Franklin U 2 Book 6: Tongue-Tied by Christina Lee

 

Franklin U 2 Book 6

Confessing feelings for your best friend takes being tongue-tied to a whole new level. 

AUSTIN

Dex has always been my best friend, so it’s no surprise that we attend Franklin U together. We’re complete opposites. Dex is charismatic and outgoing. Me? Let’s just say I wish I could infuse some of his confidence into my veins. Making friends is hard enough, but trying to meet guys, even with Dex’s help? I’m useless. Maybe it’s because Dex is all about hooking up, but I want my first time to be straight out of the pages of the romance novels I read.

DEX

After a string of mishaps, I swore off helping Austin land guys. But when he asks me to show him the ropes with practice sessions, I get the feeling he’s desperate. Our dates are pretend, so why am I getting so into them? I want to make Austin happy, but the line between friendship and something more is getting really damned blurry. The fluttery feeling, that electric energy every time we touch…it’s addicting. I’m getting overprotective, not only of my time with Austin, but with douchebags who might break his heart.

Eventually, the pretending has to end so Austin can strike out on his own. But how do I tell him I’m not ready to let him go, when every attempt at confessing leaves me tongue-tied?

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Austin and Dex have been friends since they were kids. The two of them are inseparable. But they are also pretty different. Austin believes in romance and loves being able to curl up with his romance novels. But when it comes to real life, he can’t help but be tongue-tied at every turn. While Dex has no problem getting hook ups. Though Dex is jaded when it comes to love and relationships after his parents’ divorce and the way his mom constantly tells him she has found the one just to heartbroken. But things are changing. Austin is tired of struggling when it comes to dating and flirting and Dex can’t help but want to help his best friend out. His best friend is the best and deserves to find someone who appreciates him. So they’ll go on some fake dates so Dex can help Austin relax and out of his own head. But the more they approach their friendship in a new way, the more feelings change. What I really loved about their story is that it was really best friends to lovers in a slow burn way. It wasn’t how one was always in love with the other and never said anything. It was a slow to realize that this friendship between them could be so much more if they mixed in romantic love with it. I loved watching these two slowly shift their friendship into something more as they see one another for the first time in a different light. These two were just so adorable! Especially when it comes to one another. Loved their story! 

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.