4.5 No Label Loving Stars! 
 Source: eARC for Honest Review Courtesy of Author and TRSOR 
 Genre: MM Adult Contemporary 
 Standalone yet part of a series as well 
 My The Spiral Down Review . . . 
 Let's start with 1) I flippin' adore Aly Martinez and 2) I loved this story. 
 This book can be read as a standalone but it is technically part of the Fall Up series. Now, it has been quite awhile since I read the Fall Up and there have been many books in between then and now. So it took me a bit of time to get reacquainted with the characters. It wasn't necessary to do this since it can be read alone but I always prefer to have the back stories in mind which helps to deepen the characters for me. 
 Henry Alexander may be a rock star but he's also a bit neurotic and quirky as well. Which only made him more loveable. Henry's best friends are Levee and Sam, whom are from the Fall Up. For Henry he didn't come from anything so his friends which are his family mean the world to him. Having to travel all the time to tour does take a toll on him, but he loves to perform, which is where everyone loves him. What he hates to do is travel by airplane, for a legit reason, but when he needs a new pilot he runs into the sexy straight Evan Roth. And wouldn't you know that Henry has a thing for straight men. 
 This was so fucked up. It was like a comedy of errors without the 
 actual comedy. I was a gay many trying to seduce a straight man who 
 thought I was bisexual while he tried to pretend he wasn't interested in 
 a gay man by requiring that we share a woman. Because that totally 
 made it acceptable to dry-hump another man. 
 Evan Roth, is a sexy pilot who seems to be straight but has his own demons and heartbreak to fight. At first he thinks Henry is a bit much, but that doesn't stop him from taking his fill by looking at this sexy singer. Evan tries to fight his attraction for Henry but the more he gets to know Henry the more he gets conflicted. 
 Henry always wants to win and turning the straight man is one of his favorite games. Knowing he wants Evan he hires him as his personal pilot. Now that they are getting closer they have to both face their fears and their pasts. 
 After turning the water off, he snagged a towel. "So stay here." 
 Break out the banners again! 
 "There are two bedrooms." 
 Just kidding. Pack that shit back up. 
 I loved Henry's quirky, neurotic way. It just made him so much more real that we were routing for him to win his straight men and were hoping that this would work out for him. When having it all comes to the table but not the way he thought it should be, Henry runs instead of dealing with the situation head on. Thankfully Levee and Sam are level headed enough to help Henry when he needs it the most. 
 "I don't know Evan well. Only met him once. But, if he's willing to put up with your brand of neurotic, he's got my stamp of approval." 
 Once Evan gives in to the idea of Henry he goes all in, but when his biggest fears come to fruition, it causes him to be a bit skeptical on a future with Henry. I love the part that Evan fully jumped in once he saw the light. Now all he has to do is convince his very neurotic boyfriend. 
 "It was a long time ago. And, if you want the truth, over the last few weeks with you, I've started to feel like love isn't even the right word for it." 
 For Henry, he's a gay man with some deep psychological demons. His need to be loved and wanted is the crux of the matter but it's hard to face the real possibility of love when your demons get in the way. Evan doesn't love the concept of labels which makes him fall in the between of two worlds of straight and gay. So falling in love with a man shakes his foundation but when you fall you fall no matter to whom. 
 "I like men. I like women. But, at the end of the day, I am not defined by my sexuality. I just want to find someone who makes me happy. That's all I've ever wanted. I don't care if you're a man or a woman. I have no preference. When I'm with someone, it's because of the person they are, not the genitalia they were born with." 
 I absolutely adored this book and my fingers are crossed that the next book will be Carter and Robin's book. Or maybe even Scott's story. I loved the fact that this story was a bit outside the box and was a refreshing change to the normal formula within this romance genre. Sure there was angst and some unnecessary running instead of communication, but it had heart and charm which pulls you in and takes hold of you from beginning to end.