Gennie's 
 Absolutely Eric is the second of Erica Pike's Boston Boys series. Eric was an integral part of the first book, A Life Without You, and I couldn't wait for his story and for Eric to meet his match. This is a book that I both love and hate. There were times my skin crawled and just wanted to look away, but couldn't because I cared too much about Eric and his well being. In some ways it was like watching a crash, you know what's coming and that it's going to be awful, but you just can't look away. 
 Ms. Pike does a fabulous job telling this story. Getting me to read a book (and like it!) in which the majority of the intimate scenes are not between the main couple is a great feat! Eric loves sex and has it often and even has sex buddies that are basically friends with benefits, but they are friends first. Eric has never been in love and he's a big flirt, but he catches a glimpse of what true love is in the relationship between his college friends Adam and Jesse. Eric realizes that he wants that, but he doesn't know how to go about finding it because to be honest Eric is a bit of a snob when it comes to judging a person on the outside instead about by their inner character. This is why when Eric first meets Alex, he puts him in the "no way in hell will I ever date him" category. 
 However, Eric works for Alex's magazine all summer and it's obvious that Alex would like to date Eric. Alex is all the things Eric is not. Where Eric is flamboyant and extroverted, Alex is reserved and conservative, just to name a few. But what Eric comes to discover is that pretty and hunky aren't all they're cracked up to be. I don't want to give away too much of the story, but I promise there is a happy ending, even if it takes a lot of drama and wrong decisions in order to get there. 
 Once again this book is packed full of fun and likable secondary characters whose story lines I will patiently await. This is not an easy read, but it is a book that will get you thinking and remind you about all the angst of being in your early twenties. The nice thing is that there is some levity and humor than Ms. Pike infuses throughout the story so it doesn't get too heavy.