LOVE LESSONS by Heidi Cullinan
♥ ♥ ♥ 4 STARS ♥ ♥ ♥
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"Sometimes they never do, and that’s a risk we take. But sometimes what they need most is to see us sitting still, patient, waiting. To understand that we’re going to be there no matter what, that we’re the ones who are always sitting there waiting, loyal, loving. Sometimes that’s more powerful than any words.”
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All Walter Lucas wants is to live off campus. He is known as a casanova for his never ending list of hookups, and he just keeps adding more men to that list. But when they deny his request, they stick him in a single dorm with another young man who has a long list of his own, but this one is of his allergies. His name is Kelly, and his the complete opposite of Walter. Kelly is shy, a virgin, and waiting to have his Disney happily ever after with his prince charming.
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"Walter, I can't. I feel things when we do this that I shouldn't. You don't feel those kinds of things, not with anyone."
Walter nuzzled Kelly's neck, then his ear. "Maybe I do, with you."
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Walter is very cynical when it comes to love. But, he decides to show Kelly that the only way he'll ever meet his "the one" is by going out there and looking. The more time these two spend with each other, they closer they become. I loved watching their relationship form into best friends status, and then to so much more. I loved the pace of the romantic storyline, as well as the character development. There was only one part where I did feel the story slowed down too much for me. I loved the tension between them that a great slow burn. I loved the banter and just the overall connection. I was falling for both of them. They were just so damn adorable together. I couldn't get enough of theses guys.
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'Need. It was need.
I want Kelly.
I need Kelly.
His heart beat so hard it felt like he was going to have an attack. It wasn't anything, though, next to the pain of what he realized that fervent beating meant.
I love Kelly.'
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I liked that we got to see who Walter really was. He was hiding behind his cocky mask so that no one would see the hurt and uncertainty he was feeling inside. I loved that Kelly was able to bring him out of his shell and help him see that he is worth loving. The part that I mentioned before that caused the story to slow down for me was when they tried to help a professor at the school. I wasn't able to stay interested in it, but I did like that we got to see how caring and unselfish Walter really was. Overall, it was a really great book. Yes, it was overtly sweet, especially near the ending, but damn it...it wouldn't be a Disney happily ever after if it wasn't. I loved it so much it melted my heart for the both of them. I can't wait to read the next book in the series. I totally recommend giving this one a read to all those hopeless romantics out there.
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