Room mates often agree to keep their friendship platonic. Don’t make things messy. They’re just best friends living together, right? Sure. But how often do those roommates sign a contract, and mount that pact on the wall of their house, to remind themselves every day that the other is off limits? Beyond Us shows what happens when two friends are able to put their heartbreak behind them, and see the truth of their friendship without consequences.
Eli Hutton has the body of a statue, and he knows how to use it. At least, that’s what the ladies at the Eggplant say- the ladies being patrons at the local strip club where he dances. His best friend and roommate is his biggest fan, and always has a front row seat (because she’s a waitress at the bar). The pair are strictly platonic. Nothing more, or else. At least that’s what each of them tell themselves. Who will crack first?
Synopsis
Beyond Us is the fourth book in the Hutton Family series, and readers have already fallen in love with the youngest son and discovered his secret. Although Eli loves his family, he had kept his dancing a secret from his older brothers for obvious reasons. Only his sister knows why he lives on the other side of town, and where he sources his cash flow.
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Reader Thoughts
After falling in love with the Hutton family in Beyond Words, each subsequent novel fills in little gaps in the family dynamic and has you swooning for a visit to the Hut. More family secrets are revealed, and loose threads are tied up from the first three novels, without clogging down the current plot line. (But also, if you haven’t read the first books, you will still enjoy this one as a standalone).
So far in the series, this book has the strongest comedic relief. You will be laughing from the prologue until the end, with a few breaks for minor conflict. Although not my favorite plotline, it is definitely the funniest and had me laughing throughout. It was a nice twist from the intensity of the prior novels. Although the Pact feels strong at first, the plot quickly has the pair exposing their feelings for one another and dealing with those consequences. The relationship progresses fast, perhaps because they’ve essentially been dating already for so long, but it’s slightly unrealistic. The conflict pulling them apart, once they inevitably get together, is resolved too quickly, and the pair are able to find the place in their own lives to settle the doubt that keeps them apart. Maybe the strongest couples start out as best friends. Or maybe we want them to succeed because we want to prove them wrong.
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