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The Forever Neighbor: A Best Friends to Lovers Sunshine/Grump Gay Romance (Corio Heights Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Rye Cox (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 223 ratings
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What do you do when you’re in love with your childhood friend?

For as long as Will can remember, Jason has always been his safe space, his protector. Now as adults, he doesn’t know how much longer he can hide the desire he holds for his best friend. A desire he’s too afraid to convey and so is unable to make any progress on changing their relationship status. Is it finally time to let go?

There are two things Jason loves most in the world: food and Will. They’ve gone through everything together over the years and are as close as family. As he feels his best friend begin pulling away, Jason slowly discovers that his love for Will has turned into an emotion he can’t quite grasp but is determined to understand. Can he figure out his feelings before it’s too late and he loses Will forever?

The Forever Neighbor is an M/M romance with grumpy/sunshine and childhood friends-to-lovers tropes. It features obsessive lovers, healing, and finding found family once again. It is the third book of the Corio Heights series and can be read as a standalone but will be more enjoyable when read as a series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09PVM2FKL
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (August 3, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 3, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1894 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
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Rye Cox

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Rye is an M/M Romance author who is a romantic at heart. She believes that love conquers all, and so her stories are guaranteed to always have an HEA. When she's not writing, she escapes to the world of books or daydreams about becoming a future cat lady.

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223 global ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE & HEALING
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2022
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I’ve been waiting for this book for so long!! Can I just tell you how happy I am right now?! I was on the edge of tears almost from the beginning, because these two are just perfect for each other in my eyes. The ending is absolutely lovely! This book is one I can see rereading.

Will has had feelings for Jason forever. FOREVER. I’m not sure Jason ever realized, not that he’s oblivious, he’s not, Will is just that good at hiding. When he finally slips the tether on his control and shows Jason, Jason responds. It’s like he finally woke up too. It was just beyond perfection seeing these connect the way they did. But perfection has a way of hiding cracks and broken pieces. Can love truly heal all wounds?

Oh man, y’all. I wanted and waited for this book. If Rye Cox herself had told me, she was planning on ripping my heart out before she pieced it back together, I would have still said please let me read your book. Jason and Will’s story is a doozy for me. Maybe others will feel like it isn’t an emotional book, but that’s the beauty in reading. We can all see a story through our own lens. For me, Jason and Will’s story is beautiful. I hope that you will love it too. ❤️
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Reading*Renee
4.0 out of 5 stars Steamy Friends-to-Lovers Story Full of Longing
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2022
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Hello, glorious, all-consuming, agonizing pining for unrequited love. This book is dripping with longing, and it's delicious.

Long-suffering nice guy Will (27) has been in love with his roommate and childhood best friend Jason (27) for years but, not wanting to lose him, is resigned to a lifetime of close friendship. Jason, for his part, is completely oblivious to Will's feelings and views Will more like family than a potential lover...or does he?

This is such a (non-sugar shock) sweet story, it's impossible not to root hard for Will's HEA with Jason from page 1. Both are very self-aware of their unhealthy codependency and irrational jealousy and fears (their traumatic shared backstory is well fleshed out, and they seek therapy), and Will doesn't want to risk their friendship by pursuing more, until he can't pack down true feelings any longer.

As much as this is a friends-to-lovers story, it's also a sexual awakening for Jason, who is on the ace spectrum. I think that aspect could've been delved into further, with more introspection by Jason (same for his going to therapy). The latter half of the book focuses on the two making up for lost time as lovers, but it's not all steam and no story.

I enjoyed this book's easy flow and slow-burn feel (and actually, I would've loved an even slower burn), which made for a quick and breezy read that left me smiling. I also really liked how the setting - Curio City - played a larger role in this book, as Will and Jason played tourist on their non-date dates around town.

Reading the previous two books in the series isn't necessary to fully enjoy this one but Will and Jason do appear in them, plus they're good reads too. I received an advance reading e-copy of this book and have left this honest review voluntarily. (Also read in KU.) [Story: 4.5 Stars]
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Golden Child
3.0 out of 5 stars Will & Jason
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2023
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These two getting together was inevitable. Will finally reveals his feelings and Jason finally realizes his. Their therapist helps them realize their potential issues if they don’t slow down and spend time getting to know each other outside their bubble. Sweet story about
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Shawn C
5.0 out of 5 stars friends to lovers
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2022
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I honestly really liked this story. I’m always a fan of friends to lovers romances because there is more depth and emotions into it. No one knows you better than the person who’s been there for you almost all your life.
I love Will, he’s strong and reserved but he has this need to protect Jason from everything.
Jason is beautiful and passionate. Jason’s mom took in will when his parents were dead beats and raised him alongside with Jason.
Through their trauma they relied on one another but together they grew as a couple. With friends to lovers romances you can literally feel every word, dreams, and yearning the MC feels.
Can’t wait to read next book.
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Amos24601
4.0 out of 5 stars All the little parts
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2022
I feel like this is the book we’ve needed for awhile. Don’t get me wrong, I love books with an adorable meet cute to start and big declarations of love to end. But I really loved this book about all the in between stuff. Frankly, it was refreshing, but not without its pitfalls.

Will and Jason have known each other forever. Will has been in love with Jason for as long as he can remember. He doesn’t want to risk the friendship so he pines…and pines… and pines. It’s Will taking a chance that leads them to one another. Jason finally sees what was right in front of him the whole time. I really loved how these guys loved each other. However, sometimes familiarity isn’t always the best. And the obsession and possession get to be a little much. This was when it started being a real winner for me. Will and Jason were both willing to see a therapist to help them to a healthy place. They both had these underlying trauma responses they never recognized or tried to resolve. This is what we don’t get to see often enough with couples who go from friends to lovers. I loved this aspect of the book: Will and Jason growing together in their love.

Their explorations of one another were sexy. Both being virgins, they didn’t have a lot to go on. I wish we would have seen some more of their firsts. Some of these things were glossed over and I felt like I needed more to their story that way. I also felt like there was so much telling going on and not enough showing. Sometimes we’d skip a whole week in just a few sentences and I didn’t love that.

This was a mostly well rounded read. Some angst to be had and a heaping helping of pining, but I really did enjoy Will and Jason together. They were basically a couple without the physical intimacy all along. Adding that part was the icing on an already delicious cake. 4 hard won stars from me.
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michael
3.0 out of 5 stars friend for love
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2022
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I’m surprised that Will never kissed Jason as a teenager. They were always together you think a spark would have hit them. It took to long for Will and Jason to get together and the time to separate was to long in this story. The end was beautiful but thought Will would purpose on the clock tower. Beast friends for love
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4.0 out of 5 stars Forwvwr friends to lovers
Reviewed in the Netherlands on December 18, 2022
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This book so far has been my least favorite. I like that these longtime friends finally find their way to a relationship and a hea after doing some healing. I however had problems with some of the actions and interactions. 📚 4-
Audiobook
The narration was well done as usual and lifted the story for me, however the story is what it is. 🎧 4
Overall 4⭐️
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sarah mitcham
5.0 out of 5 stars More than Friends.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2022
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MM, Best Friends to Lovers, Grumpy/Sunshine, Sexual Awakening, Contemporary, Romance. Easy to read page-turner with great characters and lots of heat, emotion and some angst. From the very beginning of the book I was emotionally attached and near to tears, I thoroughly enjoyed reading their story and watching their relationship evolve. Although it's the third book in the series it can be read as a stand-alone with no loss of enjoyment or understanding. Guaranteed HEA.
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♡Danielle♡
4.0 out of 5 stars Jason & Will - ☆☆☆☆
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2022
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"There was only one thing I was certain about in this world, and that was Jason. He was my childhood friend who had been the only constant in my life. My protector, my family, my unrequited love…and I knew I had to give him up." ~Will

This story was an oxymoron. It was light and yet very heavy at the same time. There was angst in the beginning regarding the pinning towards one another. Will and Jason grew up as childhood friends and they weren't in the best situation. Will developed deep feelings for Jason but didn't think it would ever be reciprocated which lead to the first part of the books inner monolog from Will and the longing feelings he was going through.
I never realized that I didn't enjoy pinning, however, the author did a great job at wrapping that up at a good point in the story. It was bordering on being annoying but really wasn't.
The rest of the book when they both finally relalized their feelings didn't get any lighter. The storyline was light and an easy read in general but not the emotional angst. Even by the end of the book I didn't really feel the happy ending. It was more of a real life ending with a HFN because they both were in therapy dealing with the childhood trauma. It wasn't a bad thing at all. I just wasn't expecting it to be so relatable and like I was sitting next to a friend and being a shoulder to lean on through all of their issues.
Overall a good story and it flowed well.
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Anne
2.0 out of 5 stars meh
Reviewed in Germany on October 14, 2022
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This was meh. A little childlike story
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