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Between Friends #3
Sammy's Place
The boys from Between Friends are back in the story of Sammy and Peter! Sammy has the worst luck with men, and too often it shows on his face, or his body. His best friend Jason worries about him, and finally convinces Sammy to come stay with him and his lover, Harry. Sammy hates feeling like a failure, but he doesn't know what else to do. Peter has been Harry's best friend for a lot of years, but somehow he's never managed to meet Sammy. When he does, he knows just what Sammy needs, and he's surprised to find that he wants to be the one to give it to the beautiful young man. Sammy's not so sure. He likes Peter, a lot, but he's messed up every relationship he's ever had, except for his friendship with Jason. Peter's pretty convincing, especially when he ramps up the BDSM lifestyle that Sammy craves. Between Harry, who's worried that his old friend Peter is no better than Sammy's other men, and Sammy's ex-boyfriend, who isn't willing to let go, Sammy and Peter face one challenge after another. Can they find a way to make their love work, or will Sammy walk away from the best thing he's ever found?
336 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
About the author
Sean Michael
666 books1,220 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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May 18, 2009As expected the second story (but the last to be released) on the Between Friends story is for now my favorite. It's the story of Sammy, the tiny and very flamboyant college roommate of Jason. Sammy is a little pretty thing who apparently everyone should love and instead he always falls in love for the wrong guy. Maybe the problem is that Sammy falls in love and the other guy only sees a way to have an housekeeper for free. Sammy wants so much a family that he always tries so hard to build a beautiful nest for the man he loves; he cooks, he works hard, he is the perfect lover; he is so focused in loving that he forgets to love himself.
When Jason realizes that one more man is treating very bad his best friend, he asks help to his boyfriend Harry (since, let me say, Jason is not exactly the man who can be a knight in shining armor...). And with Harry this time arrives also Peter, a buddy friend of the good cop. But Peter is not a saint as Harry, he is a leather man in disguise: an antique dealer by day, he is almost a control freak by night. But what can be a fault for someone else, it's exactly what Sammy needs in his life. Sammy, now Samuel only for Peter, learns little by little the lesson: for being happy he hasn't to disappear in the love for his man, he has to blossom and shine. And Peter is the right man to do that since he fullfil every Samuel's desire inside their home, and can give a dream work to Samuel by day.
In the previous book there was the novelty, at least for a Sean Michael's book, of the sex that was delayed on the novel; here instead Peter and Samuel let it go at the very first night, and they continue for all the book. But again the sex is not the only reason for the novel, there is a story, and a very good character's development in Samuel. Samuel is all I was expecting and maybe something more. Peter is a very nice character, gentle and caring; I believe that the author didn't give him an actual age, but I have the feeling that he is older than Samuel: he has the behavior of a man who knows exactly what he wants for his life and has the maturity to reach for it. I like the fact that he didn't force Samuel to take a decision, but he gently maneuvers him toward the right direction.
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When Jason realizes that one more man is treating very bad his best friend, he asks help to his boyfriend Harry (since, let me say, Jason is not exactly the man who can be a knight in shining armor...). And with Harry this time arrives also Peter, a buddy friend of the good cop. But Peter is not a saint as Harry, he is a leather man in disguise: an antique dealer by day, he is almost a control freak by night. But what can be a fault for someone else, it's exactly what Sammy needs in his life. Sammy, now Samuel only for Peter, learns little by little the lesson: for being happy he hasn't to disappear in the love for his man, he has to blossom and shine. And Peter is the right man to do that since he fullfil every Samuel's desire inside their home, and can give a dream work to Samuel by day.
In the previous book there was the novelty, at least for a Sean Michael's book, of the sex that was delayed on the novel; here instead Peter and Samuel let it go at the very first night, and they continue for all the book. But again the sex is not the only reason for the novel, there is a story, and a very good character's development in Samuel. Samuel is all I was expecting and maybe something more. Peter is a very nice character, gentle and caring; I believe that the author didn't give him an actual age, but I have the feeling that he is older than Samuel: he has the behavior of a man who knows exactly what he wants for his life and has the maturity to reach for it. I like the fact that he didn't force Samuel to take a decision, but he gently maneuvers him toward the right direction.
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May 30, 2012
Very disappointing! I liked the first 2 novels but this one just dragged and there was just too much sex in it. I mean I love reading erotica books and there is sex and then there is a lot of sex but then there is waaayyyy too much sex.
It seemed that the every chapter was jus a big sex scene. I have read a lot of books about BDSM and I get the whole needing and hurting and bondage but Sammy's character was just sooooooo needy that I wanted to smack him upside the head.
I have never felt like stoping reading mid-book but with this one I was very very tempted.
I'm still going to stick with this author and read the 4th installment of the series and hope that it isn't a complete disappointment.
It seemed that the every chapter was jus a big sex scene. I have read a lot of books about BDSM and I get the whole needing and hurting and bondage but Sammy's character was just sooooooo needy that I wanted to smack him upside the head.
I have never felt like stoping reading mid-book but with this one I was very very tempted.
I'm still going to stick with this author and read the 4th installment of the series and hope that it isn't a complete disappointment.
June 15, 2012
cute and warm, but way too much sex. I'm a great fan of Sean Michael, but all that sex gets exhausting and boring to read, sometimes. Still, a decent book of its genre.
November 2, 2012
A lovely final chapter in a beautiful story of four men
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating: 9/10
PROS:
- Awesome transformation in Sammy from timid, awkward butterfly to self-assured, loving sub confident in his own needs and desires.
- Peter...the entire character--everything he says, everything he does, everything he thinks, especially as relates to Sammy. There were moments when Sammy's hesitancy was so extreme I thought that Peter would get frustrated with him and send Sammy even further into the hole of self-dejection he was spiraling into, but every time, Peter said or did the perfect thing.
- Loving portrayal of the BDSM lifestyle that made me, who, like Jason, just doesn't quite "get it," think, "Aw. How sweet." (I had similar moments when reading Switch by Claire Thompson.)
- Devoted, protective friends. I loved the scene right after Samuel shows up at Harry and Jason's house after he's been with Peter for the first time in a real BDSM scene. So realistic.
CON:
- Typical (of the genre and of Michael in particular) editing issues. Old story.
Overall comments: Beautiful ending to the series. I'm sure this book can stand alone even if you haven't read Between Friends or When Harry Met Jason, but having read all three--and in the order in which Michael wrote them--I highly recommend you read them together. Each one illuminates and builds upon the others, and the characters are lovely. If you can stand BDSM at all, give this series a read.
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating: 9/10
PROS:
- Awesome transformation in Sammy from timid, awkward butterfly to self-assured, loving sub confident in his own needs and desires.
- Peter...the entire character--everything he says, everything he does, everything he thinks, especially as relates to Sammy. There were moments when Sammy's hesitancy was so extreme I thought that Peter would get frustrated with him and send Sammy even further into the hole of self-dejection he was spiraling into, but every time, Peter said or did the perfect thing.
- Loving portrayal of the BDSM lifestyle that made me, who, like Jason, just doesn't quite "get it," think, "Aw. How sweet." (I had similar moments when reading Switch by Claire Thompson.)
- Devoted, protective friends. I loved the scene right after Samuel shows up at Harry and Jason's house after he's been with Peter for the first time in a real BDSM scene. So realistic.
CON:
- Typical (of the genre and of Michael in particular) editing issues. Old story.
Overall comments: Beautiful ending to the series. I'm sure this book can stand alone even if you haven't read Between Friends or When Harry Met Jason, but having read all three--and in the order in which Michael wrote them--I highly recommend you read them together. Each one illuminates and builds upon the others, and the characters are lovely. If you can stand BDSM at all, give this series a read.
April 2, 2018
This is the 3rd book in the series and they should all be read in order.
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 and 3rd book (this one). 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 and 3rd book (this one). 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.
September 15, 2011
3.5 STARS
August 29, 2014
This book was the reason I forced myself to read the first two. At least there was some plot and some romance. It was a little better, but not great.
November 9, 2013
4.5 :)
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