For me, the characters-especially the main characters-are the driving factor in determining if I like a story or not.  That's one of the reasons I keep coming back to Cardeno C.'s books...I know I'm going to get wonderful characters who are complex and deep, and with distinct personalities.  I'm also going to get characters that are easy to relate to, and that is clearly illustrated here in Not A Game.

I adored both of these men and their very gentle but hot love story.

As with most of Cardeno's stories this one has a lot of explicit sex and sticky-sweet love, so much love.

super cute, super sweet and super awesome, with great humor and banter, a powerful, intense and strong relationship, character growth.... I adored the two main characters, JJ and Reg, and loved absolutely everything about this, marshmallow fluff and all....it's wonderful and refreshing to see a real, true love story develop...I had so much FUN reading this book!

I recommend this to those who like new and unique shifter stories, those who love their M/M romance with some smoking hot sex scenes, including a first time experience. And, of course, to those who love and follow Cardeno C. You won't be disappointed.