My Review - Unexpected Dreams - by Isabelle Peterson

Unexpected Dreams

Dreams Series, Book 4

By Isabelle Peterson

Genres: Gay Romance, Erotica

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Synopsis

Divorce is a big change... But there are bigger ones. 
A few months after his divorce and may failed blind dates, Greg Fairchild met Tanner Williams. What started out as a good friendship unexpectedly turned into something that Greg didn't know what do with...attraction. Why would he be attracted to a man? He had been a ladies man back in the day. He was married for more than 20 years - to a woman... He fathered three children with that woman... He was a Republican! 

Was this unexpected development a mid-life crisis? Or had he been living a lie all these years

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My Review

I am about to say a sentence I haven’t been able to honestly say in quite some time, I have recently lost my virginity. I gave it to Greg, Tanner, and Isabelle and it was amazing! Kinky of me, huh? Unexpected Dream was my first M/M romance novel. And let me tell you losing my M/M virginity was not like how most probably lose their real virginity, a clumsy quick regret in the backseat of a car, but this was a sexy, romantic, and wild ride I could never regret. I am a fan of the entire Dream Series, but Unexpected Dreams is by far, my favorite.

Greg is a man who was just existing in his marriage expecting his wife to be the perfect companion and housewife until his wife suddenly and without warning left him while he thought he was having a normal day at work. He seemed at a lost of how to survive living his new life and keeping his home. I was not very Team Greg for the first two books in the series, I believe I even badmouthed him in previous reviews, but now we get a look at what makes him tick and the conservative views his family imprinted on him. Unexpected Dreams is a novel about finding your self, breaking social stereotypes, family, love, and friendship. I mentioned that this books breaks down stereotypes and I love the way Izzy does it. She takes thoughts some conservatives may truly believe, and presents them in a manor that is ridiculous, yet serious since these are issues that real life people face once placed in these biased mass groupings.

Next, I’m going to learn that all male fashion models aren’t gay. Man- my world has been so rocked in the past couple of weeks that I couldn’t even begin to count the ways.

Greg is the leading man developed from the previous books in the series but in this novel we meet one of my favorite leading men I’ve met in the pages of a romance story; Tanner. Selfishly, in the back of my mind, I am totally thinking, “Damn it, all the good one’s really are gay,” because I love Tanner. He’s athletic, understanding, confident, and patient.

I had never had a kiss like this, and I was afraid. Not that I was kissing a man, but that I had missed out for so long. I was afraid I would never be able to make up for lost time.

Unexpected Dreams is very romantic with the way Greg finally realizes there is more to a partner than a warm body to sleep next to and someone to provide dinner and do laundry, and we see his thoughts drastically morph. He learns what loving, craving, needing, and wanting (As Elizabeth had previously described) another person is like.

The only thing I could come up with was that was the best non-sex fuck of my life, that I felt better whenever I was with Tanner than anyone else, and I was certain I was gay. But Tanner’s breathing and scent soothed me, and I wasn’t freaked out. And that freaked me out.

Not only was the book romantic but also the sex scenes were amazing. I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy the sex scenes, considering I had no previous experience with M/M and I am a female. The only thing I could reference it to is watching M/M porn, which doesn’t do it for me.  What I’m talking about here I’m not talking about tolerance, acceptance, or equality. I’m simply talking about what personally gets your motor going, what leaves you griping the sheets. We don’t read these books only for the sex scenes but hey, getting hot and bothered by our favorite leading men is definitely a factor and before reading I wondered if I would still have that factor.  But each scene got hotter and hotter and Isabelle does a remarkable job at glorifying a blowjob. It didn’t matter what the sex of the people involved were, they were written beautifully and wonderfully steamy. Hot and bothered was definitely still a factor.

With his hands on my ass, holding me firmly, he leaned in and what happened next rocked my world to the core... Long and slow, from the base to the tip, he closed his mouth on it and swirled his tongue. I let out a loud, guttural groan, and Tanner took nearly my whole length, which I felt was an impressive seven inches, into his mouth. My hands flew to his head, and my fingers threaded themselves through his hair. Not wanting him to move, I held him there. If he moved, I was going to come. It was too soon. I wanted this to last. Tanner breathed slowly while squeezing my backside. Carefully, Tanner pulled his mouth off my dick and looked up at me. It was the most erotic thing I had ever see.

"Sit down," he whispered hoarsely...

Unexpected Dreams is book 4 in a series but Isabelle works hard to make sure each book can be read as a stand alone, enlisting beta readers who have never read the previous books to make sure things are easily understood. But where’s the fun in just reading one? If your new to the whole series, start at book 1, Ditching the Dream and if you just haven’t gotten to Unexpected Dreams yet but have read books 1-3, well get on it! That’s my recommendation to you!

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