Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Call of Booty by Anastasia Austin


I've always had two dreams. One, develop games for Asteroid Studios. Two, lose my virginity to Gwen, the girl I've had a crush on since I was eleven. Career goals are easy. Work my ass off and get the job. My relationship goals, on the other hand, are impossible seeing how my childhood crush is also my little sister's best friend. After four years of college and six years of successful indie game development, I finally got my dream job but I'm no closer to getting my dream girl. Gwen and I are solidly in the friend zone. But when my sister has to go on a business trip and leaves Gwen without a human shield to warn off an over-zealous co-worker, I have the chance to show her we could be more than friends. Or I could ruin our friendship trying to turn our fake date, and my lifelong dream, into something real. Call of Booty by Anastasia Austin was published in July 2021. 


I really wanted to love this book but I felt like it could have used some more editing to produce a better finish product. But there is a lot of good things in this book. I felt like the relationship went from zero to 100 really fast but since it's a short but you kind of expect it. I do love how the two of them had a bond before the book even began. They hinted at their history before the story started since they were friends since they were younger. I also feel like some of their reactions didn't feel genuine. I absolutely enjoyed the smut scenes in this book. It gave me some ideas to help my gamer husband. For a quick read it was an okay book. 

Quotes that I Loved 

"Oh, Josh...What are you doing?" 


"So, are you just giving in to me because your pants were already off?"
"No. I'm giving into you because you're the reason I always kept them on. Shit..." 


Tropes 

Friends to Lovers

Forced Proximity 

Virgin 

Age-gap

Best Friend Brother 


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