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Between Friends #2
When Harry Met Jason
The world met Harry, Jason and Sammy in Between Friends, Sean Michael's popular novel about a pair of couples and the troubles they face. When Harry Met Jason goes back in time to when cop Harry met just-graduated Jason, who's living with his college roommate Sammy and worrying about trying to find a job.
When a frat party goes bad, Jason ends up more than just drunk, but Harry shows up just in time, policing the party and taking Jason home. That's the start of something neither one of them can deny, a relationship that Harry wants to take slow, while Jason would like to go in fast forward.
The party starts something for Jason's best friend Sammy, too, something not so great. He's been hurt, and is being stalked to boot, which makes Jason hesitant to leave Sammy alone to pursue Harry.
As Harry and Jason become closer and closer, Sammy's stalkers get more and more violent, until finally something has to break. Can Harry and Jason keep Sammy safe and fall in love all at the same time? Read this wonderful lov
When a frat party goes bad, Jason ends up more than just drunk, but Harry shows up just in time, policing the party and taking Jason home. That's the start of something neither one of them can deny, a relationship that Harry wants to take slow, while Jason would like to go in fast forward.
The party starts something for Jason's best friend Sammy, too, something not so great. He's been hurt, and is being stalked to boot, which makes Jason hesitant to leave Sammy alone to pursue Harry.
As Harry and Jason become closer and closer, Sammy's stalkers get more and more violent, until finally something has to break. Can Harry and Jason keep Sammy safe and fall in love all at the same time? Read this wonderful lov
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2008
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About the author
Sean Michael
652 books1,203 followersOften referred to as "Space Cowboy" and "Gangsta of Love" while still striving for the moniker of "Maurice," Sean Michael spends his days surfing, smutting, organizing his immense gourd collection and fantasizing about one day retiring on a small secluded island peopled entirely by horseshoe crabs. While collecting vast amounts of vintage gay pulp novels and mood rings, Sean whiles away the hours between dropping the f-bomb and persuing the kama sutra by channeling the long lost spirit of John Wayne and singing along with the soundtrack to "Chicago."
A long-time writer of complicated haiku, currently Sean is attempting to learn the advanced arts of plate spinning and soap carving sex toys.
Barring any of that? He'll stick with writing his stories, thanks, and rubbing pretty bodies together to see if they spark.
A long-time writer of complicated haiku, currently Sean is attempting to learn the advanced arts of plate spinning and soap carving sex toys.
Barring any of that? He'll stick with writing his stories, thanks, and rubbing pretty bodies together to see if they spark.
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January 14, 2013
I originally read this in May 2011 and decided I liked it!
So I needed a book on my phone that could be started and stopped while I was waiting on other things without worrying about missing anything in the story if i took a week break in between reading so I picked this one.
It's good for that kind of thing, Jason is a cute funny guy that giggles a lot and calls everybody honey, his poor best friend and roomie Sammy has a lot to deal with, and Jason's prince in shining police uniform Harry rounds out the group, well except for Rita the drag queen landlady!
It's (mostly) a light easy sex fest read, but I liked it!
So I needed a book on my phone that could be started and stopped while I was waiting on other things without worrying about missing anything in the story if i took a week break in between reading so I picked this one.
It's good for that kind of thing, Jason is a cute funny guy that giggles a lot and calls everybody honey, his poor best friend and roomie Sammy has a lot to deal with, and Jason's prince in shining police uniform Harry rounds out the group, well except for Rita the drag queen landlady!
It's (mostly) a light easy sex fest read, but I liked it!
April 14, 2009
This is the first book I've read by Sean Michael and I have to say I am not impressed. I was surprised, give the high ratings it has received.
I found the characters to be very superficial and downright silly at times. And, I found it incredibly annoying that the guys ended every other sentence with "huh" or "yeah". Sure the m/m sex was pretty hot, but not enough to sustain the whole book and it's weak plot and characters.
I found the characters to be very superficial and downright silly at times. And, I found it incredibly annoying that the guys ended every other sentence with "huh" or "yeah". Sure the m/m sex was pretty hot, but not enough to sustain the whole book and it's weak plot and characters.
January 9, 2011
3.5 stars
Although this was not the first book published it is the first in the Between Friends time-line. Policeman Harry meets Jason at a frat party bust and they quickly go from just friends to falling in love. It was a nice touch to have Harry be outwardly the big macho man cop while privately he's a sweet softie who prefers to wait before jumping into bed. That's not to say there wasn't plenty of sex in the story just that it didn't start from page one. I read Between Friends when it was first published and really liked the characters. This story is a few years before that one and it was nice to see both couples, Harry and Jason and their best friends Sammy and Peter when they first meet.
Although this was not the first book published it is the first in the Between Friends time-line. Policeman Harry meets Jason at a frat party bust and they quickly go from just friends to falling in love. It was a nice touch to have Harry be outwardly the big macho man cop while privately he's a sweet softie who prefers to wait before jumping into bed. That's not to say there wasn't plenty of sex in the story just that it didn't start from page one. I read Between Friends when it was first published and really liked the characters. This story is a few years before that one and it was nice to see both couples, Harry and Jason and their best friends Sammy and Peter when they first meet.
February 7, 2011
Dear God this was so unrealistic and so sad. Just more sex for the sake of sex.
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May 15, 2009The first in the Between Friends series (even if not the first to come out) is the story of, as the title says, when Harry met Jason. Jason is a post graduate student; he wants to be a teacher and he is quite a dreamy guy: he dreams of prince charming and knight in shining armor. His dreams come true when he meets Harry. Harry is a police officer who finds Jason to a party: they were called over since someone spiked the beverages with drugs, and Jason is one of the victim. Unable to have coherent answers from Jason, Harry decides to take him home, and from the morning after their relationship starts in a very easy way, even if Harry asks to Jason to wait before moving the relationship on a sexual level, he wants to be sure and to wooing Jason a bit before... a man who behaves like a knight in shining armor is the best for Jason who willingly decides to be chaste for a bit.
Before meeting Harry, Jason was living with Sammy in a friends with benefits relationship; they never took their relationship seriously since both Jason than Sammy knew that they were searching something different in a partner. But they are really good friends, and sometime they help each other in an almost stress relief sex; nothing too serious, some hand jobs and blowjobs, but never anything else. And when Jason starts his relationship with Harry, he maybe would consider to stop for good, but Sammy is having a lot of trouble with a stalker a man who treated him pretty bad and now the last thing he needs is to loosing also his buddy friend Jason.
As usual there is a lot of sex in the story, but in comparison to other books I read by Sean Michael, in this one the plot has a main role, and the sex is only a nice side part. Actually the interaction between Harry and Jason, and Jason and Sammy is quite interesting, since, even if Jason brings on his "odd" relationship with Sammy, I never felt that he was cheating on Harry or similar, above all since Harry was aware of all and very understanding. I'm now very interesting in reading Sammy's story, since both him than Jason are really sweet characters and Sammy in particular is cute and tiny, fragile but not weak, a really charming character: in a way, he stole the scene to both Jason and Harry. As for them, Jason is a little firecracker, good-hearted, open and friendly; Harry is the typical cop hero, strong, steady and caring.
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Before meeting Harry, Jason was living with Sammy in a friends with benefits relationship; they never took their relationship seriously since both Jason than Sammy knew that they were searching something different in a partner. But they are really good friends, and sometime they help each other in an almost stress relief sex; nothing too serious, some hand jobs and blowjobs, but never anything else. And when Jason starts his relationship with Harry, he maybe would consider to stop for good, but Sammy is having a lot of trouble with a stalker a man who treated him pretty bad and now the last thing he needs is to loosing also his buddy friend Jason.
As usual there is a lot of sex in the story, but in comparison to other books I read by Sean Michael, in this one the plot has a main role, and the sex is only a nice side part. Actually the interaction between Harry and Jason, and Jason and Sammy is quite interesting, since, even if Jason brings on his "odd" relationship with Sammy, I never felt that he was cheating on Harry or similar, above all since Harry was aware of all and very understanding. I'm now very interesting in reading Sammy's story, since both him than Jason are really sweet characters and Sammy in particular is cute and tiny, fragile but not weak, a really charming character: in a way, he stole the scene to both Jason and Harry. As for them, Jason is a little firecracker, good-hearted, open and friendly; Harry is the typical cop hero, strong, steady and caring.
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November 2, 2012
Sean Michael, Between Friends: When Harry Met Jason (2)
The Between Friends series is on its way to my favorites list
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating: 8/10
PROS:
- The sex--all of it--is sweet and heartfelt and an expression of love. It’s very much vanilla, but I loved it, especially the fact that the characters wait for so long and don’t jump right into bed together. There is a lot of sex, but not as much as in some other Michael books.
- Harry is one of my favorite characters I’ve encountered in any romance. He’s strong and protective yet considerate and gentle. He treats Jason like a prince, but what I loved even more than that was his concern over Jason’s best friend, Sammy.
- The friendship between Jason and Sammy is priceless. I haven’t encountered many queeny guys in the m/m romances I’ve read, and Michael has two of them in these books and manages to avoid clichés and stereotypes with them both. They’re both extremely sweet and likeable, like many of the queeny guys I’ve known and am friends with.
CONS:
- Same editing issues as Between Friends that make it difficult at times to figure out who’s speaking. This book contains quite a few instances in which the speaker of a quote isn’t identified and the descriptions around it make it difficult to tell which character said it.
- Climactic “face down the bad guys” scene seemed a bit rushed, but it’s probably truer to life than a more dramatic drawn-out scene would have been.
- Some awful things happen to Sammy, and the ways they affect him are described very well. As a result, those parts are hard to read. This isn’t really a con, though, I guess, because these things just make all three of the books richer. And knowing what’s in store for Sammy (which I had already read about in Between Friends) made it all bearable.
Overall comments: If you like passionate romance, this is a great read. You don’t need to have read Between Friends to enjoy this book, but knowing what happens in Jase and Harry’s future enhanced my enjoyment of this book considerably. And vice versa: after reading this and Sammy’s Place, which I’m about halfway through, I’m going to have to read Between Friends again, because I think I’ll love it even more.
The Between Friends series is on its way to my favorites list
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating: 8/10
PROS:
- The sex--all of it--is sweet and heartfelt and an expression of love. It’s very much vanilla, but I loved it, especially the fact that the characters wait for so long and don’t jump right into bed together. There is a lot of sex, but not as much as in some other Michael books.
- Harry is one of my favorite characters I’ve encountered in any romance. He’s strong and protective yet considerate and gentle. He treats Jason like a prince, but what I loved even more than that was his concern over Jason’s best friend, Sammy.
- The friendship between Jason and Sammy is priceless. I haven’t encountered many queeny guys in the m/m romances I’ve read, and Michael has two of them in these books and manages to avoid clichés and stereotypes with them both. They’re both extremely sweet and likeable, like many of the queeny guys I’ve known and am friends with.
CONS:
- Same editing issues as Between Friends that make it difficult at times to figure out who’s speaking. This book contains quite a few instances in which the speaker of a quote isn’t identified and the descriptions around it make it difficult to tell which character said it.
- Climactic “face down the bad guys” scene seemed a bit rushed, but it’s probably truer to life than a more dramatic drawn-out scene would have been.
- Some awful things happen to Sammy, and the ways they affect him are described very well. As a result, those parts are hard to read. This isn’t really a con, though, I guess, because these things just make all three of the books richer. And knowing what’s in store for Sammy (which I had already read about in Between Friends) made it all bearable.
Overall comments: If you like passionate romance, this is a great read. You don’t need to have read Between Friends to enjoy this book, but knowing what happens in Jase and Harry’s future enhanced my enjoyment of this book considerably. And vice versa: after reading this and Sammy’s Place, which I’m about halfway through, I’m going to have to read Between Friends again, because I think I’ll love it even more.
December 30, 2012
Between Friends: When Harry Met Jason is a prequel to Mr. Michael’s previous release entitled Between Friends where readers first became familiar with Harry, Jason and Sammy. It’s an amazing story that starts off with a bang when just graduated Jason gets drugged at a party and ends up going home with cop Harry when he can’t tell him where he lives. This unexpected meeting is truly unique and I found myself chuckling at the vision of a cute/drugged Jason hitting on Harry. It’s obvious from the beginning that these guys are perfect for each other and I loved that Ms. Michael allowed them to develop a relationship outside of the bedroom before they took that first intimate step.
The closer-than-brothers relationship between Jason and Sammy is a great secondary plotline, as is the dangerous person stalking him, the fear and violence getting worse as the story progresses. When the circle of violence expands to include Harry, the three men are forced by circumstances into Harry’s home, allowing another form of relationship to grow between all three. The pace of this amazing story is fast, the plotline smooth, the dialogue fun and witty, and the sex hot and emotional. This enjoyable, gay contemporary romance is a keeper
The closer-than-brothers relationship between Jason and Sammy is a great secondary plotline, as is the dangerous person stalking him, the fear and violence getting worse as the story progresses. When the circle of violence expands to include Harry, the three men are forced by circumstances into Harry’s home, allowing another form of relationship to grow between all three. The pace of this amazing story is fast, the plotline smooth, the dialogue fun and witty, and the sex hot and emotional. This enjoyable, gay contemporary romance is a keeper
April 2, 2018
This is the 2nd book in the series. I guess you could start with this one but the first one sets the stage with a lot of the personalities and dynamics so I suggest starting with that one.
It's an interesting series because the first book is actually about 2 established couples and takes place many years down into their relationships, and you read about their beginnings (how they met) in the 2nd book (this one) and 3rd book. The 4th book is more of their story.
Lots of sex (typical Sean Michael) but lots of story too and you really get to know the uniqueness of all 4 MC's - I just fell in love with all of them.
There is a short in "Toybox: Flogger - Testing Leather" where Peter and Samuel make a visit to Marcus, who makes some very special leather toys.
It's an interesting series because the first book is actually about 2 established couples and takes place many years down into their relationships, and you read about their beginnings (how they met) in the 2nd book (this one) and 3rd book. The 4th book is more of their story.
Lots of sex (typical Sean Michael) but lots of story too and you really get to know the uniqueness of all 4 MC's - I just fell in love with all of them.
There is a short in "Toybox: Flogger - Testing Leather" where Peter and Samuel make a visit to Marcus, who makes some very special leather toys.
May 18, 2011
I really liked this book. The characters were interesting and the series has been good so far.
April 24, 2017
I think that I might have liked this better if I'd have read it before book 1. Maybe....
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