All I can say is good thing I'm not lactose intolerant because this book was one big pile of cheese. Swiss, Gouda, cheddar, God, it was everywhere. I think I even saw some Velveeta a few times towards the end and we all know that's like the cheese version of poor white trash so you know it had to be bad. Trust me, I'm from Wisconsin; I know cheese. I'm totally craving tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich right now.

Okay, enough with the fromage talk.

So the story sounded funny and, yeah, it had some laugh-out-loud scenes. Overall, though, it was just too New Adult for my taste. The story started out with the guys about to graduate from high school and then it moved on to them in college. This took up most of the book before it finally jumped forward twelve years when the guys met up again. From the book blurb I really expected the story to focus on when they met up again and I expected their earlier time together to be a much shorter portion of the book. I'm not a fan of the new adult genre and this book is a perfect example of what I hate most about it: ridiculously immature characters who invariably end up messing things up for stupid-ass reasons like failure to communicate. Also known as misunderstandings made by tstl characters.

The characters, ah, what can I say about the characters. Ryan's chapters were funny but his character was such a douche nozzle it sort of took away some of the hilarity. He was self-absorbed for three-quarters of the book and for the rest I thought he came across as a bit of a pussy. Of course, that just may be because our formerly shy, unsure Brandon spent the end of the book showing off just how self-assured and dominate he turned out. Ryan sort of faded into the background a bit when Brandon started going all Alpha on his ass. Then we had Ryan's friend, Moxie, whose lady bits perfectly framed Brandon's surprised face when he and Ryan saw each other for the first time in twelve years. I swear, Moxie could have been a funny character if her vocabulary had not read like every drunken sailor cliché. She was just too obnoxious to find endearing.

What I did enjoy was Ryan's family. Completely over-the-top characters, but I loved them. Ryan's dad, who offered to buy him a subscription to a gay porn website. Ryan's mom, who enthusiastically fist pumped the air when she won the "When Will Ryan Come Out" pool his family had started. His sister, who wanted to pick out dresses for him (don't worry, no cross-dressing for Ryan). But my all-time favorite character was Ryan's grandpa, who, when told Brandon was not Ryan's boyfriend, responded with, "Hmm, too bad. He's cute, and he looks like a good bottom."

I read this through my Kindle Unlimited subscription. This right here is a good example of one of the reasons KU works for me: I was looking forward to the release of this book based in the blurb but I wasn't sure if I would actually buy it. I know curiosity would have eventually had me buying it and I would have really regretted spending money on it. With KU I was able to satisfy my curiosity with no additional money spent. ( )