We're a puzzle made of two pieces.
Landon Larsen is the envy of all the dads in Last Waters, Texas. He's cool, confident, and put together. He and his son—the high school's all-star quarterback—have the perfect father-son relationship. He’s such a Super Dad, it's almost sickening.
I'm not cool, or confident, and my relationship with my son couldn't be worse. He's barely speaking to me, and a year after my wife died, we're both clinging to the wreckage of our family.
Landon's son and mine are best friends and—of course—Landon is the football Team Dad. And though I know nothing about football, Landon convinces me to volunteer to be closer to my son. Volunteering might give him and me a chance to rebuild what's broken between us. Now I'm spending all my free time with the team—and with Landon—and the more we're together, the deeper our friendship grows. My son is opening up, too, little by little. I think I’m getting him back.
There's just one giant problem.
I'm head over heels for Landon.
I've never been attracted to men in my life… until him. Landon draws me in without even trying, and the harder I fight this, the deeper I fall.
Crushing on my son's best friend's father must be my biggest parenting failure ever, but I can't get enough of Landon. Falling for him puts each fragile moment I've rebuilt with my son at risk. What would he think if he knew I craved his best friend's dad? I'm playing with fire, but I can't turn off these feelings Landon has unlocked inside of me.
Of course, a guy like Landon could never fall for someone like me. It's pointless to even imagine we could be something together.
So why did I just kiss him?
Cute, Heartwarming, Touching, Wholesome
I went into You & Me for Luke's relationship with Landon but it was Luke's relationship with his son, Emmet that stayed with me after. I am a very family-oriented person so it is a no-brainer I would enjoy You & Me for the relationships between both fathers and their sons.
This is my first Bauer novel, I have never heard of him even before deciding on reading this book so I really did not know what I was getting into in terms of writing style. Reading You & Me, it is not hard to get connected with the characters at all. Hell, I even began sobbing before chapter 1 was done. What I liked about Bauer's writing was how he emotionalised his words. I don't think I have ever felt for a father character more than I did for Luke and the struggles he had with Emmet. Bauer reminded me a father is also a parent and honestly, other than that few rotten seeds, which parent do not want a connection with their children? I was tearing up so often because I saw how much both father and son were suffering from their estranged relationship. I really hated Riley and thought "good riddance" early on in the book.
As for Luke and Landon's relationship, I really love them together right from chapter 1. Unfortunately, I wanted more before Luke realised his feelings. And when both men finally got together, I wanted more of them together without the makeout or the sex. You know what else I wanted more of? I wanted more communication between Luke and Emmet when Emmet showed his father the drawing. I also wanted more of Luke talking to Bowen without the presence of Landon or Emmet. Now that I think about it, I just wanted more, more pages and words to this story.
I finished this book in less than 12 hours and maybe I should not have read it so quickly...
