Review
Amy Award delivers another fun, heartwarming, and spicy romance with The Goat in the Bedroom. The friends-to-lovers trope where he falls first works so well for Gryff and Artie. I quickly became a fan of the Cocky Kingmans and Amy never disappoints with each sibling’s love story.
Artie, as badass as she is, is so charming and adorable when it comes to dating. And Gryff’s dating lessons while low key intentionally sabotaging her dates added the humor we’ve all come to expect with the author’s series. I seriously finished this book in like two days. I couldn’t put it down.
The author also dips her toes into the LGBTQ+ representation with The Goat in the Bedroom. Both Gryff and Artie are bisexual. And while they ultimately end up in a straight-presenting relationship, she handled the risk of backlash and public opinion amongst athletes well in the story. I also enjoyed the possibilities of that type of relationship in the bedroom.
Romance readers who enjoy on-page intimacy plus all of the above need to add this to their TBR. The Goat in the Bedroom is available October 14.
Book
I’ve been friends with Artemis since high school, when we bonded over crushing on the same guy. Six years later, we’re roommates in our shiny new post college lives—she’s training for the Olympics while I start my pro football career. We’ve both recently had bad break-ups and she says if she’s going to get back out there, she needs dating lessons. Naturally, she asks me—her completely platonic roommate—to teach her.
We practice eye contact. Hand holding. Cuddling during movies. Because that’s what best friends do, right? Practice intimacy? For science?
She thinks I’m being helpful. I think I’m losing my mind.
Meanwhile, I’m out here sabotaging her dates, getting jealous of my own teammates, and having heart-to-hearts with our pet goats about my feelings while she’s literally in the next room.
But we’re definitely just friends.
The evidence we might be idiots:
- The documentary crew filming my rookie season knows.
- Our pet goats know.
- Everyone knows. EVERYONE.
- The only people who don’t know? Us.
