Getting experience with the guy next door seems like a great idea—until the lines blur.
Title: Practice Makes Perfect
Author: Jay Northcote
Publisher: Jaybird Press (self published)
Length: 54,000 words
Genre: Contemporary gay romance
Cover Artist: Garrett Leigh
Release Date: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Series info: #3 in the Housemates Series but it may be read as a standalone
Rate : 4 'Can't Stop Grinning' Stars
ARC is kindly provided by the Author in exchange of a fair and honest review.
Getting experience with the guy next door seems like a great idea—until the lines blur.
Dev, a geeky first year physics student, has zero sexual experience and he’s determined to change that ASAP. After a bad time in halls of residence, he’s starting the summer term with different housemates and a new plan of action.
Ewan lives in the house next door to Dev. He’s young, free and single, and isn’t looking to change that anytime soon. When awkward circumstances throw them together, Ewan offers to help Dev out in the bedroom in return for maths tutoring, and Dev jumps at the chance.
They work their way through Dev’s sex-to-do list, but what starts as a perfect no-strings arrangement gets more complicated as their feelings for each other begin to grow. If they’re going to turn their lessons in lovemaking into something more permanent, they need to work out how they feel about each other—before they get to the end of Dev’s list.
Sitting on his bed, Dev yawned, his full stomach making him sleepy. He stared at his phone as he contemplated calling home but decided he couldn’t face it tonight. He loved his mum, but she did tend to bang on. Once she got him on the line, she’d end up talking for ages and asking him a million questions he was too tired to answer. Instead, he sent his mum a quick text.
All moved in, everything’s good. I’m shattered now so I’m going to have an early night. I’ll call you tomorrow.
She replied within seconds as though she’d been waiting for him to call.
Okay sweetie, glad you’re settled. Sleep well xxx
He picked up his notepad and crossed off phone home. Texting counted. He also crossed off everything else on his list for today. That was Saturday done.
Dev set his notepad aside, opened his laptop, and pulled up his lists app. He liked his notepad for day-to-day organisation; it gave him a certain satisfaction to cross out the things he’d done and to get to the end of the day with all the tasks completed. But for longer-term planning, he kept his lists on his Mac, synced to his phone.
For the first time in six months, Dev could breathe again. Finally he had a safe place where he could get back on track and look to the future. He began to type.
Things To Do This Term
- Make some friends
- Learn to cook
- Research sex stuff
- Join Grindr
- Get some experience
- Find a boyfriend
He stared at the words on the screen and sighed. That seemed like a lot of things to aim for. But it was good to have goals, right? Jez and Mac seemed really nice, so hopefully Dev was already on his way to achieving the first objective. And that bloke Ewan… Dev’s mind conjured up the image of the flame-haired hunk who lived next door. Ewan had been friendly.
Maybe there was potential there too.
“What do you want from me, Dev? In an ideal world, what would we be to each other?”
That was an easy question for Dev to answer. “Boyfriends.”
Ewan’s face split into a smile that made Dev’s knees weak. “I’d like that too.”
***
Having bad experiences with a bunch of homophobic guys at his old dorm made Devrim Karadere—Dev decided to move and looking for a 'gay friendly' place to stay. Rupert's then suggested Josh old place for Dev to stay. (Yes! My Rupert & Josh from the previous book!)
With new safe place to stay and gay friendly housemates, Dev at least found his new 'peace' and starting new list of plans he's going to do. That include 'make some friends, learn to cook, research sex stuff, join Grindr Get some 'experience', and find a boyfriend...
“I’m here for you. No strings, no pressure. I’m not looking for a relationship. But if you want someone to have some fun with, then I’m up for it.”
Then there's Ewan Campbell, the red hair bloke from next door house who accidentally open Dev's package wrongly sent to him which contains very private stuff.
Awkward things happen when Ewan decided to return the package in private with Dev.
The second awkward moment happen when Ewan accidentally found Dev's on grindr. Sensing the 'danger' that will prey Dev, Ewan then trying to 'warned' Dev that he'd been 'fishing on the wrong pond' full of starving wolves.
They then come up with 'an agreement', Dev will help Ewan with his math problems and in return, Ewan will 'teach' Dev with all experience from 'Ewan Campbell School of Sex'.
What Ewan didn't 'expected' was he'll get a very eager and curious 'student' that soon will make him broke all 'his free and single life' rule. Together they start doing what's in Dev's 'To Do List' and 'practice' to perfection...
Things then get complicated when the lines getting blur and they both struggling with their growing feeling...
Will the agreement still needed?
****
This book gave me that giddy-butterfly-in-my-tummy-feeling while I'm reading it.
I can't stop grinning since the very beginning 'til the last word.
Dev with his cute-nerdy-look and his 'to-do' list thing totally stole not only Ewan's heart but also mine!
This book definitely right what I needed, light plot with lovable characters, strong chemistry, friend-to-lover, college boys, also full of high sexual tension between the two MC wrapped in funny and fun way.
That's why I RECOMMENDED this book - and all the previous books in this series to all M/M romance lovers out there.
So, don't miss it, guys!
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Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England, with her husband, two children, and two cats.
She comes from a family of writers, but she always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed her by. She spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content. One day, she decided to try and write a short story–just to see if she could–and found it rather addictive. She hasn’t stopped writing since.
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