I’m a sucker for M/M, throw in a bully romance, high school romance and forced proximity and a lot of emotion – well it’s basically a book written for me to devour!

Hollis’ whole family par his dad has been uprooted and move into his aunt’s home. After coming out back home, everyone was accepting of it but his dad. His mother being the hero she is, swept them all away from him to start a new life no matter how hard things might be for them right now with the huge change.

Hollis’ has always been likable so when he’s first day at school causes the wrong crowd to instantly dislike him, it leaves a bitter taste. What’s more than that? One of the guys from said Hoodlum crowd ends up at his aunt’s place later that day.

Roan is a tough kid, he’s got a reputation but inside that hard exterior is just a boy trying to protect his sister and focus on building a life away from all he knows.

Hollis’ and Roan are both strong in their own right and I loved how despite Roan trying to tear Hollis down, he stood his ground slightly shaking up Roan’s world.

The story has emotion that tugs on your heart reeling you in instantly. It also has so many amazing secondary characters being the adults we all wish to be surrounded by. And also a fun love story of hate to love.

It was a quick read, I binged it in a day but that doesn’t mean it lacked anything! I loved it from start to finish and I’m intrigued to read the other Hoodlums books now!

– Book Fanatic

Blurb:

From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes an MM high school bully romance called Hood River Rat!

Hood River was supposed to be the change I needed.
A fresh start.
An escape from my painful past.
Better in every way.

I’m a popular guy. Approachable. I make friends easily.
Cool car. Nice clothes. Good attitude.
Everything will be fine.

School is school.
I’ll keep my head down until graduation and try not to stick out.
College will be here before I know it.

Yet my first day proves to be anything but easy.
The Hood River Hoodlums—our school’s most notorious group of bad boys—have put a target on my back.
Their leader, Roan, hates me.
He calls me Rat.
To him and his friends, I’m a loser who doesn’t belong at their school.

I could pretend I don’t care about their hate.
If only Roan wasn’t so hot.
He’s mean, cruel, and sexy as hell.
My nemesis is impossible to ignore…and a secret part of me doesn’t want to.

Here I thought being gay was the worst of my problems.
Turns out, being gay and crushing on your enemy takes the cake.

This is a full-length high school enemies-to-lovers and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It’s book one in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Hood River Rat can be read as a standalone and starts off a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. This is the only MM story. The others are MF.