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Romance in NYC

Best Men by Sidney Karger

November 3, 2024 by Sophia Leave a Comment

Best Men (2023) by Sidney Karger is another audiobook I stumbled upon when I was looking for some commuting entertainment. Best Men is a romance novel that is told from the point of view of Max Moody–a thirty-something gay men who lives in New York City. Max’s childhood best friend Paige just told him that she’s engaged to her boyfriend, Austin, and she wants Max to be her best man. Max isn’t in the best place in his life. He works in human resources at a dead end […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Sidney Karger

Sophia's CBR16 Review No:24 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Sidney Karger ·
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Mostly a miss for me.

Best Men by Sidney Karger

January 6, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. First of all, I would like to say that “himbo” was absolutely 100% not a thing in the year 2003, so I hope some copy or line-editor catches that before this book goes to print. And no, don’t argue with me that it was first used in the 1980s (1988 specifically) and uses of it date from then, but it was absolutely not a term that anyone who was […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Best Men, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, m-m, narfna, queer romance, Romance, Sidney Karger

narfna's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Best Men, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, m-m, narfna, queer romance, Romance, Sidney Karger ·
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