Ex's Best Friend by Aubrey Wright
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"She was temptation made flesh, and I was the lucky asshole who had to sleep down the hall from her.

I have to say, I was really not expecting this story. Based on the summary, I was expecting some "You stole my girlfriend" 'Bro drama'. A little "I can't betray my ex by sleeping with his best friend" angst. Lots of of forbidden sexy times, then an HEA.

This book delivered SO MUCH MORE! I have never read this author before and found her from an Amazon recommendation. She looks relatively new with only a few books out, but I would like to see where her books go from here. I really liked this one!

Our three main characters: Emma Burk is a struggling Romance writer in NYC living as a roommate to quasi-celebrity entrepreneur Micheal Hart. Michael Hart has been "Best Friends" with George Stemsen since they were 17/18 and have had a very complex relationship. Georgie boy just so happens to also be Emma's Ex-boyfriend.

Now, This is not love triangle, so don't punch out of this book because you hate those like I do. (I HATE love triangles! Brings back my PTSD from all the "Twilight" arguments I had as a teen. Team Edward? Team Jacob? HOW ABOUT TEAM NO STUPID CHICKS WHO CAN'T MAKE UP THEIR MIND!)

ANYHOO! On with the story... So our characters have known each other since college, where Emma first meets Michael, then George. From there Emma and George become a perfect little couple for the next few years to come. Unbeknownst to Emma, Our Michael, was itching to make a run at her before George ever came in the picture. Therefore, he has been crushing on his best friends girl since the very beginning. AND - spoiler alert - Emma feels the same about Michael.
So here we are a few years later, Emma has been broken up with George for about 6 months because he cheated and was being just an all around douche canoe. She is still living with Michael and they are finding it hard to tame their unrelenting desire for one another.
*As a side note - MICHAEL I know we say this about all book boyfriends, but seriously! If any REAL man has the same characteristics as this man please point him in my direction!! I mean COME ON - He is probably the most perfect specimen of book boyfriend I have ever read about. JUST.... swoon...

The way the story unfolds from here was really interesting. There were twists I didn't see coming, unexpected plot turns, really likable characters. It was just a refreshing surprise!

Only a couple things I had a little trouble with:
The whole Date Me app and instant messenger thing felt a little unnecessary. I think everything they learned about each other could have been accomplished by simply doing roommate activities and then we could have seen and felt a little more of the connection between the two of them. I think maybe just because of were the story started in the timeline of their relationship with each other, we missed some of the emotional connection.

Other than that though I think this was a really great introduction to a new author for me and I am really looking forward to trying more of her stuff! :)

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