Independently Published
LENGTH: 196 Pages
RELEASE DATE: April 27, 2026
BLURB:
I thought I had my new purpose… until I met them.
Shane
The military was my entire life from the moment I graduated high school. It was my purpose. The reason I got out of bed each morning. It gave me a routine and structure, something I had to have in my life to even function.
But then an accident, completely unrelated to my job, happened, and I had to be discharged.
Zeppelin, my boss, found me on a bridge ready to end it all. He gave me a home above his tattoo shop, gave me a job as a tattoo designer, and finally, he put a tattoo machine in my hand. That became my new normal. My structure. My routine.
Until X steps into my life and blows everything to pieces. He’s obsessed. Possessive. Sociopathic. And his adorable doctor boyfriend, Preston, just enables his behavior.
They both want me, but I’m fighting to keep my distance. I don’t need their disruption.
But when X’s tech guy turns up dead and Preston is targeted, keeping space between me and them is no longer an option.
I’ll find whoever is targeting them, and when I do, they’ll realize who the true monster is in this world.
And it’s not the diagnosed sociopath that’s been stalking me.
It’s me.
**Please read the author’s note at the beginning of the book before deciding to read. Thanks!
REVIEW:
Tattoo My Life is the fourth book in the Nerdy Boy universe and it’s about Shane, one of the employees at Zeppelin tattoo shop.
Shane is a solitary man, after growing up in foster care, he found stability in the military: he was part of the Special Ops, serving as a highly trained hitman. After a car accident, he lost his job and was on the verge of unaliving himself, when Zep found him. It was indeed Zep the man who gave him a second chance at life and, since then, he has watched over him.
X is an illegal fighter, a sociopath who survived his teenage years finding purpose in fighting. He’s the obsessive type, he’s in a relationship with Preston and now he’s fixated on Shane too.
Preston is a sweet man, a doctor, a man who’s been disowned by his own parents for being gay. He still feels hurt by that rejection and that’s why X’s obsessive attention towards him made him finally feel loved.
Preston and X want to add Shane to their relationship but their lives are about to be put in danger by another stalker who threatens Preston first and then X too.
What prevented me from giving a higher rate:
The throuple aspect seemed unbalanced because both men were constantly worried about Preston. He was at the center of all the attention.
The book has vibes way too dark to be part of the Nerdy Boy universe. In fact, in the previous books there was past trauma too (for both Logan and Zep), but the connections inside the throuples were tied by stronger romantic feelings than this one. In this book, both X and Shane are closed off, one because can’t feel anything, the other because of the years working as a killing machine.
So the only bit of romance comes from Preston and it’s not enough.
Maybe this book would have been more fit in other dark series.
Lastly, there were a lot of repetitions and some parts felt like the writing was rushed.
I adored the final chapters where all the characters were together: it was so good to see that some things never change, like Jaxon’s exasperation at Logan and Zep’s oversharing, Logan’s pestering, Spencer and Eros’ sweetness. It was also so very hilarious to see Zep through Shane’s eyes.
The author said there will be a fifth book in this series, I can’t wait to see who the next throuple will be.
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