Frat Boy and Toppy (Theta Alpha Gamma, #1) in Riptide Publishing

Dec 15, 2012 Kaje Harper rated it it was amazing

Shelves: light, m-m, short-story, comfort-reread

This book was sweeter, less funny and more realistic than I expected from the reviews I've seen. It's a fairly straightforward coming out story, about Brad who realizes in his junior year of college that his ladies-man image is pure fiction and camouflage. He's falling for his very male TA, and can't deny it any more. The characters rang true and and were people worth knowing, the sex was hot and the emotions worked with the story.

5 stars for me, and a comfort reread since the small amount of a ...more

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Mar 28, 2012 Heidi Belleau added it

Based on the title and cover alone I probably wouldn't have read this, but I'm so glad I gave it a chance! Contemporary isn't my usual genre, but this book is an example of how it can be done RIGHT. It's funny, charming, and there's genuine tension and conflict between the leads. There's a perfect balance of sex-and-everything-else, which is to say I felt like the sex all served a purpose with regards to the characters and the plot. The jock-meets-nerd plot was a sexy m/m twist on a classic rom- ...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Asynia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mm-romance, bingo-challenge

I love this book! I've read a couple of books by Anne Tenino before, but this one was even better, both funny, sexy and sweet.

I liked that there wasn't any really angsty stuff, the only problems for Brad (the "frat boy") is first to come to understand that he actually is gay, then to get the man of his dreams, Sebastian ("toppy"), and finally to come out to his fraternity.

The only small complaint I have is that when Brad is rallying his friends to help and support him when he plans to come out, ...more

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Jul 31, 2013 Pat rated it really liked it

What’s it like living until you’re twenty-one and in college feeling like something is wrong with your life, but not being able to put a finger on what it is? For some gay men, evidently, this is a state of being that occurs when they just go along with the flow, never questioning the disquiet they feel until it suddenly dawns on them that they are gay.

Tenino makes this real as her football player protagonist verbalizes his epiphany after going through a series of girlfriends and casual hookups ...more

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