This is book 2 in the Albin Academy and can be read as a standalone.
I am always excited to read Cole Mccade's work. This author has recently become one of my favorites and their writing style is simply fabulous.

This was a sweet, opposites attract, enemies to lovers romance between an art teacher and a football coach.
This is quite a light and engaging read and low on the angst.

The characters are real, relatable and well sketched out. This sweet and adorable romance was right up my alley and I was thoroughly entertained.
I definitely recommend this if you like a well written enemies to lovers

Just Like This is about an art teacher, Rian and a gym teacher, Damon who work a private boarding school. They have a mutual student who seems to be hiding something and the two teachers have to work together to find out what's plaguing this student and how to help while also clashing with each other over any and every little thing.

To me this story was a bit overwrought, i understand that flowery language is simply a staple of Cole Mccade's writing but I really did feel like the excessive descriptions and metaphors for the characters every little emotion was really frustrating and it made this story quite difficult to get into initially. Additionally I think that while the story was almost overly descriptive in the angsty emotional aspect, it was not at all descriptive in terms of the setting which in my opinion was a little bit disappointing because I was looking forward to the atmospheric prestigious private school setting. One more negative to the intense angsty and introspective nature of the story is that I felt like the two leads honestly didn't have that much chemistry really. The story took a long time to sell me on the supposed fiery spark between the two because most of the first 30 or so percent is intensely interior and the interactions between the characters didn't feel that interesting or substantial for them to be having all these big emotions about one another.

On a more positive note, the writing is quite beautiful if a bit distracting at times so if intense description and angst are your thing this really might work for you. I did enjoy some of the more lighthearted scenes between these teachers and their students, it was sweet to see how much they cared for them, and I enjoyed the brief look into Damon's backstory as an Indigenous adoptee who feels disconnected from his people and his culture due to being raised by his white family. I think this was the first time I've read about an indigenous hero in a romance so I definitely appreciated that alot. As the story went on I did begin to enjoy the couple more and I think the book excelled when the writing stopped being so intentionally purple prosey and focused more on character interaction. Damon and Rian were quite sweet together. Also the epilogue was so adorable and I loved it. On the whole I enjoyed it well enough in the end but it's definitely not a new favorite Cole McCade for me

3.5 stars

Cole Mccade is one of my absolute favorite romance authors and Just Like This was a sexy, sweet and just all around lovely MM romance. We return to Albin Academy but this time we’re focusing on the enemies to lovers trope between art teacher Rian Falwell and football coach Damon Louis. They have a mutual student who may loose his scholarship and the two team up to figure out what’s going on with him and fall for each other in the process. They both have insecurities about relationships and love in general, as well as family issues and the two have to break down each other’s walls to get through to each other. I don’t often comment on epilogues but this one was so adorably sweet that I had to give it a shout out. Can’t wait for more romances by MCcade in the future!

This book was everything I'd hoped for. Although it started out kind of slow for me it quickly sucked me in. I was thrilled to spend a quiet afternoon relaxing with this book.