Ok, I loved this book! It was light hearted, cute, and just a fun story. I have already read it several times and can tell it will be a re-read book.

This author seems to have this eccentric way of writing, almost like anime in writing. I am sure that being gay is not always so simple as this book, but somehow it just became to me a romance story and sexual preference just wasn't really such a social issue. If that makes any sense.


The only downside (to all of this author's books) is that it was too short. Which, perhaps the stories that Mykles writes is just not substantial enough for a longer book, but I would love to see it.


Great, great, light read! ( )

2,5 stars.

This is a little, light-hearted, not very realistic, but slightly funny love story. Unfortunately it also contains insta-love: first crush to "I love you" within a very short period of time, that feels even shorter. For me insta-love doesn't only have a time-factor, it also has a "telling, not showing" part. What I missed here was to learn how they fall in love with each other and why. There is not much visible of the respective personalities and characters, only a cursory description and physical appearances.
The very little drama this contained namely Kevin's boss hitting very strongly on his love interest, the beautiful and irresistible Justin doesn't really make a great story. So it is only a little piece about a supposedly straight guy who falls for a persistent gay guy and the quickly wander into the sun set together.
What I disliked also and was not necessary for the story: to cement the HEA they decided on the spur of the moment to forego condoms (no discussion, no tests). In some stories, this is a very important step in the relationship as it equals trust. But thrown in like this, it diminishes the impact.
The story flow was good and it was mildly entertaining.
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Re-read for m/m team bingo challenge, round 6. ( )

I was all for expecting to like this story, I'm not new to Jet Mykles' pretty boys and her work, where western romance blends with yaoi without being overtly influenced. And I was expecting for it to be fun and light. But I wasn't expecting to be surprise to the turn of event and for the reversed role of the main characters. Yes, I'm true, I was expecting the usual "gay for you" book where a strong alpha male, and supposedly straight, falls in love, after having fallen in lust, for a pretty young gay boy, and then happily ever after. So see, nothing complicated and everything good.

But no, the story is not so "straight" (pun intended) as I was expecting. First of all Kevin, the "straight" man, is not an alpha male, far from it. He is more like a lost puppy with melting "puppy" eyes and all. And no, he will not play the role of the sheep fallen in the clutches of the Big Bad Wolf, or of the closeted shy gay boy who was only expecting to be freed by gay superhero. Kevin has all a role, and philosophy of his own. I think Kevin is super-gender, meaning that he likes girls, but has not issue to admit that he can like also boys. Basically Kevin is a man (boy) who doesn't like to take the lead in life, in relationship and in bed. He prefers to be the leaded. So yes, it's entirely possible that Kevin could find a strong girl who will command him in bed, and life, but it's more probable that the role is taken by a man.

And here the second surprise, the above said lead man, Justin. In the conventional scheme of straight Alpha Male meets gay omega boy, Justin has to be your typical flamboyant gay boy, young and pretty. But we have already said that Kevin doesn't fit his conventional role and so doesn't Justin. Justin is older than Kevin, and yes, maybe he is a bit flamboyant, but not so much to outshine poor Kevin. I think Justin was like that when he was 20-25, but not that he is more than 30, he has arrived to a moment in his life when he is looking for Mr Right. And yes, maybe in his mind Mr Right is an older, and wealthier, man, but love has other idea. When Justin meets Kevin by chance, on the street, he is suddenly smitten, and in love.

At first Justin comes out so strongly, that the reader has a bit of trouble to judge Kevin. From the blurb, I wasn't really thinking to like Kevin, I don't know, I had this feeling that Kevin was taking advantage of "poor" Justin. But then, as I said, the reader has the chance to see that basically Kevin is a good boy, that he really doesn't want to hurt Justin in any way, and truth be told, Justin seems a man who is more than capable to look after himself. There is a fine play of balancing, Kevin is the one who needs something by Justin, but Justin is the one who has probably the strongest will, and so I have never felt as Kevin was wronging him.

It's also a pretty sexy story, not so much and so soon as I was, again, expecting. At first it's more kissing and cuddling, more sweet than sexy, but when the sexy part arrives, it's good and fun. Even if Kevin is shy in life, he is not shy in bed, not at all; I have the feeling that Kevin has arrived first to understand his sexual desires than his life-choice ones.

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Just For You by Jet Mykels was a sweet gay for you piece that was seriously cute and hot! It felt like a book that didn’t take itself too seriously and as a result a plot device that might have had me rolling my eyes was an absolute delight. A throughly enjoyable read from one of my favorite authors. Get it at Loose Id.
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