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norwayellesea's review against another edition
5.0
I admit to having tears in my eyes whilst reading Touch & Go – not only from joy but out of sheer frustration too!
I wasn't expecting such an assault on my emotions when I began reading. It was exhausting at times because you will want to scream at your book/reading device at the characters' actions. I loved both of the protagonists, but seriously wanted to put them both in a bag and shake them violently ;-) Be prepared for love, unrequited love, lies, betrayal, despair and hope.
Sam and Ave have spent twenty years in a loving platonic relationship. As adults they live in the same building, they spend all their spare time together along with a close knit group of friends. They are best friends and share each others secrets, or do they?
Ave Meyers is trying to avoid Stalker Steve aka Steven Hapron's advances so needs a “fake” date to accompany her to a firm's mixer at a swanky hotel. After initially turning her down due to a prior engagement, Sam Farrow changes his plans to help out his best friend – their problems begin when they need to make their “relationship” authentic to convince Steve that Ave is not available.
And so begins a catalogue of events that will have you living all the emotions Sam and Ave go through – there are many. The author does a really thorough job of conveying the depth of feelings the protagonists are dealing with. The tension is palpable at all times during the various changes within Sam and Ave's shifting relationship. What starts out as fun, turns into something that is very believable if it wasn't for deep rooted doubts both of them have. First and foremost they are friends and that is something neither are willing to compromise. With best intentions, or foolishness, they test the boundaries of their twenty year friendship with devastating consequences. What started out as an innocent curiosity back-fires on them spectacularly resulting in them realising they can never go back to being the friends they have always been. Both have kept their change in relationship status to themselves, so are isolated from sharing their emotional burdens with their friends. Only a bold life-changing decision provides the catalyst to finally put Sam and Ave's relationship back on track.
This is the second book I have read by Mira Lyn Kelly and look forward to more in the future.
4½ Stars
***arc generously provided by the publisher via NetGalley***
I wasn't expecting such an assault on my emotions when I began reading. It was exhausting at times because you will want to scream at your book/reading device at the characters' actions. I loved both of the protagonists, but seriously wanted to put them both in a bag and shake them violently ;-) Be prepared for love, unrequited love, lies, betrayal, despair and hope.
Sam and Ave have spent twenty years in a loving platonic relationship. As adults they live in the same building, they spend all their spare time together along with a close knit group of friends. They are best friends and share each others secrets, or do they?
Ave Meyers is trying to avoid Stalker Steve aka Steven Hapron's advances so needs a “fake” date to accompany her to a firm's mixer at a swanky hotel. After initially turning her down due to a prior engagement, Sam Farrow changes his plans to help out his best friend – their problems begin when they need to make their “relationship” authentic to convince Steve that Ave is not available.
And so begins a catalogue of events that will have you living all the emotions Sam and Ave go through – there are many. The author does a really thorough job of conveying the depth of feelings the protagonists are dealing with. The tension is palpable at all times during the various changes within Sam and Ave's shifting relationship. What starts out as fun, turns into something that is very believable if it wasn't for deep rooted doubts both of them have. First and foremost they are friends and that is something neither are willing to compromise. With best intentions, or foolishness, they test the boundaries of their twenty year friendship with devastating consequences. What started out as an innocent curiosity back-fires on them spectacularly resulting in them realising they can never go back to being the friends they have always been. Both have kept their change in relationship status to themselves, so are isolated from sharing their emotional burdens with their friends. Only a bold life-changing decision provides the catalyst to finally put Sam and Ave's relationship back on track.
This is the second book I have read by Mira Lyn Kelly and look forward to more in the future.
4½ Stars
***arc generously provided by the publisher via NetGalley***
klindtvedt's review against another edition
5.0
I stumbled onto this story in an app and was skeptical it was a real book as some of the comments suggested. Not only was I surprised it was indeed an actual book and not just a pay-as-you-go wiki short, but shocked when I couldn't put it down. I was hooked from the very first chapter and stunned at the depth of emotion portrayed within. It's been a long time since I've read something that swung me wildly from laughter to tears within a few paragraphs. As someone who grew up in a similar family admidst addiction, neglect, and abuse, Touch & Go masterfully portrays the emotional torment and everyday struggle that comes with trusting in love when your whole life has taught you not to! I would read 100 books based on these characters alone and am now a firm Mira Lyn Kelly fan.
stumpfed's review
4.0
This was my first Kelly book. I didn't read the first book in this series, but I'll be starting it next. I LOVED these characters. This "best friend/unrequited love/hot steamy night opens the floodgate" has been done, a lot, in books. But, this was one of the best. It wasn't an easy journey but it was one heck of a good read!
jaimejustreadsromance's review against another edition
5.0
I felt so much for this book that the second I finished reading it, I went back in to reread it.
This is a friends to lovers/lifetime love story like I've never read before.
The sexual tension between Ava and Sam was electric but it wasn't drawn out for too long. The tension breaks pretty early on in the story and it's super hot but not overdone. Just the way I like it. Sam is sex on a stick, with a tool belt.
However, it was the friendship between Ava and Sam that really sucked me in. Once you see just how close they've been for the past 8 years, you'll wonder how they didn't fall into bed with each other sooner. Except for you will understand because you'll see that their friendship meant too much to ever let the idea of "more" change it.
This was a well-written, very low-angst read with the perfect combination of steam and sweet with some gut-wrenching scenes to round the whole thing out.
I have not read the first book in the series yet but I'm definitely adding it to my TBR as well as hoping that we get Ford's story sometimes soon. Shoot I can't lie, I want to read Tony's story too!!
*I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
This is a friends to lovers/lifetime love story like I've never read before.
The sexual tension between Ava and Sam was electric but it wasn't drawn out for too long. The tension breaks pretty early on in the story and it's super hot but not overdone. Just the way I like it. Sam is sex on a stick, with a tool belt.
However, it was the friendship between Ava and Sam that really sucked me in. Once you see just how close they've been for the past 8 years, you'll wonder how they didn't fall into bed with each other sooner. Except for you will understand because you'll see that their friendship meant too much to ever let the idea of "more" change it.
This was a well-written, very low-angst read with the perfect combination of steam and sweet with some gut-wrenching scenes to round the whole thing out.
I have not read the first book in the series yet but I'm definitely adding it to my TBR as well as hoping that we get Ford's story sometimes soon. Shoot I can't lie, I want to read Tony's story too!!
*I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
5.0
This review was originally posted on (un)Conventional Bookviews
Touch & Go is extremely hot, and I loved how Sam and Ava had been friends since they were kids, both of them hanging on to their friendship when their hormones told them there could be much more for them in store.
Touch & Go is one of the best friends to lovers romances I have ever had the pleasure of reading! Sam and Ava had chemistry galore, but they were both hiding behind their long friendship, until that just wasn't possible anymore. When Sam agreed to be Ava's 'date' to a party at her workplace, to keep a colleague from continuing to try to pick her up, they shared one of the hottest kisses in history, and let's just say one thing led to another... But Ava still didn't tell Sam she was in love with him, and had been since she was a little girl. And Sam continued to see his best friend in front of him, even when she pushed all the right buttons when they were having hot sex.
As they continued living out their fantasies, it became more difficult for Ava to keep her heart uninvolved, though, even if I strongly believe her heart was fully engaged from the start. Sam had no interest in other women, even if he usually was a notorious one-night-stand man. Touch & Go also included very strong friendships, where Ava, her brother and their best friends all lived in the same building. This, of course, made things difficult when Ava realized she was never, ever going to get over Sam if she continued to live so close to him. And her life-long dream of getting married, having children, and be with a man who looked at her with love was not something she wanted to let go of.
Written in third person point of view, past tense, but with lots of dialogues, Touch & Go enters the minds of both Ava and Sam, and I really got to know both of them well over the span of the story. And the sweetness of their friendship was just as good as the hotness of their romance, even when Sam continued to be more or less clueless when it came to how much Ava truly wanted from him. If you enjoy friends to lovers in your romances, Touch & Go is definitely a must read! It's extremely well done, my heart is soaring, and I'm fully satisfied while still kind of wanting a little more - but that's only because I'm very greedy.
I have so many quotes to choose from it's not even funny!! I'm only sharing three, though, as there really should be some of the story left for you to read yourself ;)
At least not in the context he knew her, anyway. Close as they were - and that was damned close - Ava's sex life was the one place Sam didn't dare to tread, so he didn't know what that mouth of hers was capable of, and he'd made it a lifetime habit not to find out.
Because it would be stupid to hope for Sam to be uncomfortable after a kiss that didn't mean anything. To wish that maybe he'd feel like things couldn't just seamlessly slide back into place. To disrupt a norm she'd spent the majority of her life conditioning herself to accept.
She'd have his friendship, his easy smile and dumb jokes and downtime hanging out watching stupid movies that made them both laugh themselves silly. She'd have what she'd always cherished. Just shy of everything. Something no kiss was worth giving up.
Touch & Go is extremely hot, and I loved how Sam and Ava had been friends since they were kids, both of them hanging on to their friendship when their hormones told them there could be much more for them in store.
Touch & Go is one of the best friends to lovers romances I have ever had the pleasure of reading! Sam and Ava had chemistry galore, but they were both hiding behind their long friendship, until that just wasn't possible anymore. When Sam agreed to be Ava's 'date' to a party at her workplace, to keep a colleague from continuing to try to pick her up, they shared one of the hottest kisses in history, and let's just say one thing led to another... But Ava still didn't tell Sam she was in love with him, and had been since she was a little girl. And Sam continued to see his best friend in front of him, even when she pushed all the right buttons when they were having hot sex.
As they continued living out their fantasies, it became more difficult for Ava to keep her heart uninvolved, though, even if I strongly believe her heart was fully engaged from the start. Sam had no interest in other women, even if he usually was a notorious one-night-stand man. Touch & Go also included very strong friendships, where Ava, her brother and their best friends all lived in the same building. This, of course, made things difficult when Ava realized she was never, ever going to get over Sam if she continued to live so close to him. And her life-long dream of getting married, having children, and be with a man who looked at her with love was not something she wanted to let go of.
Written in third person point of view, past tense, but with lots of dialogues, Touch & Go enters the minds of both Ava and Sam, and I really got to know both of them well over the span of the story. And the sweetness of their friendship was just as good as the hotness of their romance, even when Sam continued to be more or less clueless when it came to how much Ava truly wanted from him. If you enjoy friends to lovers in your romances, Touch & Go is definitely a must read! It's extremely well done, my heart is soaring, and I'm fully satisfied while still kind of wanting a little more - but that's only because I'm very greedy.
I have so many quotes to choose from it's not even funny!! I'm only sharing three, though, as there really should be some of the story left for you to read yourself ;)
At least not in the context he knew her, anyway. Close as they were - and that was damned close - Ava's sex life was the one place Sam didn't dare to tread, so he didn't know what that mouth of hers was capable of, and he'd made it a lifetime habit not to find out.
Because it would be stupid to hope for Sam to be uncomfortable after a kiss that didn't mean anything. To wish that maybe he'd feel like things couldn't just seamlessly slide back into place. To disrupt a norm she'd spent the majority of her life conditioning herself to accept.
She'd have his friendship, his easy smile and dumb jokes and downtime hanging out watching stupid movies that made them both laugh themselves silly. She'd have what she'd always cherished. Just shy of everything. Something no kiss was worth giving up.
mandy_pandy's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book! I am a sucker for a friends to lovers story and Ava and Sam are incredible. Friends for more than 20 years, Ava needs to scare off a guy who won't take no for an answer so she pretends to be dating Sam. The chemistry between Ava and Sam is off-the-charts hot. I loved how these two characters were together. This was such a fantastic story and I honestly didn't want it to end. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a friends to lovers story! I can't wait to read more books in this series! I hope Ford's story is next!
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**
rlp78's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyable
I really enjoyed this book. The friendship between Sam and Ava was wonderfully written. I really enjoyed the dynamic of all the friends in this group. I had to take a star off for Sam’s reaction when he found out Ava loved him. It felt like drama for drama’s sake. I had a hard time understanding his feelings.
I really enjoyed this book. The friendship between Sam and Ava was wonderfully written. I really enjoyed the dynamic of all the friends in this group. I had to take a star off for Sam’s reaction when he found out Ava loved him. It felt like drama for drama’s sake. I had a hard time understanding his feelings.
cowmingo's review against another edition
4.0
Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
We first met these characters in [b:Truth or Dare|18666175|Truth or Dare (Dare to Love, #1)|Mira Lyn Kelly|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1384754450s/18666175.jpg|26490170] and now we get more. #2 focuses on Sam and Ava who have been best friends for over 20 years. They love each other but refuse to mess up their friendship by telling each other their true feelings. So, we the readers are treated to watching how these friends navigate new waters and test their relationship. Plus we get a continuation of Tyler and Maggie's story and more antics from their friends. Can't wait for the next one! Mira Lynn Kelly writes honest characters who I have no trouble picturing in my head and caring about. Bring on #3.
We first met these characters in [b:Truth or Dare|18666175|Truth or Dare (Dare to Love, #1)|Mira Lyn Kelly|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1384754450s/18666175.jpg|26490170] and now we get more. #2 focuses on Sam and Ava who have been best friends for over 20 years. They love each other but refuse to mess up their friendship by telling each other their true feelings. So, we the readers are treated to watching how these friends navigate new waters and test their relationship. Plus we get a continuation of Tyler and Maggie's story and more antics from their friends. Can't wait for the next one! Mira Lynn Kelly writes honest characters who I have no trouble picturing in my head and caring about. Bring on #3.
yaruz7's review against another edition
5.0
So this was my first time reading a book from this author and ups it was the second book of the series. Even though it was written in third person (I'm not a big fan of) I really enjoy it I loved Sam and Ava's journey from friendship to lovers little Sam broke my heart and I want it to hug him so hard he went through so much as a kid but it was nice to se that Ava always was there for him, and poor Ava hiding her true feelings for Sam for so many years that must have been hard. Now I have to go back to the start to know more about Maggie and Tyler and then hopefully soon we'll get Ford story