Coming Out

By: Lila Rose

Narrated by: Paul Casteri

Living a lie, Matthew 'Mattie' Alexander is exhausted. It's not easy to keep up the pretense, the deceit, but it's safer. Coming out to a world that so easily hates takes a courage he's yet to find, so he pretends - pretends to be into women - pretends to love being a part of the university's football team. It keeps him safe, hidden. Until he meets Julian.

From the moment they first meet, Mattie knows life is about to change. He's yet to determine if it is for the better or worse. Living life through laughter, Julian is lonely. Without the jokes, the humor, he would be living on the edge of depression. Succumbing to his controlling father's demands, Julian finds no joy in the path laid out before him. Until he meets Mattie.

As soon as they cross paths, Mattie has the power to drive Julian's man parts crazy with lust. But can lust be enough to help Mattie out of the closet and guide Julian into a happier place? Limits will be pushed. Rules will be broken. But it's only together that they will have the strength to overpower fear, fear of themselves, and fear of others. Just how far are they willing to go in the aim of coming out?

©2015 Lila Rose (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Loved it!!

I loved it just like the rest of the series. The series has a mix of drama, realism and boy does it make me laugh. I am purchasing each book in the series.

Old memories

Nice story, made me have some profound flashbacks from the similarities I had gone thru myself. But interesting intimate scenes and it captures the awareness of that age.

Mattie & Julian’s love story

The author has written the back story for Matthew & Julian, who have been featured all along in the series. It is a romance with a HEA, but with MM, not the usual MF.
Evans & Casteri handle the narration well with an Aussie accent.

Mattie and Julian

I liked Mattie, his family, and how well he fit with Julian. His dominant side was a plus and it was nice to see that even though he was the younger he didn't fall into the submissive role. His back and forth on coming out was frustrating but felt accurate. Julian's over the top behavior was a cover-up for his pain and a middle finger to his controlling parents. Sometimes it was a bit too much. I felt like there were times when big pieces of the story were missing. I assume this is because I didn't read the previous books in the series. There were sections that felt contrived and way overdone; especially the ending. Again, this may be due to jumping into the middle of the series. I think that if the author had fleshed the book out more I would definitely give it a higher rating.

Audiobook: lovely narrator

This narrator!!

I Can get over the Australian accents! Love them!!

This story is so Freaking amazing. You get it all in a short story! Love it! I am obsessed with this whole series.