Review: Unscripted

I dont plan on doing this often but I'm giving this post a disclaimer. This book has several gay or bi characters. So, if you're reading my blog because you love me and support my writing I expect you already know that I'm gay-friendly, if you can't handle that kind of content please kindly close your web browser and move along quietly. I will allow no discriminatory comments no matter how much I love you.

Title: Unscripted
Author: J.R. Gray
Links: Amazon Goodreads

I'm overdue for a post, sorry about that. I had an assignment due and got behind. So without further ado; a review. (How'd you like that rhyme. I nailed it)

This book was excellent. Like, I shall now consume all of the authors works before the week is out, excellent.

Basics: Straight actor makes a gay pirate show based on a book, casts gay costar, become bffs, attraction ensues.


I cannot explain how happy it makes me when authors capture something hard to describe. Quell suffers with anxiety and depression. Many times it's just a passing mention in books, especially the romance genre. Not for this book. The depth of pain and struggle for the main character was thorough. It was palpable. It was honest. Thank you Mr Gray for writing it this way.

Despite the pain and confusion Quell goes through this book captures love very well. I'm not talking about the sex and lust part of love here. (He does a great job at that, too!) The love that blossoms between Quell and Hale is a deep and sincere friendship. Something that could easily slip into codependence has a way of staying strong and independent. There are some vulnerable moments where one or the other really needs to lean in and they handle that with strength. They hold each other up. They build each other up. And they are there to catch one another if they start to fall. That's what love is. That's what counts. That's Quell and Hale.

On to the nitty gritty... sex. They make us work for it with this one. A slow burn. I wanted these two to tear each others clothes off so many times before it actually happened. But when it does happen, sooooo worth the wait. They have great chemistry. The romance is there to support the depth of their relationship which I think was really important to capture considering the struggles they go through to get to this point.


Recommend: Yes (unless you don't do LGBTQ content.)
Heady Count: Big Fat Zero!!! Thank God.