All the Way Happy
by Kit Coltrane
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Pub Date Dec 27 2022 | Archive Date Jan 26 2023
Carina Press & Carina Adores (Harlequin) | Carina Adores
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Description
One summer tied them together forever.
From the moment Jack Gardner first laid eyes on Theodore Beaumont, he hated everything about him. Emanating wealth and icy perfection, Theo was everything Jack was not. Their time together at the elite Gwynns Academy changed them both, but it wasn't until a chance encounter the summer after graduation that the tension between them became palpable—unbearable.
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Seventeen years later, Jack’s and Theo’s worlds collide as they drop their sons off at Gwynns. Theo wants the kind of authentic life that requires confronting past lies—specifically the steamy summer affair he and Jack kept buried like a secret beneath the floorboards of their marriages.
Jack is…less than convinced.
Existing in the present and simultaneously in their shared past, in the richness of their memories and the way they once clung together, Jack and Theo struggle to reconcile the worlds they have built apart with their longing to be together—and the fear of being hurt all over again.
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781335447982 |
| PRICE | $15.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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Alicia M, Reviewer
As other reviewers have noted, this is very much just a Drarry fic reshaped into original fiction. Which was one of the main reasons I requested an arc. Drarry is my first ship and the ship most dear to my heart, even after 20+ years of shipping them. So this book should’ve been a slam dunk for me.
I think that might’ve been the error here. These tropes and writing work in fanfic because the readers are invested in the story and the characters. It doesn’t quite work here because well I was never made the core. There are many novels that start out as fic and are reshaped into something beautiful. I know because I’ve read them. That just didn’t happen here. I never <I>cared</I>. We all KNOW drarry are enemies because there are 7 books showing that they are. Jack and Theo? I just never bought it. It felt forced and contrived. I’ve read this numerous times as drarry fic and loved it but it just felt empty here as original fiction. Maybe because it felt more like find text and replace with names and locations.
Ultimately it’s not a bad book and you might enjoy it if drarry has never been on your radar. But if it has, I suggest skipping. Read a fic on ao3 instead.
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