I really enjoyed this sweet and charming story about two best friends falling in love. Or it might be better to say they already love each other, but they are blind to see what is in front of them.
Rafael and Dustin have been friends forever and do everything together. Then one day, they see each other in a different light, that they feel more for each other than just friends. It is a slow-burn love story with the men dancing around each other. Everyone else around them sees it, but they are oblivious and maybe a little bit scared of losing their friendship. The author did a good job building up the tension. I was just waiting and waiting for their first kiss. And when it finally came, it was all systems go. What was, understandably, absent in a good part at the beginning of the story, it sure made up in the remainder of the book. The sex was hot.
As Dustin just got his pilot’s license and bought a Cessna, we learn much about the mechanics of an airplane and flying. Although it is not something I am particularly interested in, it was fun reading it as I haven’t come across it very often in books.
I liked the characters and the idea of working together on an airplane and thus letting them open their eyes to what is in front of them the whole time. There were a few things I am not sure about. There is Daisy, one of Raf’s students, who comes from a troubled home. It could have been an interesting plotline, but the author chose not to build on it further. That is her choice, of course, but as such, it didn’t add much to the story. Then there is suddenly talk of Dustin’s brother who could help him with his carpentry, but we haven’t heard from him before or after.
That aside, this book is a sweet friends-to-lovers romance.