2 1/2 Stars: This Could Have Been Something Great 
 (Warning: a couple of spoilers ahead). 
 I don't know what happened, really. I was originally thrilled to hear that there was going to be another book in the Straight Boys series and couldn't wait for it to come out. After reading the blurb in the excerpt of the last book, I was pumped. Unfortunately, this installment of the series just didn't live up to my expectations for two reasons. 
 1. Gabriel 
 After Just a Bit Obsessed, I was interested in getting to get to know him as a character, but after reading this book I certainly regret it. At first, I gave him a break assuming that he might have some sort of redeeming qualities about him; yet, here I am 193 pages later, questioning what exactly was so amazing about him. He came off as completely unlikable. 
 Dear God, I'm not sure where the even start with him. Gabriel was truly a piece of work to handle. His behavior was completely unnecessary in my opinion. He was manipulative, needy, childish and selfish. He only thought about himself and what HE wanted. He had this sort of my way or the highway mentality that never failed irritate me. 
 2. Where the hell were Jared and Claire's backbones? 
 I'm not even sure who was worse when it came to self-respect. They both seemed to be under the spell of Captain Jackass over here. If I were to ever come across a Gabriel in my lifetime, I'd be the first one running. It just didn't make sense how two characters could be so easily wrapped around Gabriel's finger. He provided them with plenty of red flags to signal them to exit out of their relationships with him. 
 I had some hope for Jared in the beginning when he moved and left Gabriel because of the fact that Gabriel couldn't understand why it was such a problem for them to continue being such close friends, when Jared had such strong feelings for him. He was able to get some space and find Oscar, his new boyfriend, who actually wanted to be in a relationship with him. I was completely okay with that and personally preferred Oscar over Gabriel any day of the week. 
 I lost all my respect for Jared when he was quick to come running into Gabriel's arms after he suggested that he would let-yes, LET-Jared kiss him whenever he wanted if he came home with him. Mind you, Gabriel is still living with his girlfriend and son at home. Seriously? That's all it took for Jared to be convinced to come back..? Not something normal like- oh, I don't know-AN ACTUAL RELATIONSHIP? Oh, and can we address the fact that Jared left a perfectly decent relationship to be in some fucked up version of a friends with benefits arrangement? How stupid can he get? 
 I was extremely aggravated at the way in which Claire responded to the entire situation. At times, I was just irritated about how desperate she was about keeping Gabriel to herself. Other times, I just annoyed about the fact that she let Gabriel walk all over her. I get that she sincerely believed that Gabriel was straight and "would never leave her side" but at some point something has got to give. Even after reading the millions of drafted emails Gabriel never sent to Jared(which revealed his real feelings about being with Claire and his son), she decided to ignore the issue. It felt like she was nothing more than another source of conflict to strengthen Gabriel and Jared's "great relationship". 
 To sum up how I feel about this book: