Work for It

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.