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What We May Be
By: Layla Reyne
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Trope(s): Second Chance, Mystery, Suspense, M/M/F
Publisher: Indie
Publication Date: August 16th, 2021
My Rating: ✮✮✮
Format: Advanced Reader Copy
Blurb:
What we were…
Sean found love once, with his college roommate, Trevor, and Trevor’s best friend, Charlotte.
The missing piece, Sean made it possible for Trevor and Charlotte to find love too.
But then Sean left and took the love with him.
What we are…
Now an FBI agent, Sean is back in town, ten years later, to investigate a murder.
A case that pits him against his ex-lovers—Charlotte, a local detective, and Trevor, a literature professor sucked into the Shakespearean mystery.
Everyone guards their hearts, but before long, desire sparks anew the feelings that burned hot a decade ago.
That still burn true.
What we may be…
Love is within their grasp again, but as the killer escalates, it’s more than just their hearts and futures on the line.
Sean, Charlotte, and Trevor will need to work together to solve the case.
If they can’t, lives will be lost and pieces of their love gone for good.
What We May Be is a gripping standalone romantic mystery, featuring a literary whodunit and three former flames finding their way back to friendship, love, and happily ever after together.
My Review
What We May Be by Layla Reyne is a second chance m/m/f romance revolving around a murder mystery. This is also the first book I have read from this author. Because this is a murder mystery I’ve decided not to dive too deep into what this novel is about. All you really need to know is it involves a poly relationship, there’s a second chance, and a serial killer is on the loose with a hidden agenda…
I had mixed feelings about this one. I loved the mysterious aspect to it and the *who is it* guessing games which ran through my head all throughout this novel. I loved the fact that this author actually made me have to work for it to figure out who the serial killer was. And believe me when I say, I was wrong numerous times…. Usually I have the nose of a bloodhound and I can sniff out the truth in three chapters. Again, that wasn’t the case with this novel and holy hell was I shocked.
I loved the premise of this novel. However, throughout the first fifty percent of this novel I felt like I was missing out on something, almost like this was a second part of a duet and I stumbled down the long dark rabbit hole. Half of my brain was trying to wrap around the mysterious serial killer aspect, while the other half was trying to grasp this second chance between Charlie, Sean, and Travis. In my opinion, this novel would have been best told as a duet. The first part being about Charlie, Travis, and Sean and how they got together and the moments that caused them to fall in love with one another. I wanted to feel the passion and the love that is talked about but not experienced, but instead, I only felt a raw sense of confusion. And that is the main reasoning behind why I gave What We May Be a three star rating. I had a difficult time connecting with the characters and also had a hard time finding the chemistry I wanted and needed for me to be able to rate this one higher.
Overall, What We May Be had its moments of pure excellence, but where romance is concerned I needed A LOT more. I needed more passion and more backstory moments and less of the *yearning for one another* moments. I wanted to see these three in their prime when love was young and new between them. And I still crave those moments… But what can I say, I’m a lover of all things romance. However, if you are just in it for the mystery aspect, this book will probably be right up your alley.
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