An excellent continuation of the Oahu Lovers series. I love the Hawaiian setting, but the characters are awesome. I was excited to read about Reggie and Shohei after the last book. Shohei is “straight” so he hits major confusion mode after Reggie kisses him once day and he liked it. They became friends first, so I liked the foundation they started on. Luckily there wasn’t much angst. This was an enjoyable story.

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This book was a syrupy-sweet story full of standard romance tropes. Reggie meets Shohei at a gaming night set up by some friends. (Previous characters from books 1 & 2 in the series). He's interested immediately and they have a lot in common. On their first meet up... Reggie kisses Shohei... misinterpreting Shohei's interest. He's straight and has just broken up with his girlfriend.

Both men are open to being friends in spite of their awkward encounter... and Shohei already has inklings of feeling attracted to Reggie. He has never had feelings for other men... exclusively women...but he feels something he can't quite define for Reggie.

Soon the men are agreeing to "experiment" with each other as Shohei sorts out what he's feeling, what he likes and what he might want. They agree to it being a casual thing with no strings involved. Naturally, that doesn't work out as both men begin developing feelings for one another. There are a few speed bumps along the way but this book has minimal angst.

I have to say that my favorite in this series was book 2: Change For You. Stephen and Max appear a few times in Ready for You so it was great to see them again! ( )