It’s been over two years since I first read Pretty in Pink. It was actually among the first 5 books I ever read by Jay Northcote. I loved it then and the fantastic audio performance by Hamish Long made it even better for me. He has become one of my favorite narrators, due mostly to the fantastic job he’s done on several books by Jay Northcote.

Other than my comments above about the audiobook, I don’t think there is much more that I can say that I didn’t put in my original review of the e-book from February 2018 (see below).

I’ve read a few other books by Jay Northcote and enjoyed them all but this is the first one I’ve read in the Housemates series. Pretty in Pink can totally be read as a standalone but now I really want to go back and read the rest of this series.

When Ryan first catches sight of Johnny at a party he thinks he’s a woman. Although Ryan has only ever dated women something about Johnny keeps his attention and he can’t resist approaching him.

After Ryan and Johnny hookup Ryan has to admit, if only to himself, that he’s sexually attracted to men and woman; but he has a bit of a difficult time dealing with coming out.

Neither Ryan or Johnny is looking for a relationship so they agree to be friends-with-benefits. The problem is that they don’t communicate with each other and neither realizes that their feelings towards each other have changed.

One part of this story twisted me up a bit. I understand why it was necessary but it was still a bit difficult to read. Nevertheless, my enjoyment of the story wasn’t diminished at all. A couple of times I just wanted to shout at these two and say TALK to each other!

All-in-all the story engaged my emotions and totally held my interest throughout; a sure sign for me that the book is a hit. Another great thing is the epilogue. I absolutely love epilogues and thoroughly enjoyed the one for Pretty in Pink. I look forward to reading more books in this series.

Story: ♥♥♥♥♥

Narration: ♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Scorcher

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Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England. He comes from a family of writers, but always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed him by. He spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content.

One day, Jay decided to try and write a short story—just to see if he could—and found it rather addictive. He hasn’t stopped writing since.

Jay writes contemporary romance about men who fall in love with other men. He self-publishes under the imprint Jaybird Press.

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A review copy of this audiobook was provided by the author.