Blog Tour, Review and Giveaway: Meet Me in the Blue by A.M. Johnson

09 March of 2023 by ButtonsMom2003

Meet Me in the Blue By A.M. Johnson

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Best friends-to-lovers, second chance, demi-awakening, small town

Released: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Self Published

Series: Hemlock Harbor, Book 1

Length: 263 pages

Cover Design: Kate Farlow

Photographer: Chip Pons

Model: Chip Pony

Synopsis

Meet me… in the place where the sun kisses the horizon and sinks into blue shades of you and me.

Meet me there… where everything was always perfect. You and me and the damp grass at dawn and the gray dirt in the late evening rain.

Meet me where we were ourselves and not these two people who can’t even say I love you.

Meet me there and maybe we’ll remember…

We’ll remember the us we were before them, before miles, before lost hours, and you’ll ask what color the sky is, and I’ll say blue like your eyes.

And you’ll smile, and I’ll forget I ever missed you.

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Luka and Rook have been best friends since they were nine years old.

Five years ago, Luka threw it all away.

When his dad’s health takes a turn for the worst, Luka must come home to say his goodbyes and mend the bridges he burned all those years ago. But coming home is harder than he imagined, and after reuniting with his family, there’s only one person he needs.

Rook…

His best friend.

The one man he pushed away, the one man, no matter how hard he tried to forget, he can’t stop himself from loving.

Even if loving him means breaking his heart all over again.

Meet Me in the Blue is a stand alone, best friends to lovers, second chance, demi-awakening, MM romance, with a whole lot of small town heart, meddling moms, gossiping townies, self-discovery, a friendship forged of forts, Dungeons and Dragons, and a love that will stand the test of time.

Teaser Graphic

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I loved it!

Friends-to-lovers and second chance are two of my favorite romance tropes and this one has both so it was a big yes from me when the chance to read it for review came up. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by A.M. Johnson and this book is no exception.

Meet Me in the Blue is filled with all kinds of feels – my favorite kind of book. Luca ran away from Rook because he felt that Rook could never love him and he also wanted to experience living somewhere different from where he grew up. He returns when his father’s illness becomes terminal.

Rook has missed Luca and he’s angry that Luca left and their close connection grew dim. He’s not ready to just forgive Luca without some explanation as to why he left and let himself drift away.

It’s hard for me to describe how this story made me feel. I’ve always found A.M. Johnson’s writing to be lyrical and so easy to read. Some books, even ones I like a lot, are more of a struggle to read but that wasn’t the case here. It’s not terribly long – about 75,000 words – but it seemed like I finished it in no time at all.

This is the first book in a new series and I’m looking forward to reading the next one.