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Games Frat Boys Play

Games Frat Boys Play, June 2011
by Todd Gregory

Kensington
Featuring: Jordy Valentine; Chad York
352 pages
ISBN: 0758247427
EAN: 9780758247421
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"A Hot Coming-of-Age Story about Gay Fraternity Life"

Fresh Fiction Review

Games Frat Boys Play
Todd Gregory

Reviewed by Lisa Watts
Posted April 29, 2011

LGBTQ Romance

Jordy Valentine never fit in at the exclusive boarding school he attended growing up, so when he has the chance to go to an average state college he is thrilled. He's even more excited when he pledges the Beta Kappa fraternity and becomes friends with the gorgeous Chad York. Chad is everything Jordy has ever wanted, and he soon becomes infatuated with the brother. When Chad cruelly rejects his advances, Jordy decides it's time to make a change. He starts working out, changes his image, and becomes a man's man on campus giving in to all his base desires. But getting Chad out of his mind isn't easy, and revenge is starting to look better and better.

GAMES FRAT BOYS PLAY offers an inside look at the social games and challenges of college life. Although this book focuses on gay men, the story could be applied to any young college students in the country. It's a world where peer pressure abounds, and students will do almost anything to fit in. It's also a time of experimentation and self-discovery. Chad is a perfect example of the desperation some students feel to be popular and well-liked. He's also trying to discover more about his homosexuality. Although he's known for quite some time that he is attracted to other men, he has never had a chance to explore that part of himself. Suddenly there is an abundance of young gay men for him to fool around with, and he takes advantage of that fact. But sex is not the same as love, and Chad soon finds himself wanting more.

The book is well-written and the plot of the story is well-developed and interesting. I found myself intrigued right from the first page and remained so until the very end. That being said, GAMES FRAT BOYS PLAY is mostly a hot coming-of-age story involving the sexcapades of a fraternity pledge. Many of the situations that arise are too outlandish to be believable, and it seems unlikely that every young man Chad comes in contact with is extremely handsome and built. There is a love story in there somewhere, but you'll have to get through a lot of meaningless sex and petty revenge to find it. Of course sometimes that's just what you're looking for. Overall the story is an entertaining and sexy diversion and a good choice if you're looking for hot man-on-man sex with some plot to back it up.

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SUMMARY

Eight years at an exclusive Swiss boarding school have given Jordy Valentine an impressive education. But the things he really wants to learn-like how to make friends, fit in, and find a lover-have eluded him. He’s hoping college will change everything...

From the start, Jordy is intrigued by the Beta Kappa fraternity-especially by handsome rush chair Chad York. Dazzled by Chad’s flirting, Jordy is crushed when Chad cruelly rejects him on Initiation Night. But if Chad doesn’t want Jordy, plenty of other guys do! Especially once he begins to work out and transform his body. Suddenly Jordy is free to indulge every deep desire he’s ever had- from illicit locker room trysts with his personal trainer to fun, frenzied encounters at the local dance club and his frat house to exhilarating, uninhibited online hookups. In time, Jordy will have to decide what matters more-revenge against Chad, or the chance at an incredible connection that satisfies in every way.

Intensely erotic and irresistibly real, Games Frat Boys Play is a delicious initiation into the ways of lust, love, and raw desire…


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