Good Boy

The Boys of Apartment 13 #3

by Brianna Flores

Good boy Baby Holbrook is unlucky in love...

Baby

I'm a stickler for rules, and for good reason. They keep life simple. Predictable. Safe. My roommates might not agree, but I think they're a necessity. Which is exactly why crushing on the one straight guy in the apartment is a terrible idea.

Logan Matthews is a rule breaker. He's shirtless at inappropriate times, allergic to knocking, and somehow convinced that pretending to be my boyfriend is no big deal. But for me, it most definitely is. Between all the hand-holding and praise, I'm finding it harder and harder to remember this is fake. The kisses feel real, the touches are lingering, and I'm forgetting what it was like to not have this beautiful boy's attention all on me.

There's only one way this ends, but if there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that Logan Matthews is worth the heartache.

Logan

I'm a firm believer that there are some rules that are meant to be broken. My favorite roommate might not agree, but I'm pretty sure I can change his mind.

Baby thinks I can't handle being his fake boyfriend just because I'm straight. He doesn't understand how much I already like being near him. I don't spend my nights watching eighties movies because I like them. I do it because it's the only time he lets his guard down. What started out as a favor he didn't ask for has become the realest thing in my life. I just hope I can convince him I'm worth the risk.

It may be easier said than done, but if there's one thing I know, it's that Baby Holbrook is worth the fight.

**Good Boy is a high-heat MM romance with mild angst that features a not-so-fake relationship between complete opposites. This is book three in a series of interconnected standalone. While each book can be read on its own, the series may be best enjoyed in order. For a detailed list of possible triggers as well as the sorts of fun you can look forward to, please check out the Look Inside Feature. **

Genres: M M Romance, Friends To Lovers, Romance, Forced Proximity, Fake Dating, College, Contemporary

287 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 24, 2026

About the author

When Brianna Flores isn't writing romance books, she's reading them! She currently lives in Arizona, and if you're nearby, you can probably hear her arguing with the fictional characters she conjures up in her head as she sips on the tenth cup of coffee she's had that day.
If you want to tell her it's weird to talk to imaginary people–no matter how attractive they are–you can email her at BriannaFloresAuthor@gmail.com.

Reviews

[Betsy · Rating 5 out of 5]

˗ˏˋ ꒰ 𝟓/𝟓 ★ ꒱ ˎˊ˗

i inhaled this😮‍💨😮‍💨🫠😭😭🫦🫦
and enjoyed it immensely🥹🥹💓💓👏👏
worth👏all👏the👏wait👏



tbf i'm not that surprised i loved it this much haha, i already loved Baby in the previous books & i was soo eager to get to know him more, and his relationship with Logan made me super curious too👀 honestly their story was everything and moreeee✨🔥🔥🔥

“ (...) 𝑰 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕. 𝑨𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕…” 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏, 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒚-𝒇𝒐𝒓-𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓.

Baby was the perfect sassy, bossy brat💅 i couldn't not love him & feel for him💘 but Logan also totally stole my heart😭 he was absolutely gone for Baby, from the very beginning, even without realizing it😭 he was giving adorable himbo vibes - like pls, he was so worked up by never being bitten by Baby😭🤭 that was everything, so fun but also the feelssss, he was a jealous, pining mess & he didn't even know it😭😆❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🫦🫦

𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒚’𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒛𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔—𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕. 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒚.

their sorta tentative/kinda reluctant (by Baby👀) friendship with all the sweet moments were so wholesome, Baby was trying to fight it which was both fun & lowkey heartbreaking😭 Logan was really touchy & cuddly tho, and like an eager puppy, a total golden retriever & he did not give up✋🐕🥰

𝑯𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒕, 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓—𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒘—𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕.

their chemistry was off the charts & they worked perfectly!! Logan's sexual awakening was very well-done, loved how chill he was overall, like Baby was more freaked out than him lol, also Baby was such a whimpering, horny mess for Logan😭❤️‍🔥 but that went both ways too, Logan simping for Baby while still being more dominant was super hot🔥🔥 i also loved how he always thought some disciplines & spanking would do Baby some good🙂‍↕️🤭 & ofc, Baby turned out to be a very good boy for him🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🫦🫦

just a few more quick mentions bc honestly i could go on and on- but, i was soo happy to see some familiar characters!!👀 Cade & Nic, my lovessss😭😍🥰 Liam- pls😭👀🍆🤫😆 Jax!!!!👀🍹

this whole book was full of fun & sweet moments, as well as all the feels, i just had the best time reading it🥹🥰 ig it's safe to say i have a new fave couple👨‍❤‍👨🫦 and i'm also really looking forward to more in this universe, & anything else Brianna decides to bless us with🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️💖




【 જ⁀➴ 𝓲 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓻𝓬 𝓲 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻 𝓿𝓲𝓪 𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓢𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓽.ᐟ 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓼𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓸𝔀𝓷, 𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓾𝓲𝓷𝓮 (𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬) 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 ⊹˙✧ 】

➥ ᴍᴍ {ɢᴀʏ × ɢғʏ/sᴇxᴜᴀʟ-ᴀᴡᴀᴋᴇɴɪɴɢ/ᴘᴀɴ}
➥ ғɪʀsᴛ-ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ, ᴅᴜᴀʟ ᴘᴏᴠ
🫦 ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛ × ʙʟᴜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴀʀ ᴍᴄ
🫦 ʙᴏssʏ ᴛᴡɪɴᴋ/ʙʀᴀᴛ × ʜɪᴍʙᴏ
🫦 ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴄᴀᴛ × ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ʀᴇᴛʀɪᴇᴠᴇʀ
🫦 ᴏɴ-sɪᴅᴇᴅ "ᴀɴɪᴍᴏsɪᴛʏ" ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀs
🫦 ғᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴏxɪᴍɪᴛʏ, ғʟᴀᴛᴍᴀᴛᴇs
🫦 sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ᴘɪɴɪɴɢ
🫦 ʙɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ
🫦 ᴊ/ᴘ (ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴍᴄs)
🫦 ғᴀᴋᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ
🫦 ᴍɪsᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
🫦 ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇs, ʙɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴍᴀʀᴋɪɴɢ, ᴘʀᴀɪsᴇ/'ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʙᴏʏ', ᴛʜʀᴏᴀᴛғᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ, ʟɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴏɴᴅᴀɢᴇ & sᴇɴsᴏʀʏ ᴅᴇᴘʀɪᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ/ʙʟɪɴᴅғᴏʟᴅs, ᴄᴜᴍ ᴘʟᴀʏ, ɪᴍᴘᴀᴄᴛ ᴘʟᴀʏ/sᴘᴀɴᴋɪɴɢ, sᴇx ᴛᴏʏs, ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ʙᴀᴛʜʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴏ̨ᴜɪᴄᴋɪᴇ/ᴀʟʟᴇʏᴡᴀʏ ʙᴊ, ᴇᴅɢɪɴɢ
🫦 ʟᴏᴡᴋᴇʏ ғᴇᴍʙᴏʏ ᴠɪʙᴇs (ɴᴀɪʟ ᴘᴏʟɪsʜ, ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴄʟᴏᴛʜᴇs, ᴍᴀᴋᴇᴜᴘ ᴇᴛᴄ.)
🫦 sᴛᴀɴᴅᴀʟᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴇʀɪᴇs (ʜᴇᴀ)
➽ ᴛᴡ: ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ʜᴏᴍᴏᴘʜᴏʙɪᴀ (ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ & ᴇxᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ), ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏᴜʀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴛᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴅʏ & ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ᴅʏsᴘʜᴏʀɪᴀ, ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ʙᴜʟʟʏɪɴɢ (ᴘᴀsᴛ, ʜɪɢʜ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ, ʙʏ sᴄ), ᴏᴡ/ᴏᴍ ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀ, ᴏɴ ᴘᴀɢᴇ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴀʀɪᴊᴜᴀɴᴀ, ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴘᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇs ᴏғ ᴀɴ ᴍᴄ "ᴏᴜᴛɪɴɢ" ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs

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𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
OMFG LETSSSSGOOOO😭😭🥹🥹🥹💓💓💓
the way i ran to start reading, i was literally shaking lmaooo🙈😆
(as always, i hope Brianna is doing okay & taking it easy✨💌)

[Marci · Rating 5 out of 5]

OHHH THAT WAS EVERYTHINGGGG I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH!!!!!🥹❤️‍🩹🥹❤️‍🩹

[Monikat]

D.N.F @ 29%

This book played with my nerves. The miscommunication and Baby's constant anger had me getting mad.
As much as I wanted to read the outcome it was too much for me (right now).

[martina (the life of a chaotic reader) · Rating 3 out of 5]

the book is good, the problem is that baby is a bitch.

first of all, i don’t think he has a good reason why. does he have trauma? yes, but i don’t think it justifies acting like a total asshole years later.
but even if he was, he doesn’t get better. he’s insufferable, insecure and generally mean until the very last page.
to me, he should’ve gone through a better arc and change. HE should’ve groveled, not logan. logan has been treated like shit all the time, and he deserved better.

[Books and Gems · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 🌟

Baby and Logan 🖤

Ahhhh Baby and Logan were so cute and feisty. I’m a sucker (😏) for the biting and filth these two brought. Now I will say, I honestly would have enjoyed if they got into some of the kinks that were danced around even more. It felt like we barely broke the surface with some of them.

While these two had their sweet and cute moments, Baby’s immaturity did start to get on my nerves. Logan was described as a himbo at one point, but honestly he was the one who seemed confident and level headed most of the time! Baby did have some past trauma, but I just wanted him to trust Logan at his word ☹️

I did feel like the situation with Zeke was brushed under the rug a bit fast. Baby is so feisty, it felt like he would have dragged out the apologies a bit more.

Baby and Logan were idiots at times, but the sweetest idiots. I really enjoyed their story, and I can’t wait to see who our constant yapper, Jax, will fall in love with next 💜

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‼️⚠️ Potential spoilers ⚠️‼️

Dynamic: MM — strict

Sharing? No

Cheating? No

Breakup? Yes, briefly, but technically before they defined their relationship

Sex scene with OM or OW No


‼️⚠️ Content ⚠️‼️

— roommates to lovers
— fake dating
— queer awakening
— miscommunication
— size difference
— possessive MMC
— “good boy”
— “my little vampire”
— roadhead
— light bondage / handcuffs
— sensory play / blindfold
— cum play
— impact play / spanking
— praise
— degradation
— dirty talk
— toys
— marking / biting
— oral
— sex w condoms
— edging
— rimming
— bareback

I received an ARC of this book, and this is my honest and voluntary review.

[Bee · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 39 %

I really wanted to like this. I read book 1 of this interconnected standalone series. And I loved book 1. I knew I wasn’t gonna love the tropes of book 2 so I skipped that one. I read the trigger warning/trope list of this book. And while miscommunication was listed. And the author did apologize for giving us the trope, even though she loves it. I can’t call this miscommunication.

I feel like miscommunication is when things are happening, and the characters are misinterpreting the events and then not communicating effectively because of their misinterpretation of those events…. that is not what is happening here. Baby is just deciding that he is going to believe that Logan is either lying to him half the time or has no idea what he is doing the other half of the time.

Baby literally gives an example that Logan has told him that he likes his hair and thinks it is soft and wants to touch it. And baby decides that that means Logan is joking and can’t possibly touch his hair. He doesn’t know what he is saying. They are in the middle of embarking on a spicy scene. And he decides that Logan doesn’t know what he is doing. And can’t possibly want to proceed with another man. This does not feel like miscommunication. This feels like one character just deciding that they are gonna ignore what the other character is saying and doing on purpose. Not hearing one thing and accidentally misinterpreting what that character saying because you have a different understanding of the events. The character is talking about. Baby just chooses to believe that Logan lies about his feelings and can’t possibly be attracted to a man. It made their interactions frustrating and I just can’t see getting through the rest of the book this way.

Logan is definitely having some miscommunication. Because Baby does not communicate his real feelings to Logan. So he is left to make his own assumptions about the true motivations behind Baby’s actions. So maybe that’s what the author was talking about with this “miscommunication trope “but from Baby’s end…. That’s not miscommunication. It’s just Baby being willfully obtuse, and it makes him an unlikable character to the point that like I don’t wanna read the book.

[Berry's Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this!

Baby is one of my most favorite characters from this series and this book did not disappoint! I loved it. I finished it so quickly I couldn’t put it down. Logan was so sweet. I just loved watching their relationship grow and Logan finding himself with Baby! Must read!!

[ashlee ❤ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baby + Logan

-mm romance
-friends to lovers
-fake dating
-roommates
-insecure boys
-praise & bondage
-biting as a love language
-pan awakening

omg!! we've been waiting for baby's story for a while & it was soooo worth it!! his & logans dynamic was soooo perfect! it was soooo sad that baby had to be so protective of his feelings but logan was trying so hard to fix it...& then that turned him insecure too haha but they were just the perfect amounts of jealous i couldn't get enough!!

[Pernille ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thank you so much to the author for sending me this book, and letting me read this early. Pretty Boy is a book i return to over and over, and Baby is a favourite side character in it, so I was really excited to see more from him and explore his love-hate relationship with Logan.

I did enjoy most of this book, and it did make me giggle and kick my feet at times, but there was also parts that made me wanna reach my hands inside the book and shake the characters. We were warned about the miscommunication trope though, so even though I usually hate it, I powered through in hopes it would be worth it. The ending was sadly not as satisfying as I’d hoped, but still enjoyable.

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There were a few things throughout the book, that took me out of the story, which is why I can’t give it more than 2 stars (curse you Goodreads for not doing half stars).

I’m still freshly done with the book, so maybe more things will come to mind later, but these are things I noted down while reading, that threw me off a bit:

💙The pacing in this book felt off to me. From what I understand, then this book takes place over several months, based on a thought from Logan’s pov later in the book (if we don’t count the epilogues). I had a little trouble getting a feel for how much time had passed in between scenes and overall throughout the story. The book starts during the christmas/winter break, but later we don’t get much indication of time passing. For example, we don’t get to know when Baby goes back to school after the break, besides later we have a scene where he’s supposed to be studying for an exam. We don’t see him talking about or attending classes before this, so it felt like it came a bit out of the blue. Before that, I’d assumed this took place over the break, with how things were described, since there isn’t much else to help establish a timeline.

💙The pacing in between sections, feel very abrupt sometimes and the scenes themselves feel very short, as if we’re trying to quickly to the next part/next sex scene. The only scenes I really felt were somewhat fleshed, out were the sex scenes and even a few of those I still felt we were rushing a bit to finish.

💙I think it’s a shame we don’t get to meet Audrey more, or see her and Baby interact more throughout the story. I did sometimes feel like some of the scenes felt a bit empty, as if we didn’t get to really meet other people properly or see Baby or Logan interact properly with other people. I would have loved to see more interactions with others to help further the story, kinda like the one with Baby and Liam in Liams apartment, but it felt like a lot of that had been cut out and only told in brief flashbacks.

💙Continuing from that, multiple times throughout the story, I felt like I had missed scenes or part of scenes from earlier. As an example, multiple times Logan or Baby mention having left marks on eachother, but I don’t feel like we got to see it. I remember there was a mention of one of them having gotten a mark on his thigh (I think it was Baby noticing a mark he’d left of Logans thigh when trying not to sniff his balls) but I don’t remember that happening, so I’m assuming we weren’t told, and I personally felt like that was a shame.

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I have some other few more nitpicky things I’ve thought of as well, that are not major complaints, since this might be more personal preference, so I’m writing them here:

💙In my opinion, I feel like Baby forgave Zeke way too quickly. During the strip club scene, Zeke came across as a bit of a dick throughout, and based on his earlier behavior and how horrible he’d been to Baby, I feel like it should have taken a bit more than him saying he’d been outed and now had a boyfriend for him to earn any forgiveness. Id have liked Baby to maybe see him take the “I don’t forgive you, but maybe we can work on putting it behind us” route than just forgive, but again, this is personal opinion.

💙Call me a perv, but I think we got way too little of Baby’s smelling kink 😂 It kinda felt like it was forgotten halfway through.

💙Speaking of forgetting, I kept forgetting that they were doing the fake dating thing. I’m not sure if it was a pacing issue or if it kinda drowned in whatever else what going on, but I feel like we lost it somewhere and then remembered again later that we were doing that. Might be due to the lack of scenes with people outside the apartment, because the other boys obviously knew they weren’t dating, but it made it feel not very important to the story.

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Overall I did enjoy aspects of the book, and Baby is a very fun and interesting character to explore, but the story did leave me wanting more. It does come from a place of love, because as I wrote earlier, Pretty Boy is a favourite of mine, and is a book I’ll keep returning to. Maybe I’ll also give this another read again in the future and see if my opinion changes.

[Mug · Rating 3 out of 5]

the fake dating trope tease😭😭 baited and switched to the incessant insecurity trope instead like pls k*ll me!!!!! the ENTIRE book was infested with it and it was inescapable. baby made assumptions that only made sense to his insecurities, no logic whatsoever…commence the back and forth of logan telling him what he actually meant/felt and baby not believing him. rinse and repeat. it was most irritating bc there was no personal growth either….baby was still doing this 90% in like babe i’m EXHAUSTED !🫩 kinda sucked the fun outta everything….plus it was lowkey insta and logan is a cardboard box, his character needed to be fleshed out more. he was giving interchangeable ‘inhumanly patient and supportive savior bf’ like…..no offense but yawn af when there’s nothing else of substance to him. also, i just felt bad for logan, bro was putting out fires allll book and didn’t start a single one like can we get a bit more from baby than whoops, misread that???💀 overall, more annoying than anything else…2.75 stars

[Caroline Forrester · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Jane aka Coughy019 (Safety info included) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tropes: roommates, miscommunication, fake dating, opposites attract
Feels: 3/5
Steam*: 3/5
Kinks: Light bondage, sensory deprivation, sex toys, Cum play, spanking, brat, sex in risky places, praise, edging
Angst: low
HEA: HEA
Pairing: MM
Triggers/potential icks/content warnings/representation: homophobia, body and gender dysphoria, past bullying, marijuana, third act break up, making your current partner pay for your ex's mistakes
Cheating between MCs: No
Any cheating: No
Other person drama: before they got together, while they were just roommates, Baby walks in on Logan with a naked girl, and he's hurt because he does have feelings already for Logan. Baby later thinks that Logan hooked up with that girl again after they were together, but it was a miscommunication. There are some references to Baby's past relationship with Zeke, but Baby clearly has no interest in Zeke.

4.25 stars

Baby and Logan are roommates. Logan has always identified as straight, but there's been a pull between them all along, he always wanted to spend time with Baby, but he didn't understand it was because he was crushing on Baby. When Baby gets asked to be in a friend's wedding, Logan volunteers to be his fake boyfriend/date, because the bride's brother Zeke is Baby's ex from high school who was in the closet and treated him horribly. Baby doesn't think Logan can pull it off, that he would be too uncomfortable with him physically, but a practice kiss turns hot and they start hooking up all the time. But they don't communicate, they don't define the relationship, and Baby jumps to a wrong conclusion causing them some drama.

I'd really been looking forward to this book, and I did enjoy it. I loved Baby being a biter. I loved Logan being completely gone for Baby, no chill, craving his attention and snuggles. It was cute how Logan was already planning their future so early in, and just enjoying everything about Baby. He was down bad. The push pull between the two of them was enjoyable. I liked their friend group. I loved seeing Liam and Sebastian (and Panini) again, they are my favourite couple from this series.

One thing that I didn't like was the way that Baby basically made Logan pay for the sins of his ex. I hate when a past relationship has so much control over a person's actions in their current relationship. Baby was pretty bad to Logan early on, reminiscent of Sebastian being an ass to Liam after his first time with a guy, but for much longer.


Some notable moments:

"“Fuck,” I hiss. He’s biting me. My little vampire is finally biting me, his teeth digging into the crook of my neck, and it’s so painfully sweet that I almost miss it as his hips stutter against me."

"“He’s… mine. I was already his, but now he’s mine and I like that.” It wasn’t that long ago that Cade said those words to me, and I had no idea what that might feel like. I do now. I don’t know that I’m crazy enough to put a ring on him just yet, but it doesn’t matter. I’m his, and he’s mine. That’s all there is to it. My love. My little vampire. He’s all fucking mine."

The scene was so cute. Logan pouting because Baby was ticked at him interrupting his sleep with groping, and he proceeds to spend all night looking up everything he can about Baby, saving pictures of him from his social media. "I cross my arms and glare at the shared wall between our rooms—not that he sees it. I’ve been sent away, forced into solitary confinement as he cuddles a pink dildo plushie. I woke him up one singular time to play with his butt, and now he can’t trust me to let him get a good night’s sleep. Pfft."

I am weak for platonic snuggling. I love it. Logan was so not chill. "He thanks me and sits up enough to take a sip, and when I turn to leave again, he grabs my hand. “Wanna lay down with me?” I shrug nonchalantly. “Sure.” As tired as I am, I feel a burst of excitement at being invited into his bed. I have to smash that feeling down so I don’t hug him too tightly, settling for spooning him instead. I fall asleep within minutes."


*FYI about steam: I rate steam based on a combination of quality & quantity. I note kink separate from steam because I don't want to underrate steamy reads that don't have much kink.

**Note about spoilers: I like to comment on the plot of a book in reviews, so I almost always mark my reviews as containing spoilers. But I try to avoid spoiling the big dramatic moments! As a reader, I personally like to know what I'm getting into before I read a book so I know more about the content and if it's to my taste/mood, so I try to give that information in my reviews for myself when I'm considering rereading and also for other readers.

[Katkejt ☾.]

Logan • Baby

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“That’s okay. I can carry you anywhere you want to go.”

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And we are back at Apartment 13! This time with Baby and Logan.

Baby, so insecure yet so sure of himself. Past situations got him so burned which had a toll on him when trying to get closer to Logan. But Logan - the man you are. A precious one. A understanding one but also not accepting any less.

This story is about fighting your insecurities and bringing out the best in each other. It was a long fight (a very long one with loads of misunderstandings ) for this but a worthy one.

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“He deserves better. I don’t know the guy, but I know he’s not good enough for Baby. I’m not either, but at least I know that.” // “He feeds me the softest little whimper, and the sound of it stuns me.” // “He’s something.” // “Be real. For two seconds, just be real, Baby.” // “I know I’m about to make so many mistakes—the kinds I swore to never make again—but it’s settled. I can feel the heartbreak now, the seed already planted securely right in my heart. It already hurts, but Logan seems worth the pain of letting it grow.” // “You���re pretty when you’re mad, Baby.” // “You just have to trust me.” // “If I were a sadist, he wouldn’t be moaning so prettily for me. Nah, I’m giving us exactly what we need.” // “We’re a marvel, an actual anomaly, the both of us together.” // “You’re my everything, love.” …

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[Drew · Rating 2 out of 5]

There is miscommunication and there is blatantly jumping through mental gymnastics to misunderstand someone. Omfg so frustrating to read… It got to the point where I wasn’t understanding WHY Logan was even giving Baby more chances. Baby’s reasoning for the trauma he felt in high school with his “ex” being the basis for why he couldn’t trust Logan for even a single second didn’t hold much water considering after a two sentence conversation, BABY FORGAVE HIS EX. No groveling and frankly his ex was super rude during THE APOLOGY. The sex was hot but I couldn’t even get into it until more than halfway through because no matter how hot it was in the moment, the very second it ended Baby would get so cold towards Logan like it didn’t even happen. Baby was still being a dick up until the epilogue basically…..

[Madam Ra · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5 ⭐️ Okay. So in the beginning of the book it was listed in the tw about a miscommunication trope.What you actually get is a whole book of no communication whatsoever between these boys. A lot of assumptions and mistrust. These two should have just voice their insecurities and have a talk.But no. Baby got on my nerves pretty quickly. I hated how he dismissed what Logan was telling him, He didn’t give him a chance to speak his mind. On the contrary he had so many presumptions about what should Logan feel or do and what his journey should look like. I didn’t like him very much. Logan was fine 😉 so yeah almost a miss for me.

[Seraphina Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great

This is a fun series
Logan and Baby took a while but their finally got their hea
Can't wait for Jax

[Orita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gustó pero me esperaba más

[OnePieceOfReading]

You know what I fucking hate? Compulsive heterosexual thinking from Baby and miscommunication tropes that go balls to the walls like this book does with it. I get his past history/trauma with straight dudes but I personally can't handle the frustration reading about it. This book is not for me.  This MIGHT vibe with people who have had the full straight-gay relationship, maybe that's who it's for, but it's so frustrating to read how closed minded Baby is (and I do blame his parents / upbringing for that a bit).

Got to 55% of actual reading and now im glacing ahead at what's to come and i dont think this plot can redeem itself for me. 

Its everything:
- the constant deflection
- Baby creating narratives that aren't there instead of listening and believing what Logan says
-the misunderstandings and constant assumptions (mainly by Baby) left and right
- Baby overall just being an ass to Logan and not giving him a fair chance AT ALL and Logan just brushing off Baby's attitude too many times
- the obsession about not being a girl for the supposedly "straight" Logan even tho Baby's currently living with other dudes who are in a queer relationship it seems that previously also claimed to be straight
- the comp-het thinking
- also am I supposed to like Baby's lesbian moms? Bc I don't. They suck for forcing him to go to a religious private school as an openly gay kid just for the sake of legacy and their own personal attachment to faith or religion or whatever even tho Baby doesnt show that same conmection to religion. AND Also being so weirdly prudish about him having sex with guys even tho he is in college, like their weird rules about who he could live with and worrying he'll go 'boy crazy'. Teach him about safe sex, take PReP and let Baby live his life, seriously. Also fuck his parents for not acknowledging how fluid sexuality can be. Cade is the only one who acknowledges that, props. Like all these peeps are in their early 20s, they're all still so young and haven't explored anything.

Looking ahead, in case you're like me and don't wanna keep reading, this is what seems to happen: (spoilers below)

it seems like they have a little marathon of body exploration where Baby is still insecure about not being a girl and Logan being "straight" despite the evidence and his words against that theory. Then a veeeery long bathroom hookup it seems at a pre-wedding event, weird interactions with Zeke, Baby ultimately doesn't take Logan to the wedding bc of another misunderstanding when an old girl hookup gives Logan a ride home since he's too drunk to drive so Baby runs away without talking things thro (again totally just flipping through pages and reading a few lines here and there to see of there's any redemption so idk really) and instead he hoes with ZEKE (WTF!?!?), a big grand gesture of Logan showing up anyway to the wedding, they confess feelings for each other whole dancing even tho imo Baby is putting way to much pressure on this relationship to essentially fix his past trauma from Zeke in high school, and then a weird epilogue that's 1 week after they confess at the wedding where they discuss getting a pet together and coy hints that they are thinking about their future and then another handcuff sex scene or something that i could give two shits about.

Idk but this was dumb. Fuck this book.

Two theoretical stars for Logan.

[HappilyEverReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was so excited to finally get Baby’s story after the first book, and Good Boy definitely delivered. This ended up being a 4⭐️ read for me.

Baby is such a complex character—and honestly, a little frustrating at times—but in a way that felt very intentional. A lot of his behavior comes from a place of self-protection as a result of his past experiences. It took me a bit to fully piece together his past and understand why he is the way he is. Once it all started to click, I found myself really empathizing with him. I loved seeing him slowly soften over the course of the book, especially because of Logan and the way he showed up for him and encouraged him to embrace who he was. When Logan took him to get his nails done because he noticed they weren't painted- I melted! It was so sweet.😭

Logan was such a bright spot. He’s sweet, earnest, and so patient with Baby from the very beginning—even before things turn romantic. He accepts Baby exactly as he is, without trying to push him too fast, and that really made their relationship feel genuine. He definitely had a bit of a lovable himbo vibe at times, which just made him even more endearing. I loved how naturally their friendship grew into something more- I often forgot that they were supposed to be faking a relationship.

And the chemistry?? So good. The tension and buildup between them was chef’s kiss, and when they finally gave in to it, it felt really earned.

I’m also really intrigued by Jax Juicy and hoping we get more of him in the next book—I liked the glimpses we got here. And of course, it was so fun seeing Liam, Nic, Cade, and Sebastian again. The found family aspect of this series continues to be one of my favorite parts—it just adds so much heart to the story.

Overall, this was a really enjoyable read with great character growth, strong emotional moments, and a romance that felt worth the wait.

Tropes: Friends to lovers, roommates, "Good Boy", slow burn, found family, hurt/comfort, emotional healing, opposites attract, fake dating

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually really enjoyed reading this. However, the fake dating trope was not only unnecessary, it wasn’t fleshed out. It was there but only because we’re told that it is the situation. The events around the wedding had some buildup but zero payoff. The past events with Zeke were nonstarters. The one thing that really irked me was that we get almost no development around Logan. We have no clue why he’s sending so much money home. We have no idea of what his life was like before he moved into the apartment or what his life was while living there - other than he worked a lot.

Now I did like how prickly Baby was (that “name” was terrible and so distracting) even if it wasn’t justified. I wished Logan would’ve called him out on it more especially since he was on the receiving end more often than not. Their physical connection was actually so sweet and I even liked how Logan just allowed himself to be with Baby even if he’d never been attracted to a man before. I enjoyed their dynamic and passion.

I do recommend this with the caveat that it’s not particularly well developed.

This author still has a lot of work to do in becoming a better story teller. I appreciate a shorter book but if things are mentioned, I want some meat behind it. Less focus on sex and more focus on characters and their relationship is desperately needed. Her timeline, or lack thereof, is still a weak point.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m an anomaly of sorts—a contradicting mix of proud and insecure. The brazen attitude and nails, the tiny Fiat and unusual outfits—I’m loud but only sometimes proud.

Green Flag meets Cranky Flag in this super-cute roommates to lovers bi-awakening MM romance. Baby is a cranky boss bitch who has some issues from the way he was bullied by a 'straight' guy in high school. He isn't the best at maintaining boundaries, and can't help but be mean sometimes when people annoy him. He's pretty mean to Logan, one of the people who annoys him most. Baby created a list of 'roommate rules' for Logan, trying to keep him from walking around their apartment all hot and shirtless... and straight. As long as Logan stops touching Baby and wanting to spend time together, Baby will be able to get over his massive crush on Logan. At least, until Baby needs a fake boyfriend for his friend's wedding, and Logan volunteers as tribute.

“Am I not… good enough to be your fake boyfriend?” He forces a light laugh, but it’s very clearly fake. I can only stare, genuine confusion stealing my ability to answer such a stupid question. Is he for real? 

Logan is the living embodiment of every green flag in the entire world. He's a sweetheart who works hard to help his family, and has an endless well of patience for his easily irritated roommate Baby. The only thing Logan gets upset about is that Baby bites their other roommates, but never him.

It’s such a stupid thing to be jealous about. I don’t want to be bitten, not really. I just don’t get why he won’t do it. He bites everybody but me, and it makes me stupid with envy.

I'm obsessed with Logan calling Baby "my little vampire" and wanting Baby to bite him. It's adorable and one of my favourite nicknames that I've read in awhile. Baby gets all mushy and soft for Logan and it was so fun to read. Logan took some time to figure out his feelings, but he wasn't annoying about it (he annoyed Baby, but that's nothing new haha) and never had a Big Gay Freak Out. The two of them are a great match 🩷. I especially loved reading about Logan helping Baby overcome some of his insecurities about his body.

“Fuck,” I hiss. He’s biting me. My little vampire is finally biting me, his teeth digging into the crook of my neck, and it’s so painfully sweet that I almost miss it as his hips stutter against me.

I wish we got a bit more information about Logan's family, since they're so important to him. At times the book felt a bit adrift without a plan. I really enjoyed it anyways, as I have with the 2 previous books in the series. It can be read as a standalone, but would be best read in series order so you know who the other couples in the book are. There was a bit of a delay in the release of this book and I'd forgotten a fair bit about books 1 and 2, but some of the details came back as I read this book. The whole series is cute, with interesting characters and storylines. It's more character driven than plot driven overall.

He bites down with a whine, his teeth sinking into my shoulder, and above all of the pain is a blinding piece of rapture. I have no clue why that feels so fucking good—in fact, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t. Not physically, but it’s something he does to everyone, to the people he knows and likes, and now that includes me. Only he bites me the hardest, and it feels a bit like love.

Rating: 4 stars
Angst: 2.5/5
Steam: 3/5

I received an advance copy of this book and this is my honest review.

[Sarahsaurus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a copy of this book for my honest review

3.75⭐️
2🌶️

I’m so happy to finally have the 3rd book of this series and see Baby and Logan’s story. Baby is gay and Logan is straight as far as he believes. In the first 2 books we see little of their interactions outside of Baby seemingly not wanting to be around Logan even though he’s the “best looking” in the house. This book gives us so much more.

I’ll admit I don’t like Baby throughout most of this book. He’s frustratingly mean to Logan. Frankly I don’t understand why Logan puts up with the terrible treatment and continues to push and pursue the agenda that revolves around the fake dating. Baby is really bad at communication because of a combination of learned behavior and fear. He had a past secret situationship in his catholic highschool with his girl bestie’s brother Zeke. Zeke denied being gay but wanted to hook up with Baby in secret and treated him terribly in public. And in private really.
Baby is a complex and layered character that I don’t like most of the time. But it is hard to hold it against him when we clearly know WHY he is that way. Zeke made him doubt and arguable hate himself and Baby masks his confidence and doesn’t let anyone in anymore. He doesn’t hate who he is, but hates what he thinks others want him to be but isn’t. To use a quote of Baby’s from the book “I am a boy who can’t handle someone being with me and wishing I were more of a girl.” Many would rather deny himself closeness and affection from others than be open to the hurt and rejection he suffered repeatedly from Zeke.

Logan is a “straight” guy working construction to send extra money home to his single mom and 5 siblings to hopefully help give them a better life than he had when he was young and going without because money was tight. He’s a generally happy guy who likes spending time with Baby, more so when they are alone because Baby is usually nicer then. It’s clear from early on that Logan isn’t as straight as he think he is and we see him figure out that he’s been into Baby since first meeting him, though Logan didn’t recognize that it was attraction he was feeling.

The further is got into the book the more I realized that , in a way, Baby was treating Logan how Zeke treated him. The constant push and pull, Baby getting what he wanted in the heat of the moment then freaking out and pushing Logan away. Baby had such a hard time taking Logan’s words at face value, yet Logan was so patient, if not very confused, with Baby’s reactions at any given moment.

Yes Baby is terrible at communicating his own secret feeing because of fear, but he also almost NEVER let Logan explain his own feeling or communicate through the new experiences he was having with Baby.

What I liked most:

*Logans lack of sexual identity crisis
*Logans obsession with Baby’s butt
*Liams cameo and new job
*Liams inability to help at all
*Nik and Cades ability to be helpful
*Baby being written like a real person with real issues that affect their interactions with others and being an imperfect character that I kinda don’t like for about 80% of the story.

What I wasn’t pleased with:

*Zeke’s story resolution-anticlimactic and unsatisfying
*No Sebastian cameo ☹️

If you’ve gotten this far in my review I’ll say this, I’ve enjoyed all 3 of these books and hope Brianna’s health allows her to keep writing.
Each story felt different in a good way, I didn’t feel like story’s were repetitive and the characters and kinks for lack of a better description at different from each other.

[Brenna Mobley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Boy - Brianna Flores
Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice : 🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Tropes :
💙 fake dating
💙 roommates to lovers
💙 black cat x golden retriever
💙 sexual awakening
💙 miscommunication
💙 idiots to lovers

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Review:
If you put a picture next to “idiots to lovers” in a book dictionary it would be of Logan and Baby. I’ve been excited for these two since we first saw them in Pretty Boy. Baby acts like he can’t stand Logan, almost as if he hates him. And they say the line between hate and love is thin, but if anything Baby hates him because he loves him and he feels like he’ll never get to have him. Logan pushes to hang out with Baby because he loves being around him and spending time with him, no matter how prickly he can be. I think the fake dating for these two was perfect because it forced a label and made Logan realize that he didn’t just want to spend all his free time with Baby because they were just friends. Their communication was the biggest issue that they had. Baby struggles with insecurities due to past relationships and the trauma from the fallout of those, and he doesn’t know what to think when Logan who has been seemingly straight forever starts to return some of the feelings and attraction to him. Logan just wants baby to see him and believe him when he tells him how he feels because he is 100% honest. Even when he starts to take control in some of their spicy scenes to try to show not just tell but to prove to Baby that he really is attracted to him and wants him, Baby can’t get over his own mind to think it is anything but an experiment. When they finally admit how they feel they both acknowledge that they’ve been kinda dumb about how they handled it and it was super sweet. I am really excited that Jax ended up in the apartment cause now we can get his story. I want him to finally find his person.




Criticisms:

The fake dating was fun, but I wish we had more when it came to that. They spent a lot of time together still but it was more that Baby was trying to not read into the signals that Logan was sending and Logan trying to figure out what these feelings for baby meant. I really do love them together though, I just struggled a bit with the miscommunication. But we’ve got a black cat who is prickly and a little insecure, and a golden retriever who’s knew to this and doesn’t always say things when he needs to. Also I was surprised by the lack of kink in this one. I mean we get a little bit, but I felt like it was heavily implied how much he was into ropes and impact play, and we got handcuffs and some spanking, plus the chain at the end. I just was expecting a little more I guess. Also Logan’s family was super important to him, I mean they’re the reason he lives there to be able to send money home, and we never even meet them.

Overall I did enjoy this and absolutely would recommend it.


I received an advanced copy of this in exchange for an honest review.

[mck · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been waiting for this one!!! Really, it feels like literal years. I really loved the first book in this series, and I couldn’t wait to get Baby and Logan’s story. I’m glad to say, for the most part, I did really enjoy this!

The glaring issue of this book (which isn’t something I typically start my reviews out with) was the miscommunication. I think about halfway in I started to think about how much I was enjoying the absolutely ridiculous ploys for angst via these non-communicating idiots. There really is something so delicious about characters who are so tortured and stupidly in love. However. It got to A Point. And I know Baby is largely to blame, but I sympathized with his self-doubt so much that even when these two made me want to tear my hair out in frustration, I couldn’t even fully blame him. I am glad we are hopefully moving onto better days of beautiful open communication though

Like I said, I did really understand and like Baby. I always like the self-deprecating ones, this isn’t news to me, so I knew I’d love him. He’s maybe a little closer to being on my shit list than some of the other characters like him just because he was so frustrating sometimes, but I did still love him.

I also liked Logan, but I feel like his story wasn’t as fully fleshed out as Baby’s. We barely got to see or really learn about his family dynamic other than the fact that he has assumed some sort of provider role for his mom and siblings. I think that would’ve been nice to look into more. I also think his discovery of his sexuality wasn’t paid a whole lot of attention to. I loved how much and how unabashedly he loved Baby, I especially love how much he threw himself into loving Baby without really questioning what it meant to suddenly not be straight after a lifetime of identifying that way. That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t have been nice to see more of how he got to that point where he didn’t feel the need to question.

As a couple, they were very entertaining. Maybe just a littleeee toxic, but very sweet on each other. I liked how Baby could be a bit of a menace and Logan only loved him more for it. I do wish we had more soft Baby moments, but it was nice to see how completely they accepted one another for who they are.

My last issue might be that some of the conflicts and the end of the book itself felt a little rushed. The whole point of the fake dating situation was Baby’s nasty ex, but then it turned out he wasn’t really that nasty anymore and he didn’t even want to be with Baby anymore either. And then the when Baby assumes Logan cheated on him just felt like another way to make Baby run away and to try to milk the story for conflict.

That aside, I literally finished this book in less than 10 hours, I think, so clearly I liked it. I was relieved that all my waiting wasn’t for nothing. I don’t think it’s beating Liam and Bash, but I did have a lot of fun reading this!

[Abigail Beckwith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here's "Good Boy," the third book in Brianna Flores's The Boys of Apartment 13 series.

["Good boy Baby Holbrook is unlucky in love...

Baby
I'm a stickler for rules, and for good reason. They keep life simple. Predictable. Safe. My roommates might not agree, but I think they're a necessity. Which is exactly why crushing on the one straight guy in the apartment is a terrible idea.
Logan Matthews is a rule breaker. He's shirtless at inappropriate times, allergic to knocking, and somehow convinced that pretending to be my boyfriend is no big deal. But for me, it most definitely is. Between all the hand-holding and praise, I'm finding it harder and harder to remember this is fake. The kisses feel real, the touches are lingering, and I'm forgetting what it was like to not have this beautiful boy's attention all on me.
There's only one way this ends, but if there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that Logan Matthews is worth the heartache.

Logan
I'm a firm believer that there are some rules that are meant to be broken. My favorite roommate might not agree, but I'm pretty sure I can change his mind.
Baby thinks I can't handle being his fake boyfriend just because I'm straight. He doesn't understand how much I already like being near him. I don't spend my nights watching eighties movies because I like them. I do it because it's the only time he lets his guard down. What started out as a favor he didn't ask for has become the realest thing in my life. I just hope I can convince him I'm worth the risk.
It may be easier said than done, but if there's one thing I know, it's that Baby Holbrook is worth the fight."]

These two gave me so much anxiety. Okay, so most of the anxiety was due to Baby, but he was (okay not entirely) justifiable. His past experiences mixed with his greatest fears and his unchecked anxiety made him continuously push Logan away.

Logan...tried his best. He wanted to push Baby, but he knew he couldn't push Baby too far, too fast. And not to blame aaallllll of the miscommunication on him, but Logan could have, arguably, told Baby how he felt and how those feelings had changed slash had been there all along.

Meanwhile, all of the other boys were just like "whelp, we've been there; they'll figure it out." Like, awesome. Thanks.

But also, Logan being jealous of a banana, to the point of almost throwing the bundle of bananas away, was hilarious.

Trigger Warnings: mentions of homophobia (both internal and external), thoughts and behaviors that may be attributed to body and gender dysphoria, past bullying, and more.

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[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biting as a love language. And apparently Logan’s biggest problem in life is that Baby will bite everyone except him. The injustice.

I have been waiting for Baby’s book since the moment he appeared in this series and the SECOND this ARC popped up I signed up like my life depended on it. And let me tell you… it was SO worth it.

Baby and Logan are absolute perfect together. Logan is pure golden retriever energy… sweet, loyal, a little oblivious, and the kind of guy who would do anything for the people he loves. Baby, meanwhile, is loud, dramatic, has a rule for everything, unapologetically himself, and somehow both wildly confident and secretly insecure at the exact same time.

Which makes their situation even better when they end up fake dating. Because pretending to be boyfriends gets complicated fast when one of you has been quietly pining… and the other is a supposedly straight roommate and friend who suddenly realizes he might enjoy kissing Baby a little more than expected.

Watching Logan slowly piece together his feelings was honestly hilarious. He’s so determined to protect Baby and make him happy that he barrels straight into emotional chaos before he even realizes what’s happening.

And Baby? That chaotic little vampire. I loved how bold and expressive he was while still carrying those quieter insecurities underneath. The dynamic between them works so well. Baby’s big personality paired with Logan’s steady, devoted nature just balances perfectly. And the way Logan supports Baby and reassures him about his body and worth absolutely melted my heart.

Also… the chemistry between these two? Whew. Who knew kissing scenes alone could have me fanning myself like that? The spice in this series definitely continues to deliver. Logan realizing Baby isn’t quite the prude he thought he was and Baby somehow managing to be both demanding and submissive for Logan… worked very well for me.

And of course, it wouldn’t be an Apartment 13 book without the rest of the boys bringing their usual chaos. I loved getting to revisit everyone again.. it feels like coming home to this group.

I devoured this in a single day and didn’t want it to end. Funny, messy, heartfelt, spicy, and full of lovable idiots in love. Literally everything I wanted from Baby’s story.

[Isabella · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m so glad I got to read Good boy as an ARC! My very first! I waited for this book for a LONG time - as did everyone else - however if you’ve seen Brianna’s last instagram post you’d see about 3627228 comments from me asking for this book - to the point that other readers messaged me privately when the date changed on goodreads and were like “GIRL IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU” 😂😂😂 I am very happy that Brianna is doing better these days and is making a comeback. Sending well wishes and a speedy recovery❤️‍🩹 All that being said, I had such HIGH expectations for this book that even I can acknowledge wasn’t healthy. Baby just captivated me since Pretty boy and I couldn’t let him go! I enjoyed the book, but maybe because of said (very high) expectations, it didn’t quite hit its mark for me. I think the back and forth lasted a little too long, to the point that at times Baby was a bit obnoxious. I also believe the first kiss and subsequent relationship started out a bit too late in the book - had I not been hooked because this was Good boy and I had waited over a year, I might’ve struggled to finish. I also missed the very steamy moments we got in Pretty boy and Lover boy - I was expecting more kink/spice especially because of Logan’s mention of ropes, edging and more on previous books. On a final note, the third act breakup felt a bit too silly - Baby’s immaturity and lack of communication skills creating havoc yet again when I was hoping we were over that. I’m giving it 3 stars rounded up. I hope we get Jax soonish, he captivated me as much as Baby did back then and I have a feeling his story might have more depth, his past more troubled than what we’ve seen so far.

Ranking:
#1: Pretty boy - one of my all time favorite books
#2: Lover boy
#3: Good boy.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Janimerinska · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Boys of Apartment 13 is my favorite series.

And Baby is definitely my favorite "thing" from this series. And I really wanted someone special for him. And it's Logan, the new roommate. Baby is a bit bossy and orders everyone around the apartment. All sorts of rules and stuff. And new roommate, yeah, Baby is pissed.
He really likes Logan. But he's straight.
That's the problem. But as the story goes on and things happen, Logan isn't so sure he's straight anymore. He's always liked Baby. And now? He's starting to get charmed.
And they would be great together. Baby is a twink and Logan is just big.

But in reality, they are confused by their mutual attraction. Baby can't even believe that Logan likes her. That he wants her. And Logan is confused because the only person he's interested in right now is Baby.
Baby loves to bite people. But only people he likes. And Logan is waiting for it, eager for Baby to bite him. I've never seen anyone happier to be bitten. Really.
Baby has two moms who are great and love him. And he's a college student.
Logan has five younger siblings, and great mom too. But he has to work and send money home. He's amazing. They're both SO different, and vet it works. It's hot as hell. I'm not lying. Logan has never had s*x with a man before. But he's learning fast!!!
So it's clear who sets the rules for whom in the bedroom. But having s*x doesn't mean confessing your feelings.

And so Logan thinks he's not good enough as a person for Baby. And Baby thinks Logan actually wants a girl. They are both so in love with each other. And they don't see it...

For various reasons, we have a fake date here! I love this trope.
I love size difference! I love the pace of the story!

I love how hot and tender and touching it is at the same time.
I like the writing style! It's a really good cocktail of everything.

Highly recommend!

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well worth the wait

I've been so excited for this book for some time now and I was more than happy to wait as I knew it would be worth it and it so was!

Liam is my adored one, I absolutely love him and will all the boys really. Bash, Nic, Cade they are all so good and wonderful but Baby... Baby is... well he's my baby and I love him now more than ever. Seeing so many of the things we only got glimpses of before in the other books was nice. It made him so much more of a loveable character and he already was that at least to me so I really enjoyed and devoured this book.

The way Baby was, this tiny bitey little gremlin with a hint of chaos ensured he would immediately be my fav. He's so confident in so many ways and so loud and seemingly unafraid but seeing the other side of him and how he struggled and had insecurities and fears made this book so so enjoyable. And Logan, oh Logan, dear sweet silly Logan, what can I say except that I utterly and completely adore him. The way he treated Baby and was with him even when things went wrong made me want to squeeze him in a tight hug. He's wonderful and so perfect for Baby.

I loved their interactions, the way this book was written, how real and understandable the emotions were in this, and the sweet and yet dirty things that went on between these two. Brianna made me love these two more than I knew I could and I kinda wanna read it again already because ahhhhhh!

I'm so hyped for the next one whenever that happens to be done because I kinda adore Jax now too, but I'm not sure anyone can steal my heart more than Baby and Logan did. One of my fav books from this year so far, no question.

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Boy is the third book is The Boys of Apartment 13. This can be read as a standalone.

Baby has been in love with his straight roommate or so he thought Logan but when certain circumstances arise Logan offers to be Baby’s fake boyfriend.

Logan enjoys spend his spare time sitting on the couch watching old 80’s movie with Baby. He can never understand why Baby has all these rules for Logan or why Baby doesn’t bite him like he does that with all his other roommates.

When fake dating starts to turn into real feelings past trauma has Baby believing someone like Logan could be interested in him.

Over all I really enjoy this book. Moments within the book had me laughing and kicking my feet in happiness. Baby’s past trauma had me sad with empathy with the emotional scars he has. I loved the spicy scene between Baby and Logan.

I really the liked the how Baby got his name as for the past two books I’ve been wondering and intrigued to know.

I would’ve loved to see more of both Logan family and Baby’s mum dynamic.

I would’ve also loved to Baby overcoming his past trauma and self esteem issues when Logan.

Hopefully there is a part four of The Boys of Apartment 13. If so I can’t wait to read it!

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Tropes:
MM Romance
Roommates
Friends to Lovers
Fake Dating
Biting as a love language
Grumpy x Sunshine