Review: Fanboy in the Falls by J.E. Birk (Devon Falls #3)


Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by Gay Romance Reviews.

Fanboy in the Falls is the third book in J.E. Birk's Devon Falls series, and this go-around, we've got an M/M/M romance featuring two longtime besties and the fanboy who's got a lot on his plate--so what's adding a couple of complications to it, right? Twenty-one-year-old Gabriel Gomez is the aforementioned fanboy who is grateful for his first ever fulltime job at Northern Stars Winery's inn, what with him taking care of his six-year-old brother, Lou. Colin Templegate and Thomas Evers are longtime best friends, the former being a retired race car driver and the latter a famous film actor--and the two men Gabe has been crushing on for quite some time. Tom has been pining over his best friend for far longer than he'd care to admit, but Colin has never shown interest in anyone...until Gabe enters the picture. The last thing Gabe needs is for his already complicated life to become even more chaotic, especially when he has Lou's welfare to consider, but Colin and Tom are turning out to be a couple of distractions that Gabe needs.

I confess that when it comes to romances that involve throuples, it takes a bit for me to get into it. My skepticism--and my black heart--makes me wary about believing that three people can love each other in equal measure. But J.E. Birk has crafted a story about three very different men who made sense to be together. While Colin and Tom have been in each other's lives for what feels like forever, it wasn't as easy as one would assume for them to make the progress from friends to lovers. It took an unlikely someone in the person of Gabe for things to work out, maybe not seamlessly, but then it's the things we have to work for that mean the most. The usual suspects were present, but it was Lou who was truly the shining star in this story, and the love Gabe--and later, Colin and Tom--had for him was so darn heartwarming. I honestly thought Fanboy in the Falls was going to be the series closer, but I certainly wouldn't say "no" to more from the folks in Devon Falls and whatever they have to offer. I'm giving this four out of five stars.

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Read my review for the Devon Falls series:


Fauxmance in the Falls (book one) - four stars - My Review

Forbidden in the Falls (book two) - four stars - My Review

Fanboy in the Falls (book three) - four stars - My Review (posted above)

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Release Date: 24 June 2025

Date Read: 20 June 2025

Learn more about J.E. Birk.

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