You’re Ours is a novella encompassing an established couple bringing in a third into their dynamic. This book has a lot of different rep's in it and that makes it a great book. There's Trans and Aro rep. I love DC Emerson's writing, they always somehow manage to represent and showcase various sexualities and identities in their stories in such a beautiful way!
From the blurb:
After yet another boring work conference, Tyler isn’t expecting anything when he accepts a dinner invitation from his “work husband,” Jackson, and Jackson’s actual husband, Sky. Sure, he’s noticed how well Jackson’s shoulders fill out his dress shirts, and Sky is quite possibly the most gorgeous person he’s ever met, but they’re married, and Tyler is as single as it gets. He also has a rough track record with relationships, spending most of his life being accused of being a player, even though all he’s ever wanted is connection and good hook ups.
When both Sky and Jackson proposition him, he accepts eagerly, and falls into a whirlwind fling that turns into two incredible friendships—and they’re absolutely fire is bed!
Unfortunately, he doesn’t know what that means for him and his continued uncertainty about romantic relationships. When everything comes to a head, will Tyler work out what he wants—and needs—in a relationship?
You’re Ours is a LGBTQIA+ romance novella with queer, polyamorous, trans, and aromantic rep. It is a standalone novella in the larger Not So Normative universe.
Thera Rhodes review:
This was a good book. I enjoyed the characters. I enjoyed the story. I struggled with the relationship. Which is definitely a me problem and not the author problem. I enjoy books that naturally come together as polyam than a partner coming in with an established couple. That's totally a me thing though. The story was well written and the characters were loveable. And I really enjoyed Ty's aspec awakening. I never read a book with an aro character before and I thought that part was really well done. It definitely helped me understand aromanticism much better.
Molly Otto's review:
Jackson & Sky have been happily married for some time now, and both understand they are poly and would like to invite Tyler, Jackson's work husband, into the mix. Through a series of random events that leads them to their place, Sky unknowingly starts things before Jackson makes their intent clear, oops. DC does a beautiful job in showing Sky and their comfort in being their true self, which made me somewhat annoyed. The aromance aspect felt almost rushed. it would have been nice to see Tyler's evolution more, which is hard in a novella, so I understand not all aspects of the story could be handled as thoroughly as I may have hoped them to have been. overall enjoyable read.
Lori C's review:
This book is about polyamory, so if that isn’t something you’re interested in or comfortable with skip on by. I like to read new authors, so I gave it a try. I think it is quite well written. Tyler has a troubled romantic past, he always seems to be in the wrong somehow. He works with Jackson and they have a wonderful friendship. He enjoys spending time with Jackson and his husband Sky, but he finds himself becoming attracted to the two of them. I had really fallen in love with the story by this point. Each man had a relationship with the other, emotionally and physically. It became a story about feelings not just steamy physicality. This novella is an experience in learning that not everyone feels similar situations the same. I am really quite interested in reading the rest of the books in the Not So Normative series. I’m off to find D. C. Emerson’s backlist!
Angel's review:
((This was previously released as a short story but has since been revised and more content has been added.))
I was never able to read this when it was released originally, but when the blurb for this book was announced I knew I wanted to read it right away. I absolutely adore Emerson's writing style, I am so impressed by their way with words and how they write about various sexualities and identities with immense care and respect. You can tell as you're reading their stories that they take time to research what they are writing about and that level of detail and respectfulness goes a long way in making their characters relatable.
Now onto Jackson, Sky, and Tyler's beautiful polyamorous relationship! Firstly I want to talk about how much I loved how open and supportive all three of these men are with each other. When their friendship quickly dived into something more s===xual, they all made sure each person was comfortable and they asked what each others likes/dislikes were and truly listened to one another. I liked these three together, I absolutely adore the poly representation and how their dynamic was written and described.
My favorite moments were when these three were spending time together doing things, those things being; cooking together, going out on dates, cuddling on the couch, etc. That's the intimacy I look for in romance stories, and I just wish there were more of those moments in greater detail. I understand that spicy scenes are what kicked off these three developing feelings for each other and so in that regard there was bound to be more... However, I think this would've been as great (if not better) if there were less spicy scenes. But! Having said that, I did still enjoy the story despite that.
I appreciated how Tyler's awakening was written and described. Him trying to describe how he truly feels to Sky and Jackson broke my heart. Especially because it was such a raw and poignant scene. The moment he said, "I don’t understand the difference between loving someone versus being in love with them", that really hit home for me cause I can understand that. I can relate to it. This story made opened my eyes to something I wasn't fully aware of and gave me a lot of things to think about and research. I LOVE when an author and a story can open my eyes to topics, sexualities, etc, that I didn't previously know prior. It makes my bookworm heart and brain happy.
Overall, yet another great story by this author. I am so excited to see what they release next! ((P.S... The epilogue is fantastic!)
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