Anyta Sunday

Oskar used to be Marco's best friend. His everything. His sunshine yellow. But that was before. Before Marco stopped being a hot jock. Before he learned to live with scars and pain. And before Oskar tore their friendship apart. Now the boy next door has returned home, determined to rekindle his friendship with Marco, and Marco's more afraid than ever. Afraid of getting hurt. Afraid of being humiliated. Afraid of falling in love. Can Oskar find a way through Marco's fear, back into his heart? "True Colors" is an enemies to lovers, boy next door, first time, slow burn M/M romance with a generous helping of UST. This no-cliffhanger, HEA book can be read as a standalone.

True Colors

Jasmine

A broken friendship that turns into a beautiful slow burning romance. I really love the unique touches Anyta Sunday used with the representation of colors and emotions for each chapter. It reminded me a lot of 
  
 setup which is a personal favorite of mine. This was a super short read, I finished it in a couple of hours and overall really enjoyed it! Even if True Colors didn't give me the same emotional impact that Rock did, it was a beautiful and well written story.

Abi Baker

True Colors follows Marco, a young man in Berlin on the precipice of growing up, who is unexpectedly reunited with his childhood best friend, Oskar. Marco and Oskar fell out years ago, but their families are hoping that a play they are putting on will help them rekindle their friendship. Over the course of the story, it is revealed why exactly they fell out, and the feelings they had, and may still have, for each other.

The thing with Anyta Sunday, is that if you've read one of her books, then you've read a few of them. She has a toolbox of tropes - poor communication/misconceptions, mutual pining, hidden feelings for years/since the characters met - and she definitely sticks to her favourites. All her stories have a voice, but after a while it appears to be quite a singular one.

This book is enjoyable, but I feel like I've read parts of it before. Anyta Sunday herself compared this to one of her other novels, Rock, which is one of my favourite works. There is definitely a basis for comparison here. Like Rock, there is a certain 'quirk' that the main character has. In Rock, the main character liked to collect rocks and knew lots of facts about them and their love interest also had some sort of interest in it because of them. In True Colors, the main character likes colours, and each day and person and feeling has a colour. Their love interest also knows the code and what each colour means and incorporates this into their interactions. 
It's sweet, but I've read it before.

If you like standalone M/M stories with a happy ending (because you'll always find that in Sunday's stories) and angst interwoven throughout, then you'll like this. It is definitely a fun and easy read, but I was expecting a little bit more from it.

True Colors

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