Broad, sweeping generalizations such as all developers are crooks and all conservationists are reactionaries isn't healthy or fair. It's good to have strong principles, but we need to reexamine them from time to time to make sure they are still relevant. The next book ' Snow Balls ' gets back to all that and is fab! Still worth its 5 stars though. If pushed I would say this was my least favourite but only because I missed all the hustle, bustle and quirkiness of Laguna Beach and the original gang. In this story both men are quite manly although Sky is more free spirited and settled with his sexuality than Adam, who is still closeted, so it still works in with the General premise of the other books. Adam and Sky have great chemistry and the plot involving environmental issues and how it affects their relationship was really good, it added a love/hate feel to their romance that always generates great ST and steamy sex and the book never disappoints on that level. Needless to say I still really enjoyed it. Looking back now, to when I first read it, I remember thinking then, that it almost felt as if it could have been a standalone outside of the series. I was expecting this to be Jerry's story but Tara introduced two new characters who have never been mentioned before so that's possibly why it felt different.

Out of the four books in this series ' Beach Balls ' felt like it had taken a step away from the series.

Beach Balls by Tara Lain