# Sounds Like Fun

By Bryan Moriarty

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/sounds-like-fun-3d1d37d7/

Eoin is 27 and suddenly running the cafe where he works after his boss disappears. At home, his boyfriend Rich wants to open their relationship. Eoin agrees because losing Rich seems worse, leaving him to work out whether the life he is trying to preserve is one he actually wants.

## What makes it funny?

A chaotic morning in the coffee shop supplies one of the book’s workplace comic episodes. Eoin’s sudden responsibility for the cafe makes the ordinary struggle to get through a shift part of a life already unsettled by dating.

### The comedy at work

Moriarty places romantic uncertainty beside the demands of a service job. Eoin has to keep working while he struggles with his relationship; the wit shares space with loneliness, giving the everyday mishaps an anxious edge.

### Try this if…

For readers interested in queer London life and the uneasy process of deciding what to ask for in a relationship. The mix of work, dating and loneliness suits an appetite for bittersweet romance with humor along the way.

### Good to know

The story includes open relationships, dating through Grindr and casual sex, along with loneliness and heartbreak.

## What to expect

- Genre: Romance
- On the shelf: Contemporary romance · Romantic comedy
- The atmosphere: Warmhearted
- Audience: Adult
- Format: Novel
- Length: 288 pages (ebook)
- Published: 2023

## A few distinguishing details

- A cafe worker abruptly left in charge
- An open relationship agreed to out of fear of losing a boyfriend
- Dating and everyday work in queer London

## Sources & further reading

- Book information: [Apple Books lists Sounds Like Fun by Bryan Moriarty at 288 pages and identifies publisher Hodder & Stoughton; listing does not designate audio as unabridged.](https://books.apple.com/au/book/sounds-like-fun/id6443512378)
- Publisher: [Publisher](https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/bryan-moriarty/sounds-like-fun/9781529393484)
- Review: [Culturefly review](https://culturefly.co.uk/spring-reads-18-of-the-best-new-books-to-add-to-your-tbr-pile)
- Author commentary: [Literary agency and quoted reviews](https://greeneheaton.co.uk/books/sounds-like-fun)