Title: ⟫ Legal Bindings (Living Situations Book 3)
Author: ⟫ Ella Fenn
Rating: ⟫ 4/5
Blurb: ⟫ Nick Robinson doesn’t need help from anyone. He’s been taking care of himself since he was ten years old, and his independent streak has cost him friendships, a marriage, and most recently, his job. Facing unemployment and the looming threat of losing his home, Nick decides his only option is to seek a room-mate. After a fruitless search, the only decent applicant is Evan, a talented artist in need of creative inspiration, which he thinks he might find in Nick’s attic loft.
Evan moves in, still searching for that elusive burst of artistic brilliance, and their opposing personalities collide, triggering heated exchanges and hurt feelings. Nick is uptight and constantly worried about what other people think, which grates against Evan’s artistic temperament and odd sartorial choices.
However, destiny has a way of bringing people together when they need it most. While searching for a new job, Nick meets Sydney, a disaffected teenage girl in foster care who desperately needs legal assistance. Amidst their endless squabbles, Nick and Evan find common ground in their shared responsibility for Sydney's potential. When their walls come down, sparks fly. But are those sparks kindling the fire of their future, or are they tinder that will burn the fledgling relationship to the ground?
The third book in the Living Situations series, Legal Bindings is a gay romance featuring unlikely room-mates, self-discovery, and the extraordinary connections that can arise when we challenge our own assumptions. If you like enemies-to-lovers, found family, and steamy situations, then you won’t want to miss this book.
Let Nick and Evan paint you an unconventional picture of what true love looks like and get your copy of Legal Bindings today.
Review: ⟫ I’m always impressed when an author can take a previous ‘bad’ guy and make the reader feel sorry for them. When it came to Nick, the insight into the person he is now versus where he was, as well as the underlying reasons for his behaviour were insightful and genuine and I appreciated that. I also appreciated that he wasn’t given a free ride – he had to face the consequences of his past actions and apologise – a heart-felt, real apology that more than made it possible for people to move on feeling lighter in themselves.
The story revolves around the fact that Nick is a square peg trying to force himself to fit in the expected ‘circle’ and how Evan helps him figure out who he is and what he wants. Along the way, Evan also figured himself out, let go of past anger and discovered that his dream of living in New York might well have been better off remaining a dream.
I didn’t expect the story I got – Nick’s experiences in the foster system were such a prime motivator in his actions and it hurt seeing him trying to work the system to make his new possible, all whilst realising that it might lose him Evan because of his past. And the way in which Evan managed to see beyond the mask that Nick lived his life behind to what the man actually needed and the person he could be was really beautiful.
Ella Fenn has a very engaging style of writing – it’s very easy to read, flows well and feels real – and it’s only as you reach the end of the book that you realise you’ve hours living in the world they have created. This was a lovely addition to the Living Situations series, with hot sex, deep feelings and a lot about found family that really touched my heart.
I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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