Hide and Seek By TM Smith, Performed By Mackenzie Brennan
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM
Tropes: Strangers-to-lovers, hurt/comfort
Released: February 12, 2021
Publisher: TTC Publishing
Series: Stories from the Sound, Book 6
Length: 7 hrs, 7 mins
Dusty Anderson left his hometown in Justin, Texas, for the Big Apple not long after graduating high school with dreams of becoming an actor. A year later, no closer to realizing his dream but pretty damn close to being broke, he comes across a flyer in a local gay bar that provides a solution to his dilemma.
Six years later, Dusty has all but forgotten his dream to be an actor. The family he gained when he went to work at All Cocks and the job itself are enough for him – for now, at least.
David Thompson is barely 21, high on life and starting his second year at NYU as an art student. Now that he is old enough to enjoy the city’s nightlife, David finds his first crush at a local hot spot in the village, The Monster Bar. Young love is laid to rest, though, when David comes out to his mother and older brother…with disastrous results.
A tragic incident at the hands of David’s brother changes the course of all of their lives and brings the two together, but is it coincidence or fate?
Regardless of unlikely circumstance, Dusty is inexplicably drawn to David, who suddenly finds himself alone in the world. Protective of David from the start, Dusty realizes his extended family at All Cocks and his best friend Kory will not understand this new relationship. Fearing the worst, Dusty plays a dangerous game of hide-and-seek, risking everything to keep David safe and sheltered.
But hiding can only last for so long, and David and Dusty aren’t the only ones dealing with uncertainties. The Dimir men find that the one thing they’ve longed for might be within reach and Dusty’s father, Dean, arrives in town unexpectedly with secrets of his own.
Note: This book was previously released in the All Cocks Stories series. This book is intended for mature listeners due to adult content.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
Great story, OK narration.
I really love this series. I read the first book back in 2018 and quickly read through as much of the series as was written at that time and then I went through the audiobooks. The series was known as All Cocks back then and the narrator was different for most of the other books. The series is best read in order as some of the books overlap timelines and build on one another. It’s possible to read this as a standalone but you probably won’t understand who all of the characters are (and there are quite a few of them).
Mackenzie Brennan did an OK job with his narration of this book. My main issue was that I had a hard time distinguishing between the two MCs. They call each other “D” and this caused some confusion for me because the narrator did not use voices that were different enough for me to always tell who was speaking. Other characters had voices that were more easily distinguishable. His voice was pleasant to listen to but I would have enjoyed this more if the voices were more distinct.
The blurb is really good and quite detailed so I’m not going to rehash it. I loved the story and really felt for David and everything he’d been through. His homophobic mother and brother were just awful. Dusty was drawn to David since he first learned that he had survived the attack on him and began visiting him in the hospital.
After David and Dusty settle in with each other, Dusty’s father comes along with a big surprise for Dusty. I really can’t say more as it would be too much of a spoiler. There’s a lot going on in this book and it sets up the next one in the series very nicely.
Story: ♥♥♥♥♥
Performance: ♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Scorcher
Available to borrow with Kindle Unlimited.
A military brat born and raised at Ft. Benning Georgia; Smith is an avid reader that just happens to write sweet & sexy gay romance. A Texas transplant, she now calls DFW her home. Most days she can be found curled up with a good book, or ticking away on her next novel.
Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, she is passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights. Because, seriously people, Love is Love!
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