Until Him

I’ll admit, I rolled my eyes at the premise: another jock-in-distress romance? But *Until Him* won me over by refusing to let Logan off easy. His growth isn’t just about falling for Elias—it’s about confronting his own mediocrity, and Russo’s narration sells that arc brilliantly. He nails Logan’s swagger in the early chapters, but the real magic is how his voice softens when Logan’s facade cracks, like in the scene where he stumbles over a basic equation and you can *hear* the panic beneath the bravado. Toma’s Elias, meanwhile, is a revelation: dry, weary, but with a razor’s edge of wit that makes his eventual thawing feel earned. Their chemistry (pun intended) is electric, especially in the lab scenes where Toma’s deadpan delivery of Elias’s sarcasm had me laughing out loud. That said, the pacing stumbles in the middle��there’s a lull where the will-they-won’t-they drags, and a side plot about Logan’s teammates feels undercooked. And while the steamy scenes sizzle, the abrupt shift from slow burn to full flame might jolt some listeners. But the production itself is flawless: no distracting edits, seamless transitions between POVs, and a sound mix that makes even the quietest moments (like Elias’s sigh when Logan *finally* gets a concept) feel intimate. What stays with me isn’t the HEA but the way Rose makes intellectual curiosity sexy—as when Elias explains entropy and Logan, for once, *listens*. For fans of enemies-to-lovers with bite, this is a standout.