Sometimes, one stubborn Capricorn is all it takes… to drive Wesley Hidaka to crazy, flirtatious lengths.Wesley loves annoying his RA Lloyd Reynolds. He just can’t help it. Lloyd is focused, decisive, grounded. He has this amusing ability to follow rules.Of course Wesley wants Lloyd to break one… or three hundred.Sometimes, one smirking Gemini is all it takes… to have Lloyd laying down the law and … smirking Gemini is all it takes… to have Lloyd laying down the law and marching Wesley straight back to his dorm room.
It doesn’t stop Wesley teasing again. And again. And again . . .
But damn. Lloyd doesn’t crack easily. He’s full of principles. He’s unshakable.
He’s the perfect friend to have when Wesley needs help. Like with his truant brother and his old high school principal.
Sometimes, one little lie is all it takes… to find Wesley fake-engaged to his off-limits RA.
What can he say? It seemed like a good idea at the time . . .
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“Gemini Keeps Capricorn” serves up a double shot of cluelessness, with a side of rock’n’roll and topped with a slow burn HEA.
It can be read as a standalone.
Tropes: friends-to-lovers, slow burn, will-they-or-won’t-they, fake fiancé
Genre: New Adult, light-hearted contemporary gay romance
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I enjoyed this book fine, but I will say it’s my least favorite of the 3 I’ve read so far. I don’t know if the previous two just set the bar so high that nothing could have lived up to them, or if there was something actually lacking in this one. The characters are sweet and clueless which is a trend in this series that I didn’t mind at the start but annoyed me a little with these two. It’s sweet and sexy and fumbling and witty and should have hit all the right notes for me, but it just didn’t. Maybe it was just my mood though, and it won’t stop me from continuing on in the series, so I do recommend it if you’ve read the previous books in the series and enjoyed them.
Original review: https://myshelfbooks.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/review-gemini-keeps-capricorn-by-anyta-sunday/
I need to start this review thanking the author for creating once more a book that has become a refuge where the bad stuff of life is banned. Somedays, reading this book was the only bearable moment of the day. I can’t wait to return to normal life, because this mandatory isolation at home is driving me insane in the bad way. On the other hand, this story has also driven me crazy… but in a really awesome way. Let’s grab the reviewer’s rulebook and see what loopholes can we find!
This time we follow the misadventures of Wesley, a law student who lives in somekind of building for college students. Even though he is not a bad student, law is not really his passion. His main interests are coffee and Lloyd, the RA of the before mentioned building. Lloyd is the eye candy of the building and Wesley loves flirting with him, but rules are pretty clear about that kind of relationships. Although the grumpy RA doesn’t seem interested at all, always keeping Wesley clearly in the friend zone. Will they risk the ire of the RA Brotherhood in an attempt to explore their attraction or will they be stuck in the same situation forever?
You like Anyta Sunday’s books or you don’t. She is very loyal to her style, so if you dislike slow romances with a very sweet coverage, you better avoid her books. Some people could say the books of this saga are becoming a bit repetitive, but I wouldn’t change a comma from them. They are a true jewel in a genre where usually love is a consequence of sex instead of the opposite. Wesley’s and Lloyd’s relationship is the reward of a hard fight to accept their feelings. It is as sweetly frustating journey for them as it is for us, which shows how easy is to forge a rapport between those characters and the readers. It may sound sappy, but I feel these guys like friends I didn’t know I had. This is the kind of story that feels like home.
Even though is marked as the classic “fake fiancé” schema, it is not really an important part of the story. Most of the characters were aware that Wesley and Lloyd weren’t offcially engaged and it was just a tool for some people who don’t have a lot of time in the story. That is maybe the only complaint I have with this book. I was eager to read a full-on faking story with Anyta’s wittiness, but what we get is far from that. Though it is a superb story of the also classic “friends to lovers” schema. Nothing unexpected there, because if I have learned something about this author’s style is that she is a master at building friendships.
As always, the main couple is a blast to read. This time the crazy role is filled by Wesley, a guy who has no shame and flirts as much as he talks. But in the inside we soon learn that the poor guy wears the weight of expectations at his back, something that gives him plenty of layers to develop and the perfect ingredient to spark the relationship with Lloyd. Because the grumpy RA is a proud problem solver. And I don’t mean the kind that is constantly yelling “I will fix it” because they think they are the only ones who can. No, Lloyd is a honest help lender. A professional shoulder to cry. He is simply a good guy with a heart made of gold. And if that doesn’t convince you to crown him as a book boyfriend, Wesley is more than eager to mention very often how well Lloyd’s body is shaped. Too bad he is a bit stubborn about rules and insists on keeping his distance from Wesley. Too bad for them, but great for the readers!
The rest of the character are also a great amenity. Caleb and his flute are the stars of possibly one of the funniest scenes from the book. I missed a little bit that sense of humor in the second book, but with this third story we again have a bunch of moments that will make you laugh happily. Granted, Theo’s sense of humor is unbeatable; but I’m glad there are still contenders.
This almost ruined the series for me. I understand the visual of what this book was trying to portray, but having to read the words of each scene was uncomfortably unbelievable. Like, it was too much stuff going on, and almost all of it was unnecessary. The main couple was great and had plenty of potential on their own, and nearly every side character detracted from their romance. And I genuinely thought the brother Caleb should have been punched in the throat every time he appeared in a scene.
Truly hoping this book is an outlier, because if the next one isn’t a massive improvement, I don’t even think I’d be able to read this author again. That’s how upset this book made me.
Wes & Lloyd have a history have a years long history of teasing and flirting, and you can tell in the writing. All the characters are well-developed with good backstory…but this story is mostly full of humor and a family created in a college dorm who care about each other. And there is a cute cameo with Jamie & Theo from the Leo/Aries book.
What I really enjoy about the writing in this series is that the narrator is in love, but clueless that his feelings are returned, but the misunderstandings are well constructed, so I don’t end up frustrated with the narrator… I want to read the story again to pick up on all the little clues that show the friendship’s certain course to love.