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- Content warnings: Homophobia, Parental abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content
Friction
by Kindle Alexander
Book 1 in Gravity
A decades-spanning soulmate romance for readers who like their MM tender, messy, and emotionally expensive. The heat is real, but the hook is Beau and Dash clawing their way back to each other.
Goodreads 4.2/5 467 ratings
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length322 pages
Series statusCompleted series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- M/M
- Instant attraction
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Sunshine hero
- Class difference
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Beautiful grief
- Protective love interest
- Mutual pining
- First time / discovery
- Book hangover
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- The swoon
- Star-crossed
- Emotional intimacy focus
- Earned hope
- He falls first
- Longing glances
- Only one who understands them
- Touch starvation
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- First love
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Second chance
- Opposites attract
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- Right person wrong time
- Time-spanning love
- The one that got away
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Survivor
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- Gay
- Warm
- Damaged survivor
- Interracial romance
- Heartbreaking
- Earnest
- Athlete
- Working class
- Romantic
- Dramatic
- Bittersweet
- Character-driven
- Yearning
- Hopeful
- Star-crossed lovers
- Will make you cry
- Emotional devastation
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 322 pages
- Publisher
- Kindle Alexander Inc.
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book