Review : Taboo For You by Anyta Sunday

Title : Taboo For You 
Author : Anyta Sunday
Genre : Contemporary gay romance
Published : June 27th 2013
My Rating : 4.5 of 5 Stars

Sam’s freaking out. He’s 30 in three weeks. And what has he done in his twenties? It’s pretty simple math: nothing exciting at all. But hey, he has three weeks right? Maybe that’s just enough time to tick his way through a 20s Must Do List . . . 

Luke’s freaking screwed. He’s come out to his family, and his friends. Except there’s a certain someone who doesn’t know yet: his neighbor of 7 years. Who also happens to be his best friend. Who Luke needs to tell the truth, but he just . . . can’t . . . seem to . . .

Jeremy’s freaking over-the-moon. It’s the countdown to his 15th birthday, and his goal is simple. No matter what, he’s going to spend heaps of time with saucy Suzy. But first he needs to get his over-protective, no-girlfriend-'cause-you’ll-get-her-pregnant parents off his back. And what better way than pretending he’s gay? 

Sam, Luke, and Jeremy. Three guys who have a lot of history together, and a lot of future too—

—well, if they can sort out their issues, that is.

Everywhere I look makes me love him more. I wish I could reach into my memories and kiss him or hold him or make love to him... ~ Luke.

Luke had been in love with his neighbor, Sam for almost a decade. But he never have the courage to speak the truth and choose to hide his feelings for years since he actually still in the closet for some reason.

Afraid that his feels would damage the bro-ship between him and Sam, Luke put all his feeling by taking good care both Sam and his teenage son, Jeremy.

Until one day, he found Sam's '20s Must-Do List' and read things that Sam want to do before he turned 30. And there's one thing on Sam's To-Do list that caught his attention and build hope in his chest...

When Luke come back from 6 months away to took care his sick mother at Auckland and found that Sam already starting his list, Luke - silently - 'help' Sam fulfilled his list, if by that its means he must stirring Sam into doing the taboo thing.... with him, he'll take all the risk even Luke knew that in the end it's him who will get hurts...

Don’t let go of me... ~ Sam.

On the other side, there's something about Luke that makes Sam feels connect to but cannot explain 'the way'. Sam mistook all things he felt as 'bro-ship' but at the same time he admire Luke for his caring for him and Jeremy, for make him smile and comfortable. When Luke leave for 6 months, Sam felt something was missing and he never thought that he will missed Luke this much.

But when Luke finally comeback, Sam start to see that sunshine is all coming back to his life.

When Luke help him fulfilled the list he made and offering himself to help Sam exploring his taboo wish, Sam start to 'see' Luke from different 'perspectives'...

And he want more...

Will straight Sam finally realized what he actually feels for Luke as love?

Taboo For You is definitely a beautiful-friends-to-lovers-GFY-story with no angst. Each characters in this book was at their good and perfect portions. The secondary characters also add the good vibrant to the story. Even Jeremy and his POV really add the colors to the story. His teeneage curiosity in sex life and 'The Golden Condom Rule' with the banana made me can't stop giggled all the time!

The slow paced really killing me, but at the same time, it show the growing and changing feelings between Luke and Sam in very beautiful way until the realization kicked in. These two guys were so adorable and lovely, and the high sexual tensions between them gave the tingling sensation on my skin and made the butterflies in my belly went crazy!

Anyta Sunday never failed me, and YES, I'm addicted to her writing....

Definitely a RECOMMENDED READ!!