Rory García is terrible at making choices.
Dating Micah has been the best decision Rory’s ever made. Micah calms his wild side by bringing Rory back down to earth. They’re perfect for each other.
But when Rory’s Australian crush randomly shows up to stay with him, Rory’s torn between the boyfriend he maybe loves, and the guy he thought he was over.
Micah Holtz is the most loyal boyfriend in … boyfriend in history.
Since the day Micah first saw Rory, he fell hard. There’s never been a moment where Micah’s doubted his feelings and when they finally start to date, Micah plans to hold on with both hands.
But then Justin arrives from Australia and Micah finds his single-minded attention starting to slip…
Justin Anderson has a plan for everything.
Showing up on Rory’s doorstep is the most adventurous thing Justin’s ever done. He’s lowkey sick with nerves, but knowing Rory’s there makes it all worth it. Until he finds out Rory has a boyfriend. Which was never part of the plan.
Suddenly Justin’s back to his usual game of second guessing everything, including Rory’s flirting and Micah’s lingering looks.
When Micah’s childhood haunt is set to be torn down, the three of them join forces to try to save the historic building. But will the teamwork add cracks to an already unstable friendship, or bring them closer than they ever imagined?
Author’s note: For What it’s Worth features a polyamorous relationship with no cheating.
Note: All books in the #lovehim series are stand alones. Series numbers are recommended reading order.
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For What It’s Worth (2020) is a new adult poly story written by S.M. James that starts off with emotional cheating. For me, this ruined the entire story due to the fact that I had no trust in one of the characters. As someone who believes in poly relationships, the lack of trust made it hard for me to believe in any part of this character’s part of the relationship.
I understand that it is fiction (laugh). I understand that it is a new adult book and everyone has a growing process. BUT For me, as I was reading I just kept coming back to this main issue especially seeing another character’s issues. The story’s entire premise just did not work for me based on my personal feelings regarding poly relationships and how a person with trust issues would respond and react to a betrayal of trust.
I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.
What a great story!
S. M. James is a new-to-me author. I’ve read that her #lovehim series can be read in any order but she also has a suggested order. If you want to read the books about individual couples in order then this Facebook post (http://bit.ly/2Tc2rCi) might be of interest. For example, before I read For What It’s Worth, I read Thanks in Advance which is about Rory and Justin before Rory is with Micah. I’m really glad that I did that because it really helped me understand Rory and Justin better.
For What It’s Worth was such a compelling story. I don’t typically read YA (young adult) books, actually maybe no MM ones before this, but I do enjoy NA (new adult). Having said that, I will now be reading the rest of the books in this series! [Note: If you’re confused about the difference between YA and NA, like I was at one time, here’s a link to what seems to be a good explanation: https://www.swoonreads.com/blog/ask-an-editor-young-adult-vs-new-adult/.%5D
While the idea of a polyamory relationship among high school age kids might turn some people off, I found it intriguing. S. M. James did a fantastic job with this story and totally made me believe in Rory, Micah and Justin and how their relationship can work long-term. Justin is such a special person; with his social anxiety issues, I think it’s beautiful how Rory and Micah completed and helped him.
I believe that the author created a story that is respectful of the characters desire to be together and allowed them to explore with each other how the poly relationship can/will work between them. I like how we are left with the feeling that they will always be together.
I am now anxious to read the other books in this series. If only my TBRL (to be read list) wasn’t so long.
A copy of this book was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.
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Sweet and adorable and lovely and real.
After reading Thanks In Advance I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this. How dare Rory start dating someone else in the time between the prequel novella and this novel?!?!?! But I’ve got to give credit to S.M. James because this threesome totally worked. Rory, Justin, and Micah are so different from each other but also have so much in common. They compliment each other beautifully and seeing them not only support each other in their growth, but talk things through in order to make their relationship work? It was great to see these young adults actively make a commitment to being with each other and making things work.
Fantastic read, as usual, by S.M. James.
I really enjoyed the characters in this story of three very different young men who still mesh together perfectly. I enjoyed that the story focused on the deeper connections between the three and not just hormones and sex, sex, sex. They communicated better than the adults in many books I read. This was my first read in this series, and although I was not confused at all, I now want to go back and read the previous stories about these three.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.