Book Review: Tongue Tied by Christina Lee

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Part of the FU2 Series

Now available on KU 

What a sweet, sweet, story. I’ve enjoyed Christina Lee’s previous college romance story from Roosevelt U, so I was rather looking forward to this one. 

It’s slow burn, best friends and fake dating in one. It’s like these two have been a couple from the start, and just finally added the intimacy elements to their relationship. Even 2-3 dates into their fake dating, they still didn’t want to ruin the friendship if they started going out, that was frustrating to me, but I guess I needed them to work that out on their own in due time.

I also love Kael, what an adorable scene stealing new friend. I would love it if there was a novella about him and Angelica.

So this Brandon character just kinda appears and disappears in the book with no back story except that he’s this guy that Austin was into, but I feel like he wouldn’t be placed in the book so prominently without more to the story, so maybe he’s a spin off character for another story, but I have no clue on that and it just left me wondering.

Also I love when Austin gets tongue-tied and jumbles up his sentence. 

There is no sports in this book. 

BTW, this story fits right in with the Popped Anthology that was recently released, with Austin being a virgin.

So read this for:

Virgin MC

Best friends to Lovers

Fake Dating

Blurb:

Confessing feelings for your best friend takes being tongue-tied to a whole new level.
 
AUSTIN
Dex has always been my best friend, so it’s no surprise that we attend Franklin U together. We’re complete opposites. Dex is charismatic and outgoing. Me? Let’s just say I wish I could infuse some of his confidence into my veins. Making friends is hard enough, but trying to meet guys, even with Dex’s help? I’m useless. Maybe it’s because Dex is all about hooking up, but I want my first time to be straight out of the pages of the romance novels I read.
 
DEX
After a string of mishaps, I swore off helping Austin land guys. But when he asks me to show him the ropes with practice sessions, I get the feeling he’s desperate. Our dates are pretend, so why am I getting so into them? I want to make Austin happy, but the line between friendship and something more is getting really damned blurry. The fluttery feeling, that electric energy every time we touch…it’s addicting. I’m getting overprotective, not only of my time with Austin, but with douchebags who might break his heart.
 
Eventually, the pretending has to end so Austin can strike out on his own. But how do I tell him I’m not ready to let him go, when every attempt at confessing leaves me tongue-tied?