Work for It

I fell in love with this book from the very first chapter. I relate to Olu on a soul deep level and I absolutely loved watching Olu and Griff grow as individuals and together. Talia never lets me down with her amazing mental health rep. 

3.5
This was cute!!

Awkward at times but mostly sweet.

I haven't quite climbed on board the Talia Hibbert bandwagon yet, but I enjoyed Work for It more than [b:A Girl Like Her 44569978 A Girl Like Her (Ravenswood, #1) Talia Hibbert https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553275003l/44569978.SY75.jpg 60594932], the only other Hibbert I've read to date. She is a strong writer who crafts sentences that you want to read slowly to savor. Her characters are more evenly matched here than in Girl; Olu is prickly, brittle and emotionally closed off (he reminded me of the damaged MC from Alexis Hall's brilliant [b:Glitterland 25638048 Glitterland (Glitterland, #1) Alexis Hall https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433092813l/25638048.SY75.jpg 24797122]) and Griff is more of a gentle giant with an edge, but they both need to experience significant emotional growth in order to be together. Plus there's nothing like a slow burn that finally ignites to make a book more interesting. Hibbert manages to make everything from the simple act of holding hands to full on sexual intercourse feel monumental to the characters. TL;dr - Talia Hibbert should definitely write more M/M romance.

I adored this book – I think it is my favorite of the Just For Him series.
This is another review though that I procrastinated on too long, so I can't recall exactly why I loved it as much as I did. I do know this is one I plan on re-reading in the future, so hopefully then I'll write a better review.