Unlucky 13 Book 6: Volatile by JR Gray

 

Unlucky 13 Book 6

Welcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa… and my exile… A guy in a skirt wouldn’t turn a straight guy on, right? I spent the last decade performing next to him. I’ve never looked at him as more—until I walked in on him in a skirt. He’s as broken as I am. We survived our childhood together. And when he’s finally trying to embrace the parts his father tried to beat out of him, I can’t handle it. He’s taunting me with smeared eye-liner and a filthy smile, singing to a sold-out crowd, and it’s getting too hot under these stage lights. I can’t look him in the eyes. I can’t be with him—not like that—but I can’t stop thinking about him. He's pushing me over the edge. Now we’re banished to this forsaken celebrity timeout—to play emotional chicken—and he’s determined to make sure I lose. He’ll push every button I possess until I give in.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123825479-volatile

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My Review: 4/5 Stars

Royal and Aspen have been best friends for a long time. Both have been through a lot. And they found the best way to express themselves is in their music. Years later, their band is killing it. But things are about to change. Aspen is tired and ready to just be himself. And himself means that sometimes he likes to wear a skirt, especially on stage. Royal isn’t prepared for the attraction he has spent a very long time stamping down, to roar back to life. Feelings he swore he buried are coming to surface and he just can’t handle it. And in doing so, he ends up creating a gap between him and Aspen and even their band. Aspen has always had feelings for Royal but knew nothing would come out of it, but then he starts to realize that maybe Royal is attracted to him. But these two choose a pretty destructive road instead of talking and eventually their manager sends them to Black Diamond to manage their anger among other things. No one expected for these two to finally come clean about their feelings and actually do something about it. Aspen and Royal are complicated to say the least. They have a lot of things to get through about themselves and about their past. But once they can take the step to accept themselves, they’ll find how easily a relationship between them can be. I really liked this one! This one actually spent a good amount of time before and after the Black Diamond visit which was a nice change up. Another great addition to this series.