System Overload by Saxon James

Molly Martin
Nov 15, 2023
2 min read

Book overview

Keller

Banging my son’s bestie was a total accident that will never, ever happen again. I’m sure of it.

While he might be gorgeous and caught me in a weak moment, when it comes right down to it, my son has been my entire life for the last twenty-six years. I don’t know how to be anything other than his dad.

But with Molly heading off to Seattle, he leaves me with a parting gift: Will.

His best friend.

And my new roommate.

Still, I’m determined to focus on my plan of finding someone to settle down with and to start living for me.

Then Molly hits me with another gift: he’s asked Will to help find me the perfect partner.

Will

Molly leaving me to run away across the country made one thing very obvious. I crave stability. I crave a life where I get to control what happens to me, without the constant threat of having to move home to my homophobic family.

All I need to focus on is work and making enough money for the downpayment on my own place.

Except now I’m living in the spare bedroom of the man I’ve been in love with for years.

The same bedroom where we had one very messy, very quick, accidental frot sesh.

Now I’m cooking for him every night, and we’re working out together every morning. It’s all feeling very domestic and my heart can’t separate reality from the fantasies in my head.

I know I’m going to get hurt.

It’s only a matter of time.

But when it comes to Keller, it’s impossible for me to walk away.

Book Review

3.5 stars

I'm sorry this just wasn't my favorite of Saxon James books and I honestly take partial blame on myself age gap dad's best friend is a favorite trope of mine and to me this one wasn't what I hoped it would be. I understand both Keller & Will love and respect Molly, but for the majority of the book, he was put before them.

When they are together, the chemistry is fire, and truly some of Saxons' best work to date. It was just all the back and forth started to frustrate me when it ended up being 80+% of the book. Then you have Molly he truly was the shining star by showing how much he has grown since moving to Seattle. The DMC once again show us what an amazing and supportive network they are that makes you keep coming back for more.