Knight of Ocean Avenue

This was a difficult book to review and even rate, so I just let it sit so long that I forgot when I even read it. The fact is, it's sweet for the most part, with a guy just discovering his sexuality. I love the dichotomy of these two guys together because at first glance you wouldn't think they'd fit. But they do.

However, the reason this did not get four stars like it probably would have, was because of the cheating. There is not cheating on the main couple, but one of them is dating someone that is cheating on him and he cheats back - with the other in the couple. Okay, that's complicated, so, here's the breakdown without names, but full of probable spoilers.

Guy A and Guy B are the endgame couple. At the beginning of the story, Guy A is dating Guy C. Guy C is cheating on Guy A with Guy D - who is engaged to marry Guy B's sister (Girl A). Guy A cheats on Guy C with Guy B.Apparently, Guy A knew Guy C was cheating on him and ... didn't really care except for the knowledge that that meant he could cheat back. Girl A knew her fiance was cheating on her with Guy C and didn't really care because she knew Guy D would - eventually - choose her over Guy C.

Now, I'm okay with open relationships - but that's not what these were. These were cheaters, flat out and I'm not okay with cheating or, what feels like, trying to normalize it. So...yeah. Good story, cheating nearly made me stop reading it.