Triple Sec

Triple Sec

2024 • 320 pages

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Average rating3.5

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 I received an advance reader copy thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed are entirely my own.
 
Mel is a bartender working at a high end cocktail bar when she meets BeBe, a beautiful lawyer with whom she clicks, until she learns that BeBe is happily married to her partner Kade.  Still, Mel is intrigued and gets pulled into their social circle expecting only friendship.  Then BeBe tells Mel that she and Kade have an open marriage and she wants to date if Mel is interested.

Mel is has recently divorced her wife, who it seems is her only prior long term partner and who cheated on her.  She is gun shy and not sure how to navigate this new reality.  While Mel is initially only involved with BeBe, it isn't long before Kade expresses their interest in Mel as well.  Rounding out the story is a cocktail competition for which Mel tries to come up with the perfect concoction and a gay BFF/Roommate with his own non-monogamy situation.

What follows is a fun, fluffy poly-amorous romance.  I liked this but didn't love it.  It spent a lot of time educating Mel, and by extension the reader, on the way polyamory works and checking off the romance tropes and checkpoints.  But maybe it's just not for me.

May 20, 2024