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Unguarded by Jay Hogan
5.0
Book safety, content warnings, and tropes & tags down below.
“[…] Be careful of dismissing something good just because you’re scared or because you’ve got some idea of how things should be, and this doesn’t fit.”
Yet another top notch book by Jay Hogan. This one nearly matched my love of Off Balance. Nearly. Emmett and Kai are very different, and at different places in their lives. It was a lot of fun watching them having cute little crushes on each other and try to pretend that they didn’t. They didn’t fool a single soul, lol. At some points their story was a little sad as well, as they both had issues to get past in order to make it work.
I might’ve found some balls at long last, but they were nowhere near hairy enough to face roughing it on the streets, not in a Vermont fall that seemed designed to freeze those fuckers right off you if you weren’t careful.
Emmett is a single dad, a widower, and closeted. Trying to get past all of that and date a man for the first time is difficult. It wasn’t made any easier by Tai’s manipulative and controlling ex doing a number on his head for years either.
I was also pretty damn sure he’d guessed I wasn’t straight. The drool marks on my chin were likely a dead giveaway.
Overall super sweet and funny characters, great side characters, and an exciting and engaging plot. Highly recommend.
“Have you lost your freaking mind? Keeping our hands off each other has about as much chance of success as me buying a flannel shirt, ever.”
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Veterinarian
Single dad
Widower
Awful ex
Closeted MC
Bisexual MC
Sassy MC
Femme MC
Small town
Found family
⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Bi erasure
Homophobia
Animal surgery
Explicit sexual content
Manipulative and controlling ex
Sick and injured animals
Mentions of cheating ex (some details)
Death of a partner (off page, past, some details)
Death of a pet (off page, past, some details)
Mentions of car accident (past)
Violent encounter with ex boyfriend
Child running away (found safe)
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: Ex shows up and causes drama, but the MC wants nothing to do with him.
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
I glanced away and acted as . . . ungay as I could, which, let’s face it, was a complete waste of time so I glossed my lips instead.
And it had been a good morning in the clinic—no dramas, no anal gland expulsions, no floods, and only two scratches from an elderly cat that didn’t like the thermometer shoved up its are. I really couldn’t blame her. After all, prep was everything.
“[…] Be careful of dismissing something good just because you’re scared or because you’ve got some idea of how things should be, and this doesn’t fit.”
Yet another top notch book by Jay Hogan. This one nearly matched my love of Off Balance. Nearly. Emmett and Kai are very different, and at different places in their lives. It was a lot of fun watching them having cute little crushes on each other and try to pretend that they didn’t. They didn’t fool a single soul, lol. At some points their story was a little sad as well, as they both had issues to get past in order to make it work.
I might’ve found some balls at long last, but they were nowhere near hairy enough to face roughing it on the streets, not in a Vermont fall that seemed designed to freeze those fuckers right off you if you weren’t careful.
Emmett is a single dad, a widower, and closeted. Trying to get past all of that and date a man for the first time is difficult. It wasn’t made any easier by Tai’s manipulative and controlling ex doing a number on his head for years either.
I was also pretty damn sure he’d guessed I wasn’t straight. The drool marks on my chin were likely a dead giveaway.
Overall super sweet and funny characters, great side characters, and an exciting and engaging plot. Highly recommend.
“Have you lost your freaking mind? Keeping our hands off each other has about as much chance of success as me buying a flannel shirt, ever.”
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Veterinarian
Single dad
Widower
Awful ex
Closeted MC
Bisexual MC
Sassy MC
Femme MC
Small town
Found family
⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Bi erasure
Homophobia
Animal surgery
Explicit sexual content
Manipulative and controlling ex
Sick and injured animals
Mentions of cheating ex (some details)
Death of a partner (off page, past, some details)
Death of a pet (off page, past, some details)
Mentions of car accident (past)
Violent encounter with ex boyfriend
Child running away (found safe)
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: Ex shows up and causes drama, but the MC wants nothing to do with him.
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
I glanced away and acted as . . . ungay as I could, which, let’s face it, was a complete waste of time so I glossed my lips instead.
And it had been a good morning in the clinic—no dramas, no anal gland expulsions, no floods, and only two scratches from an elderly cat that didn’t like the thermometer shoved up its are. I really couldn’t blame her. After all, prep was everything.