This was good but I'm pretty over this authors copaganda. This one has a gay man who filed a police report for an attempted sexual assault that takes This was good but I'm pretty over this authors copaganda. This one has a gay man who filed a police report for an attempted sexual assault that takes place in a bdsm club and you're gonna try and convince me that the police took it seriously? I just don't buy it. Of course the police SHOULD take it seriously but that's not the reality we live in.
Anyway, beyond the expected time jump halfway through that I've grown accustomed to with this author and the weird supportive cops, I did like it. It's a solid book about an older widow finding a younger daddy and I'll probably read the rest of the series but I don't know that I would reread it....more
I flew through this. Any chance I had I was reading a page or two and loving every second of it.
As an aroace who is still looking for what type of paI flew through this. Any chance I had I was reading a page or two and loving every second of it.
As an aroace who is still looking for what type of partner they may want, if any, I kinda lived for these two aroace men finding themselves through friendship and eventually platonic partnership.
Beauty and the beast is not one of my favorite Disney movies because of the problematic parts but this one twists all of it on its head and gives us such a hopeful and heartwarming story.
I can't express how much joy this book brought to me and I can't wait for others to enjoy it as well.
Two Black aroace men MCs, set in Nigeria, QPR...more
This was a cute little story. Clementine is my favorite vampire of the series and so I'll take any reason to get more stories with him.This was a cute little story. Clementine is my favorite vampire of the series and so I'll take any reason to get more stories with him....more
This is a cute picture book about a Jewish trans girl who learns that she doesn't need a crown to display her femininity. It is really choppy and it tThis is a cute picture book about a Jewish trans girl who learns that she doesn't need a crown to display her femininity. It is really choppy and it tries to weave in the story of Queen Esther who is a figure in Jewish history but it's told in a way that doesn't actually explain who she is very well. There's also a play that the little girl is in and that it is one page. I understand that this is a picture book, but it is possible to write a cohesive story.
I was also looking at the author's social media and unfortunately at least one of them is a Zionist. I almost ended my review right there but I was looking at the illustrator and they are pro-Palestine so I'm not totally writing off this book. It's not one that I would buy though....more
I know it's a short story but I really needed like a few pages of conversation about consent and power dynamic. Please don't come for me. I get that iI know it's a short story but I really needed like a few pages of conversation about consent and power dynamic. Please don't come for me. I get that it is a free short erotica but for the love of gods, give me a damn conversation. I also feel like I would have liked it more if she hadn't been mean to him in the first day. I don't know. It's not bad and it is hot but not my favorite....more
Friends to lovers is arguably my favorite contemporary romance trope and while I did enjoy this one I feel like it has a lot of potential that wasn't Friends to lovers is arguably my favorite contemporary romance trope and while I did enjoy this one I feel like it has a lot of potential that wasn't reached.
So first and foremost I'm actually surprised to say this just because I haven't found quality representation and so long but the age play scenes were the best part of this book. The romance between the two characters was okay but the age play is where this book really shined. Owen embracing his own regression and learning to accept himself as an individual and in a group of his friends was the best character development in the book and the best part of the book for me. Oh and that cat named Elizabeth.
I was really excited for Barrett and Owen's story from the glimpses we got from the first book but I think a lot of this entire friendship dynamic and kink club environment is so underdeveloped. I thought it in the first book and it really kind of comes through in this one as well that it just needs more work. Maybe it's because I've read a wide selection of book series that have a kink club at the center of the setting but this one doesn't live up to those expectations I have.
I also was a little bit disappointed in the actual romance. I believed that Barrett loved Owen but I didn't always believe that Owen loved Barrett. I think there is some miscommunication and maybe just it's internalized trauma but I didn't always believe that they had been friends for a decade and supposedly in love with each other secretly for that long.
My review is sounding a little negative and I don't necessarily mean it to. I did enjoy this book and I do look forward to reading Jakob and Reed's story and hopefully one about Anders dumping his shitstain of a boyfriend. It's slightly above middle of the road for me but I'm going to read the author's future books and I maybe will read the other couple that she has out....more
This was really cute. It's been too long since I've found a new queer age play book that didn't disappoint me and I'm so happy I snagged this one on aThis was really cute. It's been too long since I've found a new queer age play book that didn't disappoint me and I'm so happy I snagged this one on a stuff your kindle day.
Their meeting is a little too perfect but I don't even care. I loved them both and their relationship growth. There is some serious miscommunication involved and that's annoying but again, I'm not mad at it....more
It's been a long time for me since I've read a good age play book and I genuinely thought this was going to be a five-star read for the first half of It's been a long time for me since I've read a good age play book and I genuinely thought this was going to be a five-star read for the first half of the book. The characters are well thought out and I especially appreciated that there are a variety of genders and body types and kinks displayed within the friend groups. So often we get these MM romance books that are only cis gay men and I am exhausted by that. Kink is not just for cis gay men and it is incredibly unrealistic to think that kinky friend groups are going to only be one gender and sexuality. Anyway so this book had that going for it and I was a really really enjoying it. I loved the slow build of their relationship and their dynamic and then the unnecessary bullshit happened.
There's a big event maybe a little more than halfway through this book that sends both of these characters into different versions of themselves and it was not an enjoyable to read. It felt super unnecessary and even if the event had to happen the corresponding events afterward were way blown out of proportion. It really felt like they had lost any sort of communication that they had going on and it genuinely felt like I was reading a different book. The first half of this book is a five star The second half of this book is a two star which means this is going to end up as like a 3 and 1/2 star book for me which is pretty disappointing....more
I picked this one up because a fellow fat person recommended this and I liked it more than I thought I was going to like it for a straight werewolf roI picked this one up because a fellow fat person recommended this and I liked it more than I thought I was going to like it for a straight werewolf romance ...more
Where is the connection? The chemistry? The details?!
The only thing this book did a decent job of is sex and even that wasn't good enough to make thiWhere is the connection? The chemistry? The details?!
The only thing this book did a decent job of is sex and even that wasn't good enough to make this one id recommend.
I was SO looking forward to a sugar mommy romance because I haven't read many and add on top that it's a monster romance?! I was here for it. But it was actually super boring.
So there's Lydia who is a fishfolk lifeguard working for the summer at a country club and then there's Steph a hot divorced mom looking for a little fun. There is 20+ years between them.
When Lydia basically jumps Steph in the locker room the two jump into a situationship for the summer. Not only was there almost no discussion about consent or boundaries or the fact that they had public sex first, everything was just so BLAND.
Steph is a rich high power exec and Lydia is looking for an internship. Steph proposes a sugar mommy relationship dynamic (after their public sex might I add) where she'll help Lydia get some connections and buy her stuff and Lydia will give Steph attention and great sex.
The worst part about this is that there's nothing inherently super problematic or off-putting but I just didn't feel any chemistry between the characters. Of course they were sexually attracted to each other and that was clear I suppose, but beyond that, we learn almost nothing about either of them. I was actually more invested in the friendship will they won't they that Lydia's roommates had going on.
Unfortunately this one was the very definition of mediocre for me....more
I had the immense honor of beta reading this and can just say that y'all are not ready for the torment and the joy and found family and the magic thatI had the immense honor of beta reading this and can just say that y'all are not ready for the torment and the joy and found family and the magic that is coming your way....more
I couldn't tell you the last time I finished an ebook in one day. It doesn't happen to me very often and there were just so many things about this bo I couldn't tell you the last time I finished an ebook in one day. It doesn't happen to me very often and there were just so many things about this book that drew me in immediately and I could not put it down.
Time and Time Again is a time loop story where we have our Jewish fat disabled chronically ill lesbian with anxiety MC who is stuck on August 6th and she is not having a good time. She spends her days having breakfast with her mom, reading material about time loops, and then going over to play Scrabble with her dad and uncles then eating food that is going to give her extreme pain. And it starts all over. That is until her ex childhood friend and gay awakening hit her with their car and end up pulled into the time loop.
So now we have Phoebe and Jess who are both reliving the same day over and over again and Jess is determined to show Phoebe how to have fun. I mean they might as well take advantage. Jess is also a disabled chronically ill Jewish lesbian and they are non-binary. So as this book continues we see the two of them have fun and sad and painful experiences and fall in love along the way all while stuck in a time loop where no one else is going to remember it.
This book is fun and so raw at the same time. It's a very realistic and unfiltered look into being chronically ill and being disabled and how we deserve to be able to share our stories and our pain and have someone understand without dismissing or immediately trying to fix us. Another recurring theme throughout this book is Phoebe's history with fat phobia and the medical system. Knowing how much care is denied to fat people is infuriating but it is a realistic look at what it's like to be fat and disabled.
I loved this. I read a lot of books with fat characters but to see one that looks almost exactly like me on a book cover is pretty life changing.
Also I just KNOW Phoebe and Jess would love my trans frog cookie and fat pride candles ...more
Elf x Orc queer trans smut wasn't on my 2024 bingo card but I here I am.
But honestly this book is so much more than really exceptionally good smut. IElf x Orc queer trans smut wasn't on my 2024 bingo card but I here I am.
But honestly this book is so much more than really exceptionally good smut. It's about this elf prince who is kidnapped by this orc leader in hopes of ransoming off and bargaining with the king. Except the orc overestimated how much the king would want the elf back and how annoyingly bratty the elf would be. And the elf overestimated how much he would enjoy living with the orcs and having the freedom which sounds counterproductive since he's being held prisoner essentially.
The two of them very slowly begin to trust each other and to see the goodness in each other even though they've been told their entire lives how terrible the others are. The elf is able to embrace himself and his true calling and to find a place where he actually fits in in the orc is able to find someone to provide for and show his community that leading by example is the most important thing there is.
I don't know how to explain how great this book is. If you don't mind explicit scenes in books, I highly recommend this one. The descriptions of everything are really exceptional but I especially love the descriptions of the top surgery scars. Truly beautiful. 10/10 recommend...more
I'm going to be honest I was nervous about this one because coming out is so complicated and having a quick and easy guide made me quite nervous but II'm going to be honest I was nervous about this one because coming out is so complicated and having a quick and easy guide made me quite nervous but I can thankfully say that this book does a fantastic job at outlining the complexities of coming out as well as pros and cons.
Most queer people will tell you that coming out is not a one and done situation. We come out everyday multiple times a day sometimes in every interaction we have. I was really happy that this book touched on that specifically but it also touched on the fact that you absolutely do not need to come out in order to be queer and you do not owe anyone your coming out. If it is unsafe for you to do so or if you are unsure, you do not have to come out.
Another thing I really liked that this book touched on was coming out as multiple things and that labels can change and it's okay to come out as one thing and then change your mind later. You know our experience has changed as we get older and gender and sexuality can be fluid for a lot of people. I personally came out as bisexual first and then asexual and then also aromantic and then most recently agender. It is a constant process of learning and knowing and understanding ourselves and this book does a fantastic job at describing that entire situation....more
I wasn't ready to cry reading this but here we are. As someone currently going through a gender journey this book really felt like a warm hug. I lovedI wasn't ready to cry reading this but here we are. As someone currently going through a gender journey this book really felt like a warm hug. I loved it with my entire being....more
So this book gives me vibes of a Reese Morrison book just not as well done. I wanted to love this and I did end up enjoying it for the most part but ISo this book gives me vibes of a Reese Morrison book just not as well done. I wanted to love this and I did end up enjoying it for the most part but I think that it's too long and at points it's just too flowery and over-described.
I love the idea of having characters who come out later in life in both their sexuality and their gender. I also love the idea of having an author and reader fall in love. Very cute. As an asexual person it feels odd saying this but I actually think that the sex scenes in this book are the best part of the book. They're very emotional and well done. There are a lot of them and they are pretty long so just a heads up that if that's not your thing this is not your book.
I think maybe where this book fails for me is the beginning. The first half almost is just too long. There's too much time between the characters realizing who they are to each other and getting together. I also had some issues with how quickly Cameron was willing to get physical with Sam despite not knowing that he was SMC. I'd say that's a spoiler but it's not really cuz if you don't know who they are then it's not a spoiler ...more
Um what. I read this in one sitting and it's a fairly quick read but I am more confused than anything. I think I know what happened and maybe that's tUm what. I read this in one sitting and it's a fairly quick read but I am more confused than anything. I think I know what happened and maybe that's the point but I really felt like there was a lot left unexplained and it just didn't quite work for me....more
So if you look at a very surface level concept of this book with the art style and the main characters it's a great book. But the second you try and dSo if you look at a very surface level concept of this book with the art style and the main characters it's a great book. But the second you try and delve into anything deeper it just totally falls off a cliff. I'm so confused. I love the concept of magical cooking but none of it is explained. I loved the main character and the friend group but none of them have any sort of background or explanations to themselves or personalities etc. I wanted to love this and I did at first but the more I sat with it and thought about what I just read, the more frustrated I was because of the lack of development. I mean this book takes place over an entire school year supposedly or at least a semester yet you don't get any new information on any of the characters? They don't have any conversations or detailed relationship growth on page? It's just wild. The magical system is not well done and all of it is kind of a hot mess. The couple things this book has going for it are that the art style is beautiful and that it's cute and queer. That's about it....more
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