Final Play

Since the day Eden announced that there would be a final short story collection for the series, I have been very excited for it and spent the last two days checking my kindle to see if the ARC dropped. And once it did, I had to read immediately though it was late in the evening because there was no way I was gonna wait.

Noah and Matt are amazing together and it was wonderful to see Noah become such a different person from how he started. But this story was more about Matt coming to accept that he would never have a relationship with his parents and he did a great job taking care of his siblings. They were not my favorite couple when I read Trick Play but I have really come to love them so much.

Damon and Maddox's story is sweet and hilarious and I would have expected nothing less when Maddy is present. Damon is really the rock supporting this friend group and it was nice to see him finally deciding to invest more time for themselves than his work. And I never expected Maddox to become so happy and content with commitment.

Ollie and Lennon are one of my favorites in this series but their story here didn't live up to my expectations. But they are happy and that's all I want. However, I absolutely adore the surprise gift that Lennon gave Ollie.

And then come Miller and Talon - my top favorite couple and they will forever remain so. The story starts off with a mature behaving Talon which was a total surprise but ends with their usual shenanigans and I couldn't stop laughing. The ending of their story when the whole gang is present almost brought tears to my eyes.

And finally, it's Jet and Soren's turn. It was very lovely to see Jet making thoughtful decisions about both his career and life and Soren is the perfect partner for him. And their story ends a bit in the future and we get to know a lot more about the lives of the “Gay brigade” and it made me immensely happy.

I'm so so happy that this short story collection exists because I definitely wasn't ready to be done with the amazing characters from this series. Found families is one of my favorite tropes ever and this series has one of the best friend gang/found family ever and I'm so glad I got to read about them. I maybe sad that it's the end but I know I can always reread. Very satisfying conclusion to such a fun series.