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A review by colleen_m
Beyond Complicated by Mercy Celeste
4.0
Title: Beyond Complicated
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: N/A
Genre: M/M/M Romance
Main Characters:
Liam McGuire is a former porn star turned boring CPA. After a horrific misunderstanding break-up with the love of his life, and porn partner, Seth, he has been living half a life in Miami, just treading water.
Seth Vincent fell in love with Liam doing porn. They were together for six years, Seth thought they would be together the rest of their lives, until Liam leaves out of the blue, without understanding why.
Kelton has been dealing with having too many father figures his entire life, without actually understanding who his REAL father is. He knows he loves Liam, as a friend more than a father. So it’s better to just avoid him when the friend feelings start to shift.
Plot/Conflict:
So obviously the love triangle is a huge “beyond complicated” plot conflict. The base of the traingle is obviously Seth and Liam, they loved each other, they were together for six years. Seth never understood why Liam left, and it killed him to think that they were only ever together for the money their videos brought in. Meanwhile, Liam left for almost the same reason, with a background twist of course. Years later, Liam still can’t be with anyone.
The next leg of the triangle is Seth and Kel. They meet through a modeling contract, and quickly became enamored with each other. Dealing with a budding relationship, Kel decides to take Seth to meet Liam.
In all the Seth-is-back drama, it brings to light the repressed feelings that Kel and Liam have for each other. Obviously if you read other spoilers are reviews, it’s obvious as this is not labeled an incest book, you can infer from that what you will. Sharing Seth in common between them is enough to spark those feelings into being undeniable.
Loves:
God, the sex scenes made me feel positively pervy, but whatever, I rolled with it. I loved all the angst drama, more so the huge miscommunication between Seth and Liam rather than the Liam-loves-Kel and whose-the-baby-daddy drama.
Likes:
There was no magical solution to the three of them being together and it being fine with the world, their friends, their families, etc. This was a beyond complicated relationship and it was always going to be contentious with other people outside their relationship. Celeste didn’t wave a magic wand and make it acceptable.
Peeves:
If I was going back and writing it myself, I guess the perv factor would have been way less if. But really, I got over it easier than I thought. There was also a lot of back and forth drama from Liam I could have done without. He jumped between Seth and Kel a bit too much in the beginning before they all came together. It broached a cheating place for me.
Favorite Quote:
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: N/A
Genre: M/M/M Romance
Main Characters:
Liam McGuire is a former porn star turned boring CPA. After a horrific misunderstanding break-up with the love of his life, and porn partner, Seth, he has been living half a life in Miami, just treading water.
Seth Vincent fell in love with Liam doing porn. They were together for six years, Seth thought they would be together the rest of their lives, until Liam leaves out of the blue, without understanding why.
Kelton has been dealing with having too many father figures his entire life, without actually understanding who his REAL father is. He knows he loves Liam, as a friend more than a father. So it’s better to just avoid him when the friend feelings start to shift.
Plot/Conflict:
So obviously the love triangle is a huge “beyond complicated” plot conflict. The base of the traingle is obviously Seth and Liam, they loved each other, they were together for six years. Seth never understood why Liam left, and it killed him to think that they were only ever together for the money their videos brought in. Meanwhile, Liam left for almost the same reason, with a background twist of course
Spoiler
which is that the final video they did together was supposed to be a scripted gang rape of Liam, which in fact was a real gang rapeThe next leg of the triangle is Seth and Kel. They meet through a modeling contract, and quickly became enamored with each other. Dealing with a budding relationship, Kel decides to take Seth to meet Liam.
In all the Seth-is-back drama, it brings to light the repressed feelings that Kel and Liam have for each other. Obviously if you read other spoilers are reviews, it’s obvious as this is not labeled an incest book, you can infer from that what you will. Sharing Seth in common between them is enough to spark those feelings into being undeniable.
Loves:
God, the sex scenes made me feel positively pervy, but whatever, I rolled with it. I loved all the angst drama, more so the huge miscommunication between Seth and Liam rather than the Liam-loves-Kel and whose-the-baby-daddy drama.
Likes:
There was no magical solution to the three of them being together and it being fine with the world, their friends, their families, etc. This was a beyond complicated relationship and it was always going to be contentious with other people outside their relationship. Celeste didn’t wave a magic wand and make it acceptable.
Peeves:
If I was going back and writing it myself, I guess the perv factor would have been way less if
Spoiler
Liam has known all along that he wasn’t Kel’s father, rather than just slightly suspected itFavorite Quote:
“Payback is a bitch with puppies”.