I read the first two books in the Off Beat series by A.M. Arthur and requested this book without fully reading the blurb. The love interest is M/M/M which is not in my wheelhouse, so I'm passing on reviewing this book. Sorry!

Complications. The third installment of the Off Beat series is full of them as this sexy trio tries to find a happily ever after. Readers know from the blurb that Van doesn’t do complicated. Joshua and Benji have been doing complicated for nearly three years. Benji is miserable. He never wanted the open relationship he’s desperately trying to close. Joshua believes that closing their relationship will be the beginning of the end. Van is the unbiased friend that they turn to but there’s an attraction there that is too big to ignore.
Straight up there is a lot going on in this book. All three men have some complication in their life that is affecting their happiness whether it is individually or together. A.M. Arthur did a beautiful job of putting it all together, getting all the fine details out, while giving everything its needed resolution in less than three hundred pages and it all worked out, made sense, and never felt rushed or convenient. Hot Licks has become my favorite Off Beat book. I enjoyed the characters and I loved their story.
Be prepared to get a better understanding of various sexuality terms. This was something that came as a bit of a surprise to me. I figured I was getting a menage romance with three gay men. All three guys identifies as something different. Benji is struggling to put himself with a specific label. He knows something has always been missing from his relationship with Joshua. Benji assumed it was the fact that they had an open relationship. He thought closing it was the answer. The more time Benji and Joshua spend with Van each of them discovers a little more about the missing element that they didn’t know they were missing.
I can honestly say Hot Licks easily works as a stand-alone. All three of the guys have had very small roles in the previous books but nothing that happened in the previous books has any effect on what happens in this one.

This is the story of Benji, Josh & Van. Josh and Benji have been a couple with an open relationship for years. Van is a bartender at Off Beat. As we come to find out, Van wanted Benji since the first time he meets him. When he first meets Josh, he wants him but doesn’t know that Josh & Benji are a couple. We come to find out that even though Benji agreed to the open relationship he has been with anyone else. Josh has been with other men but has never violated the “one and done” agreement that they agreed too since the beginning of their relationship. It turns out that Benji believes that he is asexual but has never told Josh this. I loved watching these three’s love grow and they build a life together. I love this series & hope that there will be more to come.

I love everything I have read from A.M. Arthur, but "Hot Licks" really takes things up a notch! Book Three of the Off Beat series is the hottest book in the series so far, exploring what happens when feelings and relationships get complicated. 5/5 stars.

This is my first book by A.M. Arthur- but the synopsis had me interested right away and I love a good M/M book! I didn't realize this was part of a series, but it is the third book in the Off Beat series. I wish I had read the other books first, so I was more familiar with the characters and the band.

Benji, Josh and Van all have their own unique identities. One needs more, one doesn’t know how to trust and one does not do commitment. But the connection between them is real and if any of them are to find happiness they will need to deal with their pasts and each other before everything is lost.
Overall this was a good book and it was very hot!

there's a lot going on in this book, but I really liked it.

Hot Licks is the third book in the Off Beat series and it is everything I have come to love about this series and more. Benji, Josh and Van all have their own unique identities. One needs more, one doesn’t know how to trust and one does not do commitment. But the connection between them is real and if any of them are to find happiness they will need to deal with their pasts and each other before everything is lost.

Interesting read, I will have a review posted on ibooks on release week!