On Point

WOW!! On Point is another fantabulous book by the awesome Annabeth Albert! I've loved every book I've read yet I feel she just keeps getting better and better! I recommend putting her on your automatic one-click author list. Her stories are full of depth and heart, with characters who come alive on the pages of her books. You won't find cardboard stereotypes which is one of the many things I love about her books. Ben and Maddox are a dynamite couple. Their sex appeal and chemistry is palpable! I know their HEA will truly last forever because they built their relationship on a solid, 12-year friendship. They've seen each other at their best and their worst, as well as everything in between. It still takes learning to really communicate to achieve their HEA. Very realistic. I can't urge you enough to read On Point. I laughed, cried, got angry, wanted to slap some sense into both of them. I was fully invested in the story and read it in one setting. If you haven't read Annabeth Albert, what are you waiting for?

This book, for me, was better than the previous two books in the series. With Off base and At attention; I felt like I could understand and trust one character over the other more in the relationship. I felt somehow and sometimes uncertain whether the character I didn't trust as much would leave or ruin it all; but this one was solely different. I could understand Maddox's worries as well as Ben's, equally. To the extent that I cried on some parts. Their fear, dependency, and trust issues felt too real; from Ben's personal issues affecting the relationship and Maddox's dreams doing the same. I felt that even their bedroom scenes defined their vulnerability and the state of their relationship. I honestly wanted more indepth of them working it out but I can be content with this much; being at the edge of my seat at every edging scene. It felt like their relationship challanges was a reflection of their work, dangerous and scary but I loved every bit of it.

I wish I could give this one 10 stars. I sound like a broken record. When I reviewed At Attention (book 2 in this series) I said I didn't think the books in the Out of Uniform series could get any better. I think I was wrong. OK maybe not wrong exactly. It's just that every book in this series has been so perfect for me. On Point was so emotionally satisfying, including bringing on the tears by the time I reached chapter #4. I just don't really know how this story could have been any better. Best friends to lovers – oh yeah, one of my favorite tropes – and not one, but two, hot SEALs. Ben and Maddox have been best buddies since they went through BUD/S training together, over 10 years ago. Along the way they've each had relationships, both good and bad. Ben was married shortly and it was a spectacular, and trust-breaking, failure. Now he will never again give that much trust to anyone. Maddox has secretly had a crush on Ben going all the way back to BUD/S training even though he had a boyfriend at the time. Now that Ben is living with him it's getting harder and harder for him to push his feelings back. I wish this review could do justice to Annabeth's writing in On Point. OMG – what she puts these guys through in this book! This one was gut-wrenching in places but I wouldn't have missed it for anything. I won't say more except that there is definitely an HEA. If you like M/M books with hot guys, especially ones in Uniform, you really need to get this book. A review copy was provided by the publisher via NetGalley but this did not influence my opinion or rating of the book. ***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions***