AUDIO REVIEW: The Retreat by JR Gray & Andi Jaxon (New York Gods #2)

THE RETREAT

New York Gods - Book Two

by JR Gray & Andi Jaxon

Release Date: September 4, 2024

Audio Release Date: December 10, 2024

Review

A mesmerizing world of toxic and slightly unhinged wealthy people.

Owen and Colin are in an arranged (kind of) engagement. An arranged marriage is a requirement, but neither wants it to involve Colin’s teenage sister!

So now they are living together, in each other’s space, and discovering a lot about each other and themselves.

They have a great dynamic that really gets you invested in their story and the outcome. It was really well done, and though it does involve fencing, this one is much more character-driven.

I’m also happy to report that the audiobook is narrated by Kirt Graves and does a fantastic job.

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Synopsis

I’ll do anything not to marry the girl my parents want me to.

Including marrying her brother in a drunken panic.

I’m not gay, but I can fake it long enough to get our parents off my back, right?

Cue hiding out for the next two years, but nothing is that simple, because I’m offered a spot on the US National team.

Now we have to fake it for the entire world as the poster boys of gay fencers while Colin makes me doubt everything I think I am.

I’m not prepared for all the ways I depend on Colin. Or the place he’s filling in my life.

But I can’t keep this up.

I’m slipping on a national stage.

And he’s going to press every button until I snap, ruining this for us both.

About Andi Jaxon

Sarcastic and snarky, I love to laugh and read dark fucked up shit. I write about tortured pasts and hot sex, a happily ever after that has to be worked for. My stories tend to be a little dark but with some comic relief, typically in the form of sarcasm and usually include two men falling in love though I sometimes dabble in other LGBTQIA stories.

I am probably one of the most random people you will probably ever come in contact with. My favorite accessory is rainbows, big hoop earrings, and fake eyelashes (I only recently learned how to put them on). I always have coffee on hand so I can try to keep up with the three minions I’ve created.

I married a sexy man in uniform who let me spawn and am now raising a mutinous army of hell raisers that I created myself, all while he defends our country. I drink too much coffee and am sexually frustrated for your freedom. If you see me online, I'm probably sitting in a closet, hiding from my kids.

I have a ridiculous addiction to Archer, Sherlock, Supernatural, and The Big Bang Theory. I live my life spewing TV quotes and sarcasm. I'm a self confessed ass, not easily offended, and I love to laugh, almost as much as I love sleep. My laundry is rarely folded or put away and I have probably only showered once this week.

I hate schedules and planning, I have calendars, planners, and my phone yet can’t remember anything. Somehow, I’ve managed to keep 3 kids alive but I really need to become an adultier adult.

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About JR Gray

When not staying up all night writing, J.R. Gray can be found at the gym where it's half assumed he is a permanent resident to fulfill his self-inflicted masochism. A dominant and a pilot, Gray finds it hard to be in the passenger seat of any car. He frequently interrupts real life, including normal sleep patterns and conversations, to jot down notes or plot bunnies. Commas are the bane of his existence even though it's been fully acknowledged they are necessary, they continue to baffle and bewilder. If Gray wasn't writing…well, that's not possible. The buildup of untold stories would haunt Gray into an early grave, insanity or both. The idea of haunting has always appealed to him. J.R. Gray is genderqueer and prefers he/him pronouns.

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