I felt it all, was there with Christian, going through the insanity right along with him.Ĭhristian is a conflicted mess. The writing grabbed me from the beginning, and wouldn’t let go. I mean, I wouldn’t have been so anxious over Christian’s situation if I wasn’t extremley invested in it. In spite of that, I could not stop reading.

Seriously, the roller coaster of anxiety I experienced while reading this had me all twitchy. Which surprises me, because it stressed me the hell out. all while trying to keep his aunt’s dream alive without losing his own. Christian struggles to find the impossible balance between his real life and the ideal one he thinks a teacher needs to live. Max just wants Christian to be himself-even though Max is keeping secrets of his own. Soon enough, Christian finds himself juggling sticky twenty-five cent peep show booths, a blackmailing employee, and a demanding professor who likes to make an example of him.Īnd then there’s Max, who doesn’t know anything about the store, but hates Christian’s preppy sweater vests and the closet Christian forces him into when they’re together. But Christian’s aunt has cancer, and her beloved Rear Entrance Video will go bankrupt if Christian doesn’t take over managerial duties.

Most of all, it means no working at a porn store. And definitely no falling for his new roommate-tattooed bad-boy Max, who may or may not be a drug dealer. Posted by The Morning After Romance on OctoĬhristian Blake dreams of being a kindergarten teacher, but making the grade means maintaining a squeaky clean image: no drinking, no drugs, no swearing, no sex.

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